O Jerusalem!

This article is about the book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. For other uses, see O Jerusalem (disambiguation).

O Jerusalem! is a history book published in 1971 by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins that seeks to capture the events surrounding the creation of Israel, and the subsequent expulsion and flight of Palestinians.

O Jerusalem!

Author	Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
Genre	History
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	1971
ISBN	0-671-66241-4

Introduction

The book is the result of two years of research by the authors, which consisted of several thousand interviews, and an examination of a series of publicly available documents and relevant materials. These became the basic materials for presenting the story of the birth of the modern state of Israel, as well a crucial early reader into the circumstances surrounding the creation of the Palestinian refugee crisis.^[1][2]

Presentation

The book has forty-six chapters which was grouped into four parts:

• Part One: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance has six chapters.
• Part Two: A House Against Itself has eleven chapters.
• Part Three: A City Besieged has thirteen chapters.
• Part Four: A City Divided has sixteen chapters.

Film Adaptation

In 2006, the book was adapted into a film of the same name by director Élie Chouraqui.