Background
Morris, Benny was born on December 8, 1948 in Ein Hahoresh, Israel. Son of Ya'akov M. and Sadie Morris.
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This book is the first full-length study of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem. Based on recently declassified Israeli, British and American state and party political papers and on hitherto untapped private papers, it traces the stages of the 1947-9 exodus against the backdrop of the first Arab-Israeli war and analyses the varied causes of the flight. The Jewish and Arab decision-making involved, on national and local levels, military and political, is described and explained, as is the crystallisation of Israel's decision to bar a refugee repatriation. The subsequent fate of the abandoned Arab villages, lands and urban neighbourhoods is examined. The study looks at the international context of the war and the exodus, and describes the political battle over the refugees' fate, which effectively ended with the deadlock at Lausanne in summer 1949. Throughout the book attempts to describe what happened rather than what successive generations of Israeli and Arab propagandists have said happened, and to explain the motives of the protagonists.
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Morris' earlier work exposed the realities of how 700,000 Palestinians became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the focus of this edition remains the war and exodus, new archival material considers what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how these events led to the collapse of urban Palestine. Revealing battles and atrocities that contributed to the disintegration of rural communities, the story is harrowing. The refugees now number four million and their cause remains a major obstacle to regional peace. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-33028-9 First Edition Pb (1989): 0-521-33889-1
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Morris, Benny was born on December 8, 1948 in Ein Hahoresh, Israel. Son of Ya'akov M. and Sadie Morris.
Bachelor in History and Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Cambridge (England) University, 1977.
Reporter Jerusalem Post, 1978-1984, night news editor, 1985-1986, diplomatic correspondent, 1986-1988, feature writer, 1989-1991. Fellow Truman Institute, Hebrew University, 1990, felllow Davis Institute, 1993. Senior associate member St. Antony's College, Oxford (England) University, 1985.
Visiting fellow Brookings Institution, Washington, 1989-1990. With Nahal paratroops Israel Army, 1967-1969, with Nahal paratroops, 1967-1969, Israel Army.
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With paratroops Israel Army, 1967-1969.
Married Leah Efrati, May 1, 1973. Children: Erel, Yagi, Orian.