1948

<p>As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict enters its darkest chapter in decades, both sides are evoking the same foundational moment in their past: the events of 1948.</p><p>David K. Shipler, a former Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times and the author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the conflict, discusses the meaning and reality of what happened that year.</p><p>Guest: David K. Shipler, author of “Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land.”</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Recent violence in an Israeli town carries<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/world/asia/israel-palestinian-Lydda.html"> bitter echoes of the past for Palestinians</a>.</li><li>From the archive:<a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/may-14-1948-israel-declares-independence"> Israel declares independence</a> on May 14, 1948.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>