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Title: Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition by Norman G. Finkelstein, Norman Finkelstein ISBN: 1-85984-442-1 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Brave Man
Comment: Norman Finkelstein is a brave man who has received a lot of flak for writing this book. One response that authors who criticise Israel always have to contend with is the accusation that they are motivated by anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism. Jewish authors (Finkelstein is the son of Holocaust survivors)are additionally accused of being 'self hating' Jews. It's almost as if, in the eyes of Israel's unquestioning supporters, there can be no legitimate reason to criticise anything that Israel does. Maybe Israel, unlike any other country which has ever existed on Earth, is a perfect society which is completely above criticism - or is it?
The aim of this brilliant book is to ask questions about the view of Israel's history that Zionists would like the rest of us to believe. Many aspects of this history are hotly disputed so it's a perfectly legitimate area of study. Reading the book will probably challenge your preconceptions of the Arab-Israeli conflict and will make some people feel distinctly uncomfortable. But like nasty tasting medicine that ultimately does you good, it's essential reading for anyone who really wants to understand what's going on in that tragic part of the world. And the fact that all Finkelstein's opponents can do to counter his arguments is come out with the same old knee-jerk reactions says it all. Buy it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Among the Best on This Topic
Comment: This book was one of the first that I read after starting to read up on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and I still regard it as one of the best. Prof. Finkelstein's analytical powers are as great as anyone writing on this topic. He goes deeper than most authors would care to: Watch him disect Joan Peter's book
"From Time Immemorial", which claimed that the Palestinian residents of the area were "newcommers".
After reading this book, there are dozens of others that also reveal facts that are well hidden from Americans. One perhaps surprising source is the Israeli newspaper "Harratz", which has some liberal writers on its staff. (Freedom of speech is still in effect there, at least more so than in the US.)
Finally, I suggest trying out some of pro-Israeli books so that you can say you've heard both sides of the story.
I don't think there are any truly "neutral" writers. (For example, how many neutral observers were there during the war in Vietnam?)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Relentlessly Thorough Study
Comment: Norman Finkelstein is a first rate scholar -- and a brave one. If you read one book about the conflict, let it be this one.
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Title: The Israeli Holocaust Against the Palestinians by Michael Hoffman II, Moshe Lieberman ISBN: 0970378424 Publisher: Independent History Pub. Date: 29 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky, Edward W. Said ISBN: 0896086011 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Politics of Anti-Semitism by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair ISBN: 1902593774 Publisher: AK Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said ISBN: 0679739882 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948 by Tanya Reinhart ISBN: 1583225382 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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