About the book: 2011 / In the third volume of “History of Israel. From the Birth of Zionism to the Present Day” by Howard M. Sacker, a prominent American scholar, describes the modern period in the history of Israel. The enormous importance for the life of the country of the millionth aliyah from the Soviet Union is shown. It tells about the intense search for peace with neighboring Arab states and the Palestinians, about the fight against terror, about the first and second Lebanese wars.