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ThoughtheoriginsoftheArab-IsraeliconflicthavetraditionallybeentracedtotheBritishMandate(1920-1948)thatendedwiththecreationoftheIsraelistate,anewgenerationofscholarshastakentheinvestigationfurtherback,totheOttomanperiod.Thefirstpopularaccountofthiskeyera,Jerusalem1913showsusacosmopolitancitywhosereligioustolerancecrumbledbeforetheonsetofZionismanditscorrespondingnationalismonbothsides-aconflictthatcouldhavebeenresolvedwereitnotfortheonsetofWorldWarI.Withextraordinaryskill,AmyDockserMarcusrewritesthestoryofoneoftheworld'smostindelibledivides.