The Forgotten Palestinians : A History of the Palestinians in Israel

Resumen del libro

For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the dispossessed Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Palestinians have developed an exceedingly complex relationship with the land they call home; however, in the innumerable discussions of the Israel-Palestine problem, their experiences are often overlooked and forgotten. In this book, historian Ilan Pappe examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state.

Drawing upon significant archival and interview material, Pappe analyzes the Israeli state's policy towards its Palestinians citizens, finding discrimination in matters of housing, education, and civil rights. Rigorously researched yet highly readable, "The Forgotten Palestinians" brings a new and much-needed perspective to the Israel-Palestine debate.

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).