1949, the First Israelis

Tom Segev

1984

Itzhak Refael once warned his colleagues on the Jewish Agency Executive that if they insisted on “regulating” the immigration quotas only the immigration from North Africa would remain for it could not be reduced; “everyone agrees that we do not want this to be our only source,” he said.1 He had earlier visited a transit camp in Marseilles where…

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Tom Segev

b. 1945

Born in Jerusalem, Tom Segev is a journalist and historian of Israeli history and social issues. Associated with the country’s New Historians, Segev’s books have sparked off intense debate in Israel’s intellectual establishment. He writes a regular column in Haaretz and hosts the television show Keriat Benayim on the Knesset channel.

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