A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

By: Ilan Pappe

Narrated by: 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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Important book

Important book for everyone to read or hear. Heartbreak to hear about the long standing oppression of people and the evil forces of Zionism

Informative historical background

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

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.

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.