My Palestine ebookee

A memoir that combines political and economic commentary with personal and national history Mohammad Tarbush was born in British Mandate Palestine As an infant he and his family were forced to evacuate their village together with its entire population after the Zionist victory that led to the establishment of the State of Israel Then as landless refugees in the West Bank the family sank into poverty When as a teenager Tarbush left home one day under the pretext of visiting relatives in Jordan he in fact set off on a year long hitchhiking journey to Europe where he would eventually become a highly successful international banker and a key behind the scenes promoter of the Palestinian cause In My Palestine Mohammad Tarbush combines poignant personal memoir with incisive political and economic commentary on the tumultuous events that shaped the history of Israel Palestine and the modern Middle East My Palestine An Impossible Exile