O Jerusalem!


O Jerusalem! is a history book published in 1971 by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins that seeks to capture the events surrounding the creation of Israel, and the 1948 [Palestinian expulsion and flight|subsequent expulsion and flight of Palestinians].

Introduction

The book is the result of two years of research by the authors, which consisted of several thousand interviews, and an examination of a series of publicly available documents and relevant materials. These became the basic materials for presenting the story of the birth of the modern state of Israel, as well a crucial early reader into the circumstances surrounding the Causes of the [1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight|creation of the Palestinian refugee crisis].

Presentation

The book has forty-six chapters which was grouped into four parts:
In 2006, the book was adapted into a film of the same name by director Élie Chouraqui.