For 64 years, since 1948, the recollection of the so-called "massacre" of the Arab village of Deir Yassin has been a crucible and a formative experience in Arab Jewish relations, in Israel in particular, but also throughout the whole Arab world. The massacre story has been an important factor in establishing the idea of a Palestinian nation. The so-called massacre has also been exploited by Israel’s left to undermine acceptance of and confidence in the Zionist state. Now, Dr. Uri Milstein, one of Israel’s most pre-eminent historians, has published a book that appears in English, "The Birth of a Palestinian...