Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Norman G. Finkelstein

Verso, 2003 - History - 287 pages

First published in 1995, this polemical study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically reexamines dominant popular and scholarly images in the light of the current failures of the peace process.

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Review: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition

User Review  - Umer Iftikhar - Goodreads

'The most comprehensive book on the Palestine-Israel issue.' - Noam Chomsky

Review: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition

User Review  - Peter - Goodreads

This is an absolutely essential book for anyone even vaguely interested in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Though Finkelstein's tone can often be unnecessarily strident, his research is impeccable.

Contents

• Zionist Orientations: 7
• A Land Without a People: 21
• Born of War Not by Design: 51
• Settlement Not Conquest: 88
• War and Peace: 121
• To Live or Perish: 123
• Language of Force: 150
• Oslo The Apartheid Option: 172
• Abba Eban with Footnotes: 184
• Notes: 199
• Index: 281

About the author

Norman G. Finkelstein is the author of A Nation on Trial (with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the New York Times Book Review, and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
• Author: Norman G. Finkelstein
• Edition: 2, revised
• Publisher: Verso, 2003
• ISBN: 1859844421, 9781859844427
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: History / Middle East / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Security (National & International)