Product Description

Drawing on debates from the last two decades, and including a new sections on women's history in the region and new articles on minorities and land ownership, this book presents the most recent developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict and a reassessment of Israel's past.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #353326 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

From the Back Cover

In this ground-breaking new edition of The Israel/Palestine Question, Ilan Pappé showcases some of the most recent areas of scholarly interest in the history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Including only works which challenge previous conceptions and paradigms, Ilan Pappé emphasises a number of recent developments in the conventional historiography.

All the chapters in this new edition are written by Israeli or Palestinian scholars, which shows how much the drive to revisit the history of the conflict comes from historians belonging to the conflicting parties. The book also presents work influenced by wider historiographical developments, for instance the current interdisciplinary drive, as well as a sceptical view of elite historical narratives and the rise of non-elite history.

This new edition includes:

Revisionist views on the formation of Palestine

Revised sections on the history of the 1948 war and the experiences of Palestinians in Israel

A new section on women’s history.

With a fully updated introduction, Ilan Pappé's timely anthology is essential reading for all those who are interested in the history and politics of the Middle East.

About the Author

Ilan Pappé is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, at the University of Haifa. His publications include Britain and the Arab–Israeli Conflict (1988), The Making of the Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1947–51 (1994),  History of Modern Palestine (2003) and The Modern Middle East (Routledge, 2005).

Ilan Pappé, Beshara B. Doumani, Butrus Abu-Manneh, Uri Ram, Gershon Shafir, Walid Khalidi, Ilan Pappé, Avi Shlaim, Mahmoud Yazbak, Islad Jad, Alina Korn, As’ad Ghanem, Nur Masalha

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Book
This is a great book and very well reserched. Ilan Pappe writes about the Israel and Palestine in frank honesty. He is neither from the zionist side or from the Arab but is a scolar and historian. The book is bound to upset those who wish to rewrite the history of the lands which are now Israel. History also went through a cleaning process along with the ethnic cleaning of the Palestinian people.
Peace in the land of Isrel & Palestine can come only after truth and reconciliation between these two great people. The land deserves peace and people like Ilan Peppe are amongst those who can bring a just peace for all.

Quite interesting but not enough
The books gives an interesting account for the conflict, but one needs to add more to it. Of special interest is the way Israel's role is described.