Other Books

1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:50:13 -0500

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation.

1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:51:35 -0500

“A marvelous achievement . . . Anyone curious about the extraordinary six days of Arab-Israeli war will learn much from it.”—The Economist

Tom Segev’s acclaimed One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted views of the history of Israel.

A Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture

neve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:34:27 -0500

Censored last year by the Association of Israeli Architects, A Civilian Occupation is the first attempt by Israeli architects, scholars, journalists, and photographers to highlight the role of Israeli architecture in the Middle East conflict.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the declared aim of the Zionist project has been to build a national home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel.

A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:06:52 -0500

Ilan Pappe's book traces the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this troubled region. The second edition of Pappe's book has been updated to include the dramatic events of the 1990s and the early twenty-first century. These years, which began with a sense of optimism, as the Oslo peace accord was being negotiated, culminated in the second intifada and the increase of militancy on both sides.

A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies)

neve — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:15:26 -0500

An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:22:59 -0500

Jeff Halper is an Israeli who lives and works in Palestine. This book throws a critical light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an Israeli point of view. Israel's pioneers created a vibrant society, culture and economy. Yet the idea of an ethnically-pure "Jewish State" is no longer viable. Only 72 per cent of Israelis are Jewish, and this proportion is dwindling. To enforce its ethnic exclusivity, Israel adopts policies of occupation and discrimination against Palestinian citizens.

Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:50:45 -0500

Inspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child, Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book--a history central to the narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict but for the most part willfully ignored until now. In Army of Shadows, initially published in Israel to high acclaim and intense controversy, he tells the story of Arabs who, from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter, sided with the Zionists and aided them politically, economically, and in security matters.

Behind the Intifada

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:21:58 -0500

Before the intifada began, Joost Hiltermann had already looked at local organizations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and seen there the main elements that would eventually be used to mobilize the Palestinian masses. In the first comprehensive study of these organizations, Hiltermann shows how local organizers provided basic services unavailable under military rule, while recruiting for the cause of Palestinian nationalism.

Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:31:33 -0500

In this long-awaited sequel to his international bestseller The Holocaust Industry, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched exposé of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Beyond Intifada: Narratives of Freedom Fighters in the Gaza Strip

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:05:04 -0500

The story of the Intifada in the Gaza Strip, with its tragic and inspiring outcomes, is slowly fading from the world's collective memory. In the final weeks of 1987, however, this small strip of land became a major battleground for a national rebellion with repercussions that still echo today. This book presents the personal narratives of six Palestinians whose stories are central to describing the greater Palestinian plight in the Gaza Strip, the Intifada, the beginning of the 1993 peace process, and beyond.

Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:39:14 -0500

Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:25:25 -0500

Israel's military court system, a centerpiece of Israel's apparatus of control in the West Bank and Gaza since 1967, has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. This authoritative book provides a rare look at an institution that lies both figuratively and literally at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Creating Facts: Israeli Policy in the Occupied Territories

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:04:38 -0500

Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:57:37 -0500

For decades, we’ve been shocked by images of violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. But for all their power, those images leave us at a loss: from our vantage at home, it’s hard for us to imagine the struggles of those living in the midst of the fighting. Now, American-born Israeli David Shulman takes us right into the heart of the conflict with Dark Hope, an eye-opening chronicle of his work as a member of the peace group Ta‘ayush, which takes its name from the Arabic for “living together.”

Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy

neve — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:21:29 -0500

Defending the Holy Land is the most comprehensive analysis to date of Israel's national security and foreign policy, from the inception of the State of Israel to the present.

Dishonest Broker: The Role of the United States in Palestine and Israel

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:26:31 -0500

This latest work by Naseer Aruri focuses on the failed Middle East "peace process."

Aruri analyzes the evolving relationship between the United States and the two protagonists-the Palestinians and Israel-and argues that the U.S.

Dispatches From Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process (Middle East Issues (MEI))

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:41:04 -0500

Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:54:30 -0500

In 1993, amira hass, a young Israeli reporter, drove to Gaza to cover a story-and stayed, the first journalist to live in the grim Palestinian enclave so feared and despised by most Israelis that, in the local idiom, "Go to Gaza" is another way to say "Go to hell." Now, in a work of calm power and painful clarity, Hass reflects on what she has seen in Gaza's gutted streets and destitute refugee camps.

Ethnocracy: Land And Identity Politics in Israel/palestine

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:07 -0500

For Oren Yiftachel, the notion of ethnocracy suggests a political regime that facilitates the expansion and control of a dominant ethnicity in contested lands. It is neither democratic nor authoritarian, with rights and capabilities depending primarily on ethnic origin and geographic location. In Ethnocracy: Land and Identity Politics in Israel/Palestine, Yiftachel presents a new critical theory and comparative framework to account for the political geography of ethnocratic societies.

From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map: Essays

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:02:46 -0500

In his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause from one of its most eloquent spokesmen. These essays, which originally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly, London’s Al-Hayat, and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo Accords through the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and present information and perspectives too rarely visible in America.

From the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights (Global Encounters)

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:28:12 -0500

"Either you are with us or you are with the Terrorists!" President Bush exclaimed in a joint session of Congress ten days after the September 11 attacks. Even though the war on terrorism and the discourse surrounding it were ostensibly unleashed to protect freedom and enhance democracy, they have actually empowered authoritarian elements of state power and relegated human rights to the margins of the political arena. InFrom the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights, Neve Gordon assembles work of leading intellectuals and rights activists from around the globe.

Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel

neve — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:16:25 -0500

James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross, Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence, drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East, Balkans, Chechnya, Turkey, and Africa, as well as dozens of rare interviews with military veterans, officials, and political activists on all sides.

Gender in Crisis: Women and the Palestinian Resistance Movement

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:49:01 -0500

Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation

neve — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:34:28 -0500

A groundbreaking exposé of Israel's terrifying reconceptualization of geopolitics in the Occupied Territories and beyond.

Hollow Land is a groundbreaking exploration of the political space created by Israel's colonial occupation.

Intifada

neve — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:24:12 -0500