A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

De: Ilan Pappe

Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross

An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it.

"Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel's 'new historians.'" -Avi Shlaim, author of Three Worlds

The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel-Palestine conflict didn't start on 7 October. It didn't start in 1967 either, when Israel occupied the West Bank, or in 1948 when the state of Israel was declared. It started in 1882, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in what was then Ottoman Palestine. Ilan Pappe untangles the history of two peoples, now sharing one land. Going back to the founding fathers of Zionism, Pappe expertly takes us through the twists and turns of international policy towards Israel-Palestine, Palestinian resistance to occupation, and the changes taking place in Israel itself.

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Essential reading for anyone interested

I first came to know of Ilan Pappe when I watched an interview of him that was nearly 90 minutes long. His explanation of the history of things was very lucid and clarified many things.

This book essentially lays the foundation for anyone interested in the subject matter. How one reacts to the points raised in the book are left to one's own self.

The events of the recent past clarifies that the strong define the rules. Arguments to the contrary should be seen as just that, never put into practice.

Informative historical background

I read this to better understand this conflict, and it was a good beginning to the journey.

My opinion

This book seems to be told in a bias way!! It glosses over any Palestinian negative involvement all the blame is placed on one side only

Dude barely even mentions Oct 7

I thought it was actually a great audiobook on a very complex topic, but I quickly realized how skewed and biased it was, telling the story in a total “poor me, the Palestinians are the only victims” mentality.

very digestible despite the breadth of information

an objective view on an often deliberately obscured history. Author did not suger coat his perspective

The failure of Western (particularly American and European) influence on the solution to Zionist/Palestinian conflicts.

This book provides much better insight into Western complicity into the apartheid regime that has been imposed on Palestine. Can the theocracy that Israel has become also be democratic — I don’t think so.

A biased and incomplete analysis

There is a history of Islamic aggression, expansionism, and religious and ethnic persecution that antedates the book’s arbitrary starting point. It also ignores the undeniable prior presence of a Jewish national tale and state. A disappointing book.

Warped

Very eloquently written. Significantly warped point of view. Skips and slants gigantic relevant events in creating this narrative. I would reference this book to explain how different definitions for the same thing can create completely opposite emotions. Example for a hijacking of a school bus, guerrilla warfare operation vs terrorist attack

not a history

This book's title is laughable. At best this book is a long opinion piece, at worst it is propaganda (and often opologetic for the actions of terrorist groups). Even viewed in the best light (as an opinion piece) the author is disorganized and meandering, often self-contradicting, and bends over backward to assert the position of one side as undeserving victim and the other as evil. Any actual student of history knows things are never this black and white. because of his intellectual dishonesty he does tremendous harm to those working toward actual peace in the middle east. Don't waste your time on this book. There are SO many better options out there.

The obvious prejudice of the author.

Don’t waste your time on this book. Having read this author’s other book about ethnic cleansing in Palestine, I should’ve known better.