Table of Contents

Preface viii

Prologue xi

1 Herzl, Weizmann and the Balfour Declaration 1

2 Jabotinsky, Ben‐Gurion and the Iron Wall 38

3 “National Homeland” 64

4 Al‐Nakba (Catastrophe) 103

5 Eretz Yisrael 137

6 Settlements 177

7 The “Separation Barrier” 227

8 In Palestine 265

9 Netanyahu, Trump and the Future 310

Epilogue 337

Index 341

About the Author

ALAN BALFOUR is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also served as Dean of Schools of Architecture in Texas and New York and was Chairman of the Architectural Association in London. The Walls of Jerusalem follows his most recent book Solomon's Temple: Myth, Conflict, and Faith. Among his other published works are books on Shanghai, New York, and Berlin. He is a recipient of the Topaz Medallion, the highest recognition given in North America to an educator in architecture.