JERUSALEM 1913 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The year 1913 marks the approximate time the conflict between the Jews and Palestinians began, as Zionists moved to their ancient Holy Land before WWI. The polemic subject and its history have become vital to understanding today's clashes in the Middle East. Joyce Bean takes the author's lead by making it a story about people, and her inflections make the principals seem human without giving them theatrical characters. Her motherly voice disarms a subject so controversial it has caused unending war. Because the author is a woman, one can feel Bean speaks for Marcus in a story she has worked hard to research, some from personal experience. Since much of the Jewish State's beginnings aren't current wisdom, listeners will feel better informed. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 07]