Ten Myths About Israel

The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ??from ??the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history ? (New Statesman)

The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.
 
The ??ten myths ? ??repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and accepted without question by the world ??s governments ??reinforce the regional status quo and include:
 
? Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration.
?  The Jews were a people without a land.
?  There is no difference between Zionism and Judaism.
?  Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation.
?  The Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948.
?  The June 1967 War was a war of ??No Choice ??.
?  Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East.
?  The Oslo Mythologies
?  The Gaza Mythologies
?  The Two-State Solution

For students, activists, and anyone interested in better understanding the news, Ten Myths About Israel is another groundbreaking study of the Israel-Palestine conflict from the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.