Holocaust and Redemption

About the Book

Living 2000 years in exile the Hebrews had a 2000-year DREAM to return to their Promised Land. The MIRACLE happened in 1948 when the State of Israel was founded. Not yet the Third Temple, the DREAM period was full of anguish, tears and blood: the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust in Europe, Anti-Semitism, etc. The MIRACLE period was also, is also, full of anguish, tears and blood: Fighting five Arab nations, very well equipped, without arms, with a Western World arms embargo against Israel. Then the SIX-DAY War in 1967 when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel. This was followed with the constant terror attacks, the Intifadah, mainly against Israeli civilians.

About the Author

Born and raised in Haifa, Israel, a city with a substantial Arab population, the Arabs were his next door neighbors. He learned their language, their customs and their mentality which allowed him to write this authoritative study. Mati Alon was a soldier during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. He later graduated from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) with B.S., M.S., and P.E. degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Alon taught at the Technion then moved to the United States, where he took Graduate courses in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at he Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago.