"The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel-Palestine conflict didn't start on 7 October. It didn't start in 1967 either, when Israel occupied the West Bank, or in 1948 when the state of Israel was declared. It started in 1882, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in what was then Ottoman Palestine. Ilan Pappe untangles the history of two peoples, now sharing one land. Going back to the founding fathers of Zionism, Pappe expertly takes us through the twists and turns of international policy towards Israel-Palestine, Palestinian resistance to occupation, and the changes taking place in Israel itself." -- Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146).
Formatted Contents Note:
1 When and where did the conflict begin? -- 2 The quiet years, 1918-26 -- 3 Why did the Zionist movement begin ethnic cleansing? -- 4 The events of 1929 -- 5 The great Arab revolt, 1936-9 -- 6 On the road to the Nakba, 1945-7 -- 7 The partition resolution and its aftermath -- 8 The ethnic cleansing of Palestine -- 9 After the Nakba: Israel and Palestine, 1948-67 -- 10 On the road to the six-day war, 1967 -- 11 The making of the two biggest prisons on Earth, 1967-2000 -- 12 Between two intifadas, 1987-2000 -- 13 The second intifada, 2000 -- 14 Israel and Palestine in the twenty-first century -- 15 The historical and moral context of 7 October 2023
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