Ten Myths About Israel

ISBN: 1786630192

Author: Pappe, Ilan

Condition: New

?The most eloquent writer on Palestinian history? reveals the myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (New Statesman).The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.The ?ten myths?-repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and accepted without question by the world?s governments-reinforce the regional status quo and include:? Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration.? The Jews were a people without a land.? There is no difference between Zionism and Judaism.? Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation.? The Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948.? The June 1967 War was a war of ?No Choice?.? Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East.? The Oslo Mythologies? The Gaza Mythologies? The Two-State SolutionFor students, activists, and anyone interested in better understanding the news, Ten Myths About Israel is another groundbreaking study of the Israel-Palestine conflict from the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.