Book Lecture: The Israeli

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Feb 6, 202600:42:50Education

About the Lecture: The Israeli, a novel by veteran journalist Phil Kurata, is set in the years 1947 to 1965, after the end of World War II, when in the Middle East, newly independent countries were shaking off the coloni...

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