Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.

From Palestine to Israel: an overview / Sara Pendergast, Ralph G. Zerbonia, and Tom Pendergast -- Reactions to the 1947 UN approval of partition / The Economist -- The future of Israel after the British Mandate ends / The Times of London -- Three days of turmoil in Palestine's history / The Jerusalem Post -- Israel becomes a state / The Jerusalem Post -- Israel is a model of instant democracy / I.D.W. Talmadge -- The Jewish people deserve a home / A.J. Balfour -- The British plan to partition Palestine is not the best solution / Herbert Samuel -- British obligations to the Jewish people are not legal / Higher Arab Committee -- Palestine should not be partitioned / Jamal el-Husseini -- Palestine should be partitioned / Abba Hillel Silver -- Arab states have no right to intervene in Israel / Abba Eban -- Outside factors contributed to the birth of Israel / Geoffrey Wheatcroft -- The connection between the Holocaust and the creation of Israel / Evyatar Friesel -- Establishment of the state of Israel was an injustice to the Palestinians / Avi Shlaim -- The Balfour Declaration is responsible for instability in the Middle East / Peter Mansfield -- The United States has a responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian problem / Richard H. Curtiss -- Palestinian Arabs should be returned to their homes / Rafat Abu Ghali -- Palestinian Arabs should not have the right to return / Rachel Neuwirth -- A Briton serves in Palestine from 1946 to 1948 / Howard Mansfield -- A student celebrates the dawn of a Jewish state / Zipporah Porath -- A young immigrant joins the Haganah / David Rubinger, with Ruth Corman -- A diplomat begins his mission in Israel / James G. McDonald -- A Palestinian Arab remembers the 1948 Arab-Israeli War / Ilene R. Prusher -- A Jewish-American teen personally encounters the Arab-Israeli conflict / Rachel Sacks.

Using primary and secondary sources, background information about the events surrounding the establishment of Israel are presented.