The Israel-Arab ReaderBy: Now in its eighth edition, a essential resource on the more than century old conflict in the Middle East In print for nearly half a century, and now in its eighth edition, The Israel Arab Reader is an authoritative guide to over a century of conflict in the Middle East. It covers the full spectrum of a violent and checkered historythe origins of Zionism and Arab nationalism, the struggles surrounding Israels independence in 1948, the Six Day War