Para quién Palestina? - "Palestine for whom?" Rare publication on the Israeli-Arab conflict in Eretz Israel, by Frank Gervasi, published by Direzan Editores, Buenos Aires 1946 - First edition. Spanish.
After six years of research on the Palestinian issue, the author, who grew up among Jews, Christians and Arabs in the United States, published his study at a time when it was unclear whether Palestine would be handed over to the Jews, the Arabs, or remain under the British Mandate. The author outlines an interesting future picture of full equal rights for all the nations living in the Land of Israel, where any side that refuses to live with full equal rights essentially admits the right of the other side to receive Palestine. The author, who was not Jewish himself, expresses unqualified support for the Jewish position, particularly after the Holocaust, and argues that first and foremost the Land of Israel will provide shelter for Holocaust survivors who have nowhere to return to, and only then recommends discussing the question of peace in Palestine itself. The author elaborates on the Jewish contribution everywhere in the world with stories such as the heroic work of Hannah Szenes and others who gave their lives to save their Jewish brothers wherever they were, even when they could have saved themselves and avoided danger. As for "ownership of the land", the author argues that when the Arab landowner sold the first dunam of land in Palestine to a Jew, the Muslims accepted the presence of Jews according to their own laws, and the hundreds and thousands of dunams sold thereafter only strengthened the legal ownership of the Jews over the lands they inhabit. He further argues that the Arabs never had "sovereignty" in the Land of Israel, and in fact from the early Middle Ages they almost completely abandoned it, and he encourages Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel as a direct continuation of the Jewish vision throughout history. Regarding the debate over territorial boundaries, Frank argues that after the atomic bomb took center stage in history, territorial boundaries are meaningless altogether, at a time when "an attack can be initiated and achieved through the simple process of pressing a button."
Extremely rare. Does not appear in the world cat library catalog.
236 p. Minor wear to binding. Good condition.
