Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-08-06
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Origins of Terror in Palestine
After World War One, the British Mandate takes over in Palestine- and shit really starts to hit the fan, leading to a series of riots, pogroms, assassinations and the dissolution of the communities that has existed in harmony for generations. Sources: https://www.
Robert Evans discussed Lives in Common by Menachem Klein and The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism by Carola Dietze and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lives in Common
Lives in Common by Menachem Klein explores the historical coexistence and complex dynamics of different communities in Jerusalem.
Discussed“In his book, Lives in Common, Klein writes that members of the old Sphartic Jewish community in Jerusalem often expressed a sense of sadness and bewilderment about the death of the old days.”
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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism
Discussed“Unlike violent conflicts in other parts of the world during that period, the Jewish struggle for self-determination, Palestine cannot be characterized as anti-colonial for two main reasons.”
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