Ten Myths About Israel

Resumen del libro

The most eloquent writer on Palestinian history reveals the myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (New Statesman).

The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.

The ten myths repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and accepted without question by the world's governments reinforce the regional status quo and include:

Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration.
The Jews were a people without a land.
There is no difference between Zionism and Judaism.
Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation.
The Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948.
The June 1967 War was a war of No Choice'.
Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East.
The Oslo Mythologies
The Gaza Mythologies
The Two-State Solution

For students, activists, and anyone interested in better understanding the news, Ten Myths About Israel is another groundbreaking study of the Israel-Palestine conflict from the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

Biografía del autor

Ilan Pappé es un profesor israelí de historia en la Universidad de Exeter, Reino Unido, co-director del Centro Exeter de Estudios Etno-Políticos y activista político. Anteriormente fue profesor de ciencias políticas en la Universidad de Haifa (1984-2007) y director del Instituto Emil Touma de Estudios Palestinos de Haifa (2000-2008). Pappé es autor de libros como La limpieza étnica de Palestina (2006), El Oriente Medio moderno (2005), Una historia de la Palestina moderna: una tierra, dos pueblos (2003) y Gran Bretaña y el conflicto árabe-israelí (1988).