A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
by Ilan Pappé
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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A brief overview ("very short" is in the title). No new revelations, but I often brush up on timelines with books such as these.
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La devastación del 7 de octubre de 2023 y los horrores que siguieron asombraron al mundo. Pero el conflicto palestino-israelí no empezó el 7 de octubre. Tampoco empezó en 1967, cuando Israel ocupó Cisjordania, ni en 1948, cuando se declaró el Estado de Israel. Empezó en 1882, cuando los primeros colonos sionistas llegaron a lo que entonces era la Palestina otomana.
Ilan Pappé desentraña la historia de dos pueblos que ahora comparten una misma tierra. Remontándose a los padres fundadores del sionismo, Pappé nos conduce con maestría por los vericuetos de la política internacional hacia Israel-Palestina, la resistencia palestina a la ocupación y los cambios que se están produciendo en el propio Israel.
Ilan Pappé desentraña la historia de dos pueblos que ahora comparten una misma tierra. Remontándose a los padres fundadores del sionismo, Pappé nos conduce con maestría por los vericuetos de la política internacional hacia Israel-Palestina, la resistencia palestina a la ocupación y los cambios que se están produciendo en el propio Israel.
May 23, 2025Spanish
A good starting point but lacked historical gravitas (where were the references, footnotes etc? ).
I am horrified by what is happening and has happened in Gaza, but it doesn't excuse biased and judgemental writing. It diminishes his trustworthiness as a reliable source of information, even if you find yourself agreeing with some of his opinions.
"Palestinians and Israelis will always be neighbours and an agreement based on equality and justice could enable both sides to live in peace and security. At present, however, that seems a distant prospect."
I am horrified by what is happening and has happened in Gaza, but it doesn't excuse biased and judgemental writing. It diminishes his trustworthiness as a reliable source of information, even if you find yourself agreeing with some of his opinions.
"Palestinians and Israelis will always be neighbours and an agreement based on equality and justice could enable both sides to live in peace and security. At present, however, that seems a distant prospect."
Feb 21, 2026English (UK)
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- History, General Nonfiction, Nonfiction
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- 956.94 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan The Levant Israel and Palestine
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- DS119.7 .P37 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews
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