Reddit reviews A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies)
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Wow, this takes me back.
That said, for some reason the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is just incredibly prone to stupidity, even more than most other troll-infested issues. When I was at university >20 years ago, there was an ongoing propaganda war between the "Israel Action Committee" and the "Muslim Student Union", who'd regularly gather at the entrance to campus to scream at each other while students tried to get past.
They had an ongoing flyer tit-for-tat, with really bad (this is pre-Photoshop) manipulated pictures. It was so awful that when I tried to take a course on the topic, with a really excellent Israeli professor who tried incredibly hard to present a moderate, totally even-handed view, the two groups would sit in the same seating areas in the lecture hall every session, glowering at each other. The moment one of them raise their hand, you knew that you had one of three options:
...because at that point, the class was just lost.
On that note, A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mark Tessler is a great read.
Mark Tessler's A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is often cited as a very balanced work on the subject.
/r/AskHistorians also has some good information such as:
There are many others on the sub as well, but I think that covers the most frequent topics I have heard about Israel.
For a few more books My Promised Land by Ari Shavit is about the history of Israel, Shavit is a writer for Haaretz which is a very 'left' publication in Israel. Also, Israel by Daniel Gordis Gordis has written for a variety of publications including the New York Times and the New Republic
We have also had some posts here on /r/NeutralPolitics about this subject, which are a bit more modern than AH:
> Just google "Israel-Palestine Mark Tessler 2014", I forget the exact name.
It is very aptly called 'A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict'. It's on its second edition now (2009).
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Eh, it's among the more ok-ish pieces on the topic that's out there. Sure he's biased, and some of his points are awkward at best, but the amount of either anti-semitic or anti-Arab nonsense is just mind blowing. It's hard enough to find anything that provides original sources.
And regardless of the quality (or lack thereof) of scholarship on the subject, al-Husseini had some pretty reprehensible ideas.
This is one of the best books on the history of Middle East conflict - if you search a bit, you can find PDFs of older versions.
yeah, one of the things that pisses me off so much about the "israel = evil" brigade is the absolute lack of responsibility laid on the palestinian "leaders" who have fucked over their own people over and over with zero criticism.
israel has done terrible things as a state, there's no denying that, but it's hardly a one sided issue. i strongly suggest that anyone really interested in the subject read an academically published, unbiased history that doesn't cut too many corners (it's gonna be around 1000 pages at least.) i found this one to be very very good http://www.amazon.com/History-Israeli-Palestinian-Conflict-Indiana-Islamic/dp/025322070X
A standard history of the region is important, as well as info about the colonizers who defined Palestine's borders, and then Israel's. Here are just some initial thoughts, but definitely keep searching.
A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (read this years ago; assuming it's been updated?)
The Lemon Tree (good book that really humanizes the conflict)
> SHOW ME WHERE HAMAS HAS STATED THEY ACCEPT ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST
> SOME ME WHERE HAMAS HAS STATED PUBLICLY THEY WANT A 2 STATE SOLUTION
Haaretz: Hamas accepted two-state solution
NPR: Hamas Foreign Minister: We Accept Two-State Solution With '67 Borders
HuffingtonPost:Senior Hamas Member, Reportedly Says Hamas Ready To Accept Israel's Right To Exist
Guardian: Hamas accepts two-state idea, says former US President Jimmy Carter
BBC: Hamas has agreed to a document backing a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel
UN April 2014: Hamas-Fatah reached agreement to work together to establish two-state solution
Mark Tessler. A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
> The Palestinians have shown serious interest in a two-state solution since the mid-1970s, and its mainstream leadership has embraced the concept since the 1982 Arab Summit
Suggestion: History through Prof. Mark Tessler. Unbiased. Informative.
That is not what I recall from my professor's book, nor his course on the subject.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Israeli-Palestinian-Conflict-Indiana-Islamic/dp/025322070X/
Alas, I don't have the book in front of me.
With that said, refer to the chart on Page 5 of the below PDF. Note that it is a source which is "Pro-Zionist," but the numbers mentioned align with my former professor's research. Of the land under Jewish control in 1947, 57% of it came from Arab landowners.
http://www.wordfromjerusalem.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/the-case-for-israel-appendix2.pdf
On a personal note - I don't have a horse in the race. The course I took at the University of Michigan was quite the eye opener for me with impassioned arguments from both the Jewish and Muslim communities. For many of these kids, it was the first time they actually got to debate the matter outside of the safe space of their family dinner table.
Edit: Removed a sentence I used twice.
This is probably the best source out there. It is incredibly balanced and incredibly comprehensive.