Summary
Prolific Israeli researcher on the Arabs in Israel, whose master’s thesis study of the Present Absentees and whose book on Arab collaborators under military rule Manna treats, with Shira Robinson’s work, as closest to his own study (Nakba and Survival, PDF p.39-40).
Details
- Cohen devoted his master’s thesis to the study of the present absentees, subsequently published in Hebrew and Arabic, dealing with Palestinian refugees since 1948 who were expelled, prevented from returning to their homes and lands, and became internal refugees in the Galilee (Nakba and Survival, PDF p.39).
- His later book covers Arab agents who collaborated with the institutions of the Jewish state during military rule (1948–67), and also the activities of the communists and other Arab opponents of military rule, based largely on police, intelligence and military government records (Nakba and Survival, PDF p.39).
- Cohen read Manna’s manuscript and gave helpful comments (Nakba and Survival, PDF p.22).