The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (59 page)
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Authors: Ilan Pappe
Tags: #History, #Middle East, #Israel & Palestine, #General, #Modern, #20th Century
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THE IRON CAGE THE STORY OF THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD
RASHID KHALIDI
At a time when a lasting peace between Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of the longest-running conflict in the Middle East is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In
The Iron Cage
, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, examines Palestine’s struggle for statehood, presenting a succinct and insightful history of the Palestinian people and their leadership in the twentieth century.
Ranging from the Palestinian struggle against colonial rule and the establishment of the State of Israel, through the eras of the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, this is an unflinching and sobering critique of the Palestinian failure to achieve statehood, as well as a balanced account of the odds ranged against them. Rashid Khalidi’s engrossing narrative of this tortuous history is required reading for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East.
Rashid Khalidi
, author of
Resurrecting Empire
and the award-winning
Palestinian Identity
, holds the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at Columbia University, where he heads the Middle East Institute.
“Khalidi, tackling ‘historical amnesia’, brilliantly analyses the structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30 years of British rule . . . [restoring] the Palestinians to something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still do so to determine their own fate.”
—
The Guardian
“Rashid Khalidi’s
Iron Cage
is a must-read historical and political study of the Palestinian national movement . . . richly illuminating.”
—
Middle East Journal
“Magisterial in scope, meticulous in its attention to detail, and decidedly dispassionate in its analysis,
The Iron Cage
is destined to be a benchmark of its genre.”
—
Tikkun
Hardback · 328pp · £16.99 · 978–1–85168–532–5
OUR SACRED LAND VOICES OF THE PALESTINE–ISRAELI CONFLICT
KENIZÉ MOURAD
These are the stories of two groups of people who live a life in terror, blaming each other for the continuation of the conflict, but this book is also a cry for a peace that acknowledges injustice and offers dignity to all.
Our Sacred Earth: Voices from the Palestine–Israeli Conflict
is a powerful, shocking and profoundly moving collection of testimonies from Palestinians, Israelis, Christians and volunteer workers, each telling their own story about life in the disputed territories. The accounts come not only from adults, but also from Arab and Jewish children such as Imad, whose young cousin was killed by Israeli gunfire. Other first-hand accounts come from both the relatives and the victims of suicide bombers, and from both settlers and the re-homed alike.
Kenizé Mourad
was born to an Indian father and a Turkish mother and has spent most of her professional career at the French political magazine
Le Nouvel Observateur
for whom she covered the Iranian revolutions and the Lebanese civil war.
“The pages of this book quite rightly drag us out of our dangerous apathy and call for the rebirth of hope even from the depths of the darkest despair.”
—
Le Monde
“A book of hope that reconciles us with humanity.”
—
Marie-Claire
“Kenizé Mourad has brought [Palestinian and Israeli] voices onto the printed page, with all their heartache and complexity, giving us a rare and moving insight into the minds and souls of the victims on both sides.”
—Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling
A People’s History of the United States
Paperback · 256pp · £10.99/US $16.95 · 978–1–85168–357–4
WHY THEY DON’T HATE US LIFTING THE VEIL ON THE AXIS OF EVIL
MARK LEVINE
Is the Muslim world really a seething mass of anti-Western hatred? Why has the US invasion of Iraq been so problematic?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, Western commentators largely ignorant of the Muslim world were quick to see events in terms of “them” and “us”. Professor LeVine argues that it is grossly simplistic to suppose that the 280 million inhabitants of the Middle East and North Africa think and act as one, and that, for the most part, they don’t hate America. The barrier to greater understanding between the West and the Muslim World is not, the author asserts, the ‘Axis of Evil’, but an ‘axis of arrogance and ignorance’.
Persuasive and powerful,
Why They Don’t Hate Us
cuts through cultural, media and religious stereotypes to reveal the fatal flaws in the attitudes of Americans, Europeans, and Muslims towards each other as the world rushes headlong into the era of globalization. Based on detailed research from Casablanca to Baghdad, this book shakes the foundations of our knowledge of the Middle East and, as important, sets out an alternative roadmap for better relations between the West and the Muslim world.
Mark LeVine
is Professor of History at the University of California-Irvine. Historical consultant for the Oscar-nominated and double Emmy award-winning
Promises
documentary, he is the author and editor of over half a dozen books on the Middle East.
“Perceptive, cosmopolitan, and dazzlingly well-informed”
—Thomas Frank, author of
What’s the Matter with Kansas?
“Such a wealth of statistical detail that even the most gung-ho advocate of IMF and World Bank programmes must pause for thought.”
—
The Economist
“Detonates the uneasy but nonetheless profound complacency that seems to have invaded politics. LeVine is absolutely right and, indeed, quite brave to insist on the reality of complexity.”
—
The Sunday Times
“Mark LeVine is a wandering minstrel who also happens to be a brilliant Middle Eastern scholar. The chronicle of his travels in post-invasion Iraq and the role of chaos in US policy there are a must read for anyone who wants to understand the full complexity of America’s Iraq.”
—Mike Davis, author of
City of Quartz
and
Dead Cities
Hardback · 456pp · £16.99/US $27.50 · 978–1–85168–365–9
THE PALESTINE–ISRAELI CONFLICT A BEGINNER’S GUIDE
DAN COHN-SHERBOK & DAWOUD EL-ALAMI
Jointly authored by an American rabbi and Professor of Judaism, and a Palestinian lecturer on Islam, this bestselling introduction offers a thorough and accessible account of the Palestine-Israeli conflict past, present and future. The result is a real insight into the bitter truths at the heart of this situation, with each author giving full vent to the emotions behind the two sides of the debate without avoiding any issues, however confrontational and conflict-ridden.
The conclusion is a direct exchange between the two authors, which raises many further issues, but which does see both sides holding out hope for resolution and a real solution in the future.
Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok
is currently Professor of Judaism at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
Dawoud El-Alami
is a lecturer on Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
“This publication offers a rare insight into the Palestine–Israeli dilemma while outlining political, religious, historical and emotional issues in the struggle for peace.”
—
Library Journal
“A very interesting opportunity for the reader to appreciate both sides of a complex issue. A must for anybody interested in understanding the conflict in the Middle East.”
—George Joffe, Director of Studies, Royal Institute for International Affairs, London
Paperback · 256pp · £9.99/US $15.95 · 978–1–85168–332–1
THE STATE VS. NELSON MANDELA THE TRIAL THAT CHANGED SOUTH AFRICA
LORD JOEL JOFFE
On 11 July 1963, police raided Liliesleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, arresting alleged members of the High Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela, they were put on trial and charged with conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution. Their expected punishment was death.
In
The State vs. Nelson Mandela
their defence attorney, Joel Joffe, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa’s history, vividly portraying the characters of those involved, and exposing the astonishing bigotry and rampant discrimination faced by the accused, as well as showing their courage under fire.
“This book is a remarkable piece of contemporary historical writing that will serve as one of the most reliable sources for understanding what happened at that trial and how we came to live to see democracy triumph in South Africa.”
—Nelson Mandela
Lord Joel Joffe
CBE is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He has previously served as Chairperson of Oxfam and worked as a human rights lawyer.
Hardback · 312pp · £16.99/US$27.95 · 978–1–85168–500–4
