A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

Ilan Pappe

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English

Bloomsbury
07 January 2025

History; Middle Eastern history; Colonialism & imperialism; Geopolitics

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. This is an indispensable guide to understanding the present conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it.

By: Ilan Pappe
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
ISBN: 9780861549719
ISBN 10: 0861549716
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of over a dozen books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. In 2017, he received the Middle East Monitor’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palestine Book Awards.

Reviews for A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

"'Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel’s ""new historians"".' Avi Shlaim, author of Three Worlds 'A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict is the best primer available on one of the world’s most persistent settler-colonial tragedies. Amid the carnage of the Gaza genocide, it is essential to listen to Ilan Pappe, a preeminent historian of the Middle East, and a heroic scholar committed to justice and freedom.' Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies"