The Making of the Modern Middle East Quotes

“What about this business about weapons, prime minister? What about weapons of mass destruction?’ Tony Blair looked at me for a moment, then turned and walked away without answering.”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games

“More than 700,000 fled or were forcibly expelled, with only a handful allowed to return. Israel passed laws that transferred the”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games

“Amos Oz, who grew up in Jerusalem, wrote that the landscape was ‘pregnant with suppressed violence’.”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games