Palestine 1936

"Kessler’s history is key to understanding the current situation between Israelis and Palestinians." —Booklist, Starred Review Palestine 1936 chronicles the 1936–1939 Great Arab Revolt, a seminal but forgotten uprising a decade before Israel’s birth that has cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since.

Oren Kessler is a journalist and political analyst based in Tel Aviv. He has served as deputy director for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, Middle East research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, Arab affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and an editor and translator at Haaretz English edition. Raised in Rochester, New York, and Tel Aviv, he holds a BA in history from the University of Toronto and an MA in diplomacy and conflict studies from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). Kessler's work has appeared in media outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Politico. Palestine 1936, his first book, was named winner of the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and among the ten best books of 2023 by the Wall Street Journal. Visit his website here: orenkessler.com.

Acknowledgments Glossary of Names Introduction: The Forgotten Uprising Chapter 1: Flash Floods in the Desert Chapter 2: The Bloody Day in Jaffa Chapter 3: The Two-State Solution Chapter 4: Black Sunday Chapter 5: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem Chapter 6: Lawrence of Judea Chapter 7: The Burning Ground Epilogue: The Revolt Rages On Notes Selected Bibliography About the Author