Ilan Pappé

Arabs and Jews describe the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in completely different ways. Among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as the ""nakba"" - the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster. For Jews, and in particular for Israelis, their victory in the war of 1948 is a veritable miracle in which, against tremendous odds and through heroic military effort, the Jewish community succeeded in thwarting attempts by the Arab states to destroy it.This book integrates new archival material with the findings of recent scholarship to present the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. The author shows, in sharp contrast to the recollections and myths of both sides, that the military events of 1948 were not decisive. The victory of the Zionist organization and the fate of the Palestinians was determined by politicians on both sides - in the discussions and decisions of the United Nations in 1947-8 and in the Arab League - long before a shot had been fired. The author argues that Israel's failure to take advantage of the genuine opportunity for peace with the Arabs at the UN-sponsored Lausanne Conference in 1949 resulted in the prolonged and tragic conflict between Israel and the Arab states still very much alive today.

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In our communicative world, few modern catastrophes are concealed from the public eye. And yet, Ilan Pappe unveils, one such crime has been erased from the global public memory: the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1948. But why is it denied, and by whom? The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine offers an investigation of this mystery.

The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from “the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history” ( New Statesman )In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, 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” that Pappe explores—repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, accepted without question by the world’s governments—reinforce the regional status quo. He explores the claim that Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration, as well as the formation of Zionism and its role in the early decades of nation building. He asks whether the Palestinians voluntarily left their homeland in 1948, and whether June 1967 was a war of “no choice.” Turning to the myths surrounding the failures of the Camp David Accords and the official reasons for the attacks on Gaza, Pappe explains why the two-state solution is no longer viable.

An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it."Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel's 'new historians.'" -Avi Shlaim, author of Three WorldsThe 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.

Described by a UN fact-finding mission as "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate, and terrorize a civilian population," Israel's Operation Cast Lead thrust the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip into the center of the debate about the Israel/Palestine conflict.In Gaza in Crisis, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé, two of the issue's most insightful and prominent critical voices, survey the fallout from Israel's conduct in Gaza and place it into the context of Israel's longstanding occupation of Palestine.

Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe turns his attention to the annexation and occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, bringing us the first comprehensive critique of the Occupied Territories. Based on groundbreaking archival research, NGO records, and eyewitness accounts, Pappe's investigation of the "bureaucracy of evil" explores the brutalizing effects of occupation, from the systematic abuse of human and civic rights, the IDF roadblocks, mass arrests, and house searches to the forced population transfer, the settlers, and the infamous wall that is rapidly turning the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel, this is a brilliantly incisive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories.

Ilan Pappe's book traces the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this troubled region. The second edition of Pappe's book has been updated to include the dramatic events of the 1990s and the early twenty-first century. These years, which began with a sense of optimism, as the Oslo peace accord was being negotiated, culminated in the second intifada and the increase of militancy on both sides. Pappe explains the reasons for the failure of Oslo and the two-state solution, and reflects upon life thereafter as the Palestinians and Israelis battle it out under the shadow of the wall of separation. As in the first edition, it is the men, women and children of Palestine who are at the centre of Pappe's narrative.

Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappé looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. The Idea of Israel considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country’s education system, media, and cinema, and the uses that are made of the Holocaust in supporting the state’s ideological structure.In particular, Pappé examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. Pappé himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was attacked and received death threats as he exposed the truth about how Palestinians have been treated and the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power. The Idea of Israel is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.

How pro-Israel lobbying groups influence the Middle East policies of Britain, the US and othersIn 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Zionists mooted places as diverse as Palestine and Argentina, and most Jews in Britain and the US remained aloof from the ideologists. Today support for Israel is a sine qua non of British and American political life, and the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen?Ilan Pappe unveils how a lobby changed the map of the Middle East. Zionists exerted pressure on the Congress, cracked down on dissent in the Labour Party and relentlessly smeared critics. Groups funded by the Israeli state pushed for unprecedented military aid, recognition of unlawfully occupied territories and the erasure of Palestinian rights. Lobbying for Zionism shows us how a dangerous consensus was built – and how it might be dismantled.

For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the dispossessed Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Palestinians have developed an exceedingly complex relationship with the land they call home; however, in the innumerable discussions of the Israel-Palestine problem, their experiences are often overlooked and forgotten. In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state. Drawing upon significant archival and interview material, Pappé analyzes the Israeli state's policy towards its Palestinian citizens, finding discrimination in matters of housing, education, and civil rights. Rigorously researched yet highly readable, The Forgotten Palestinians brings a new and much-needed perspective to the Israel-Palestine debate.

Even before he wrote his bestselling book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine , historian Ilan Pappe was a controversial figure in Israel. In Out of the Frame , he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences.Here he traces his journey of discovery from the whispers of Palestinian classmates to his realisation that the 'enemy's' narrative of the events of 1948 was correct. After completing his thesis at Oxford University in the early 1980s, he returned to Palestine determined to protect the memory of the Nakbah. For the first time he gives the details of the formidable opposition he faced in Israel, including death threats fed by the media, denunciations by the Knesset and calls for him to be sacked from his post at Haifa university.This revealing work, written with dignity and humour, highlights Israel's difficulty in facing up to its past and forging a peaceful, inclusive future in Palestine.

A renowned historian argues that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Zionist project, and considers the issues that must be centered for a sustainable and peaceful future for Palestinians and Jews to emergeIn this urgent and timely book, historian Ilan Pappé, argues that the beginning of the end of the Jewish state began in 2022 with the election of the most right-wing government in the nation’s history. Long known for his willingness to expose the myths Israeli society has been built upon, Pappé sets out his thoughts about the risks and opportunities emerging from the horrors of this historical moment, and the eight "mini-revolutions" that could pave the way to a better future.Israel on the Brink begins with a look back, explaining why the so-called peace process of 1967 to today have not only failed, but sown more violence. The second section of the book focuses on just what these indicators of the end of the Zionist project of Israel are, and what they imply.The last section describes the issues that must be central for anyone involved in bringing an end to the violence and bloodshed and concerned about what will fill the political vacuum created by the demise of Israel. In chapters that embody a mix of hopeful projection and sober analysis, Pappé discusses eight “mini-revolutions” that have to occur for a different, less violent, and more hopeful future to occur Relocating the Right of Return of the Palestinian refugees to the center of the future vision;A new definition for the Jewish collective in historical Palestine;Finalizing a plan for what will be the future of the Jewish settlements built in the West Bank since 1967; andA new strategy for a united Palestinian national movement.Israel on the Brink is a much-needed antidote to popular dystopic thinking about the conflict, and a glimpse into how Israel and Palestine might look should these mini-revolutions succeed.

This groundbreaking contribution to a more comprehensive view of the region in a post-September 11th world, is the first introductory textbook on the modern Middle East to focus on the urban, rural, cultural and women's histories of the region over its political and economic history. Distancing himself from more modernizationist approaches, the author is concerned with the ideological question of whom we investigate in the past rather than how we investigate the past. Ilan Pappé begins his narrative at the end of the First World War with the Ottoman heritage, and concludes at the end of the twentieth century with the political discourse of Islam. The Modern Middle East : Accessible and original, The Modern Middle East is essential introductory reading for students on history or politics courses, as well as for journalists and those working in the region.

In this deeply researched political biography, Ilan Pappé traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century. Viewing this sweeping saga through the prism of one family, the book sheds new light on crucial events—the invasion of Palestine by Napoleon, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, World War I, western colonialism, and the advent of Zionism—and provides an unforgettable picture of the Palestinian tragedy in its entirety. The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty is the history of Palestinian politics before national movements and political at the height of the Husaynis’ influence, positions in Jerusalem and Palestine could only be obtained through the family’s power base. In telling the story of one family, the book highlights the continuity between periods customarily divided into pre-modern and modern, pre-Zionist and Zionist, illuminating history as it was actually lived.

Within the already heavily polarised debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Israel and apartheid South Africa remain highly contentious. A number of prominent academic and political commentators, including former US president Jimmy Carter and UN Special Rapporteur John Dugard, have argued that Israel's treatment of its Arab-Israeli citizens and the people of the occupied territories amounts to a system of oppression no less brutal or inhumane than that of South Africa's white supremacists. Similarly, boycott and disinvestment campaigns comparable to those employed by anti-apartheid activists have attracted growing support. Yet while the 'apartheid question' has become increasingly visible in this debate, there has been little in the way of genuine scholarly analysis of the similarities (or otherwise) between the Zionist and apartheid regimes.In Israel and South Africa, Ilan Pappé, one of Israel's preeminent academics and a noted critic of the current government, brings together lawyers, journalists, policy makers, and historians of both countries to assess the implications of the apartheid analogy for international law, activism and policy making. With contributors including the distinguished anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils, Israel and South Africa offers a bold and incisive perspective on one of the defining moral questions of our age.

الكتاب الذى أعده وترجمه الروائى الشاب نائل الطوخى، جاء فى ١١٧ صفحة من القطع المتوسط.ويبدأ بقصيدتين أولاهما هى «الثقافة العبرية» لـ «أهارون شبتاى» أحد الشعراء الإسرائيليين المعاصرين، والثانية بعنوان «ماذا تسمونها» للشاعرة والفنانة التشكيلية تال كوهين باخور تقول فيها: تسمونها حربا / هو لا يزال احتلالا / تسمونه عدلا / هو لا يزال احتلالا/ تقولون إنها ملكنا / هو لا يزال احتلالا.ثم تأتى الدراسة الأولى لإيلان بابيه أحد أبرز المؤرخين الجدد فى إسرائيل، الذى يصف نفسه بأنه معادٍ للصهيونية، تحمل الدراسة عنوان «عن تخريب المدن الفلسطينية فى ربيع ١٩٤٨ قبل إعلان الاستقلال بشهر»، واللافت أن بابيه يصدر دراسته بمقطع شعرى لمحمود درويش من قصة السنديان يقول فيها «الحروب تعلمنا أن نحب التفاصيل: شكل مفاتيح أبوابنا / أن نمشط حنطتنا بالرموش ونمشى خفافا على أرضنا»، ثم يرصد المؤرخ الطريقة الوحشية التى استخدمت فى القضاء على المدن والقرى الفلسطينية بواسطة آلة الحرب الصهيونية التى قادها زعيم الدولة الناشئة دافيد بن جوريون، لافتا إلى المفارقة فى مذكرات هذا القائد العسكرى الذى تجاهل تماما الأحداث الدموية فى الفترة بين ١ أبريل و١٥ مايو ١٩٤٨، وهى الفترة التى كثف فيها هجماته بغرض تطهير القرى من العرب، وتم طرد أكثر من مائة وخمسين ألف فلسطينى من منازلهم بالمدن ثم طرد أكثر من ٧٠ ألفا من سكان اللد والرملة بعد تدمير المدينتين والقرى المحيطة بهما، عشية إقامة الدولة اليهودية وقبل دخول الجيوش العربية إلى أراضيهما. ويستطرد بابيه فى تناول المدن والقرى الفلسطينية التى تم تهجير أهلها أو إبادتهم بطرق وحشية لتحقيق «نبوءة التطهير» أو نبوءة المدن اليهودية الطاهرة التى كانت حجر الأساس للسياسة التى انتهجها بن جوريون ومؤسسته العسكرية، ويصف بابيه طريقة اجتياح اليهود لمدينة طبرية بدحرجة عبوات متفجرة على المنخفضات إلى الأحياء العربية. ويذكر أيضا القيادة الإسرائيلية بأنها قامت باجتثاث حوالى ٦٠ ألفا من السكان الفلسطينيين لحيفا فى عملية حملت اسما يثير القشعريرة وهو «المقص» وفى عكا الحصينة لجأت القوات الإسرائيلية إلى حيلة أخرى للقضاء على سكان البلدة الذين وصل عددهم إلى ١٥ ألفا، وهى إلقاء جراثيم التيفود فى المجرى المائى المتجه إلى البلدة.ويتابع المؤرخ وصف الأحداث الدموية التى تم بها إخلاء مدن وقرى لا حصر لها فى القدس الغربية وصفد وبيسان ويافا، كما يشير إلى عمليات النهب والسرقة المنظمة التى قام بها المحتلون، ويسخر من تفسير بن جوريون لرفضه حق العودة، الذى يبرره الأخير بأن الفلسطينيين تركوا أرضهم ورحلوا بشكل غير مفهوم، دون أن يجبرهم أحد على ذلك، ويوضح المؤرخ تلك المغالطة باعتبارها أصبحت جزءا من العقيدة العامة للإسرائيليين رغم كونها مغالطة تاريخية واضحة تحاول تجنب الإشارة إلى «هولوكست جديدة» نظمها اليهود ضد عرب فلسطين.وفى المقال الثانى يحكى الباحث جيش عاميت، المهتم بالمكتبات اليهودية والوطنية، قصة قيام وانهيار الكتاب الفلسطينى مستعيدا ما جرى منذ حرب ٤٨ للكتب الفلسطينية، وكيف تم تجميع ٤٠ ألف كتاب فى مخازن بيافا وحيفا والناصرة والقدس، وعرضت عشرات الآلاف من الكتب فى مكتبة عامة ثم الاتجاه إلى بيعها أو فرمها باعتبارها غير قابلة للاستعمال نظرا لما تتضمنه من أفكار لا تلائم الدولة اليهودية الناشئة، والأمر نفسه انطبق على تعليم اللغة العربية فى المدارس لإضفاء مظهر ديمقراطى على الدولة اليهودية مع مراعاة التأكيد على حق اليهود فى أرض فلسطين، ومن ثم جاءت المناهج ممتلئة بالمغالطات والأخطاء التاريخية أو ما يمكن تسميته «تزييف التاريخ».وفى المقال الثالث يستدعى الناشط اليسارى حاييم هانجبى ذكريات الطفولة مع جيرانه العرب، ثم يمزج بين هذه الذكريات وحوار إنسانى أجراه مع قيادى فى حركة فتح اكتشف فيما بعد أنه كان جاره فى نفس الحى الذى نشأ فيه، ويسأله القيادى الفتحاوى عن خلايا النحل التى تركها فى حديقة منزله القديم، فيتذكر الصحفى الإسرائيلى تلك الخلايا التى كان ينهل منها وهو صبى مع أقرانه بدافع العبث الطفولى ويختار الكاتب لمقاله عنوانا مؤثرا هو «العسل الفلسطينى الذى سرقه اليهود».الكتاب مطعم بالقصائد الشعرية التى تعرض فى معظمها وجهة نظر اليسار الإسرائيلى من الاضطهاد والعنف والأحداث الدموية التى تعرض لها الفلسطينيون منذ حرب ٤٨ وحتى حرب غزة .من النكبة إلى غزة هو لا يزال احتلالاً

In an analysis of Britain's policy towards Palestine in the post-mandatory era, the author examines the circumstances which led to the formulation of Britain's policy - the partition of mandatory Palestine between Israel and Jordan - and the stages of its implementation. A major theme emerges: that Britain's Middle East policy was a function of two main features: Britain's close alliance with Transjordan; and its pragmatic adaptability to developments in the area. Based on primary sources made available only recently in British, Israeli and American archives, the book offers new insights into a policy which was to have far reaching-effects.

En este innovador libro, el franco y radical historiador israelí Ilan Pappe examina las ideas más controvertidas sobre los orígenes y la identidad del Estado de Israel contemporáneo. Se ha actualizado con un nuevo epílogo sobre la invasión de Gaza en 2023.El relato histórico del sionismo sobre Israel está construido sobre numerosas falacias y mentiras. Relatos ficticios que nos impiden entender los orígenes y la realidad actual del conflicto y que sutilmente arrojan dudas sobre el derecho moral de los palestinos a la tierra que ocupan.En este innovador y polémico libro, el mundialmente reconocido historiador israelí Ilan Pappé examina los mitos esenciales que asientan el dominio sionista sobre la tierra palestina y que configuran la identidad del estado contemporáneo de Israel. Los relatos que explora Pappe –repetidos hasta la saciedad por los medios de comunicación, impuestos por el ejército de Israel, aceptados sin cuestionamiento por los gobiernos del mundo– refuerzan el statu quo regional. El autor explora de forma incisiva la afirmación de que Palestina era una tierra vacía en el momento de la Declaración de Balfour, así como la formación del sionismo y su papel en las primeras décadas de la construcción de la nación. Se pregunta si los palestinos abandonaron voluntariamente su patria en 1948 y si la guerra de junio de 1967 fue «inevitable». En cuanto a los mitos que rodean los fracasos de los acuerdos de paz y las razones oficiales de los ataques a Gaza, Pappe explica por qué la solución de dos Estados ya no es viable.Una obra iluminadora sobre los mitos –y la realidad– que hay detrás del Estado de Israel.

Israel is not the only ‘new’ state around, but it is one of the few states whose legitimacy is still questioned, and its future affects the future of the Middle East as a whole and probably the stability of the international system. The reasons for this unique reality lie in its past and the particular historical circumstances of its birth. This book seeks to update analysis of the political history, contemporary politics, economics and foreign policy of this unique state. The first part of the book provides a general history of Israel since its inception until 2000. This general history evolves around the political development of the state, beginning with its origins in the early Zionist history (1882–1948) and ending with the turn of the century. The second part focuses on three contemporary aspects of present-day its political economy, its culture and its international relations. An epilogue describes Israel’s complex international image today and its impact on the state and its future. Providing a solid infrastructure from which readers can form their own opinions, this book offers a fresh perspective on developments both on the ground and in recent scholarship, and is essential reading for students, journalists and policy makers with an interest in Middle Eastern History, Jewish Studies and Israel Studies.

Neste ensaio, o historiador Ilan Pappé analisa o paradoxo que está na origem do sionismo, fundado por judeus seculares mas que usaram a Bíblia para justificar e legitimar pretensões «não acreditamos em Deus, e no entanto, Ele prometeu-nos a Palestina», título de um famoso ensaio de Amon Raz-Krakotzkin. Os primeiros sionistas seculares citaram frequentemente a Bíblia para demonstrar que havia um imperativo divino na colonização da Palestina e com vista à redenção da Eretz Israel, a Terra de Israel. Mas Pappé argumenta que a Bíblia não é, na verdade, um texto muito útil à reinvenção de uma nação o pai da nação, Abraão, não era da Palestina, os hebreus tornaram-se uma nação no Egito e os Dez Mandamentos foram-lhes comunicados em Sinai, no Egito. Inicialmente o sionismo foi rejeitado por muitos judeus religiosos e pela maioria dos judeus ortodoxos, para quem a ideia de um «regresso» dos judeus à Terra de Israel antes do regresso do Messias era inconcebível. No entanto, com a intensificação da perseguição dos judeus na Europa, a ideia de criar um estado judaico foi ganhando adeptos. Nesta sequência, houve judeus religiosos que viriam a considerar que o exílio, do Egito como os demais do período bíblico associados ao comportamento contrários à vontade de Deus, chegava ao fim com o advento do sionismo na Palestina. Pappé expõe como o ponto de convergência entre sionistas seculares e religiosos quanto à centralidade da Bíblia, não é enquanto texto religioso, mas antes como um documento que afirma o direito histórico dos judeus à propriedade sobre a terra. A exploração sionista da Bíblia como verdade científica ou enquanto justificação moral para a colonização da Palestina contribuiu para recrutar apoios não só de comunidades judaicas, mas também de poderosos sectores do mundo cristão ocidental. Apesar do nacionalismo religioso ter tido um papel reduzido no estabelecimento do Estado de Israel, Pappé analisa como este movimento cresce a partir do final da década de 1960. Para os judeus nacionalistas ultraortodoxos, a colonização de grandes áreas da Cisjordânia e da Faixa de Gaza, tornada possível através da ocupação dos territórios palestinos em 1967, foi interpretada como uma reapropriação em nome de Deus e da Bíblia. Assim, os textos bíblicos tornaram-se na pedra angular da interpretação sionista da espoliação da Palestina, e da exclusão e desapossamento dos palestinos.

Comment puis-je aider les Palestiniens à obtenir enfin leurs droits ? Quand vous discutez d’Israël pour convaincre un hésitant, bien souvent vous vous retrouvez face à des arguments en réalité façonnés par des experts en com’.Ilan Pappe est Israélien et il a vécu longtemps en Israël. Il connaît la machine de l’intérieur. Aujourd’hui, il expose la manipulation orchestrée de l’Histoire, mais aussi la propagande au quotidien : cinéma, théâtre, médias, l’instrumentalisation de l’Holocauste… Comment se fabriquent les arguments. Comment fonctionnent les réseaux internationaux de lobbying et les moyens financiers énormes investis pour « redorer » l’image d’Israël à l’étranger.Ce livre est indispensable pour que votre interlocuteur puisse vraiment penser par lui-même. Et pour défaire un appareil de propagande extrêmement puissant qui reporte sans cesse la paix. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Ilan Pappé est un historien israélien en exil en Angleterre. Il est professeur d’histoire. Il dirige aussi le Centre Européen pour les Études Palestiniennes et co-dirige le Centre pour les Études Ethno-Politiques, à l’Université d’Exeter.

Uma intervenção editorial urgente, com entrevistas, artigos e ensaios de Ilan Pappe, Albert Einstein, Bruno Huberman, Gercyane Oliveira, Hugo Albuquerque, Eli Gozansky, Ussama Makdisi, Lena Obermaier, Richard Seymour, Helen Lackner, Ronan Burtenshaw, Julian Sayarer e Ben Jama. Nos últimos meses, quando este material estava sendo publicado, Israel continuava cometendo um verdadeiro genocídio em Gaza. As autoridades israelenses têm repetidamente deixado claras as suas intenções nesse sentido; falando de punição coletiva, assassinato em massa e limpeza étnica em jornais, em conferências de imprensa e na televisão. Embora as potenciais ocidentais tenham apoiado as condenações desse massacre, ao mesmo tempo que não tomaram qualquer ação concreta, milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo saíram às ruas para denunciar a sua cumplicidade, para exigir um cessar-fogo e uma Palestina livre. O ebook Do Rio ao Mar fornece histórias e análises cruciais para nos ajudar a compreender como chegámos ao presente pesadelo na Terra Santa. Elas situam a campanha genocida de Israel na história mais longa do colonialismo na Palestina e o Hamas na história mais longa da resistência e do chamado processo de paz. Tomados em conjunto, os textos que compõem esta coleção fornecem uma base importante para as discussões urgentes que ocorrem em todo o movimento de solidariedade com a Palestina.

Vers la fin des années 1980, Ilan Pappé et Benny Morris introduisent le terme de "nouveaux historiens" dans le discours universitaire israélien. Il ne s'agit pas d'un mouvement ni même d'un groupe, mais de chercheurs isolés qui en viennent à raconter autrement l'histoire de l'État d'Israël, et notamment de ses origines - la guerre de 1948 et la nakbah ou catastrophe, l'expulsion systématique des Palestiniens, jusque là complètement absente du discours académique. Avec la deuxième Intifada, le vent frais du pluralisme dans la sphère universitaire s'arrête net. Parmi les "nouveaux historiens", certains - comme Benny Morris - retournent explicitement au consensus antérieur, d'autres abandonnent le sujet. Le livre raconte la saga d'un historien qui tient bon le cap et continue ses recherches et son enseignement, en collaboration avec les chercheurs palestiniens, sur les origines de l'État d'Israël. Il relate les événements survenus à l'université de Haïfa pendant les trois dernières années : entraves de tous ordres, intimidation, menaces d'exclusion que seules les protestations venues du monde entier ont empêché d'aboutir. À travers son histoire personnelle, Ilan Pappé décrit la prise en mains du pouvoir sioniste sur la production du savoir en Israël et sa violence à l'encontre des voix intellectuelles discordantes. « Par-delà le récit ce cette double affaire, Pappé met en lumière les limites de la démocratie israélienne. Mais l'histoire pouvait-elle s'écrire au moment où Ariel Sharon se proposait de poursuivre dans les territoires palestiniens la guerre de 1948 ? » « Politis », 02/09/2004, Denis Sieffert « Ilan Pappé et l'un des plus brillants représentants de ces "nouveaux historiens" israéliens qui ont entrepris de revisiter l'histoire de la création d'Israël. Avec Benny Morris, Tom Seguev, Avi Schlaïm et Simha Flapan, il est l'un de ceux qui ont révélé la réalité de l'expulsion de sept cents à neuf cent mille Arabes palestiniens, entre novembre 1947 et juillet 1949. (...) Ilan Pappé n'a pas tort d'évoquer un climat de maccarthysme qui envahit Israël et menace tous ceux qui refusent la pensée officielle. On affaire témoigne aussi d'une autre réalité douloureuse : en occupant les territoires palestiniens et en opprimant un peuple, Israël ne peut que sacrifier ses principes démocratiques. Ou si l'on veut employer un mot plus fleuri : Israël ne peut que perdre son âme. » « Politis », 23/05/04, Denis Sieffert « Dans ce court texte qui résonne comme un appel, Ilan Pappé, le plus engagé des "nouveaux historiens" israéliens, témoigne de sa vive inquiétude concernant l'état de santé de la démocratie de son pays. (...) L'auteur réaffirme sa détermination à comprendre plus profondément encore, et si possible "collectivement", les origines de la fondation d'Israël - les années 1947 et 1948, hantées de drames ?oubliés?. Israël ne pourra envisager plus sereinement l'avenir que s'il se confronte à ses"démons", ceux de la Nakbah (la "catastrophe" en arabe). C'est la condition d'une reconnaissance de l'Autre. » « Le Monde diplomatique », septembre 2004, Guenaël Visentini

The word "apartheid" evokes the ideology of racial segregation which dominated South Africa for so many years. Yet opinion-formers, including former US President Jimmy Carter, are increasingly using the word "apartheid" to describe the situation of Arabs in Israel and the Occupied Territories. It is argued that even within Israel itself the Arab population is excluded from participation in civic life, and that the Palestinian enclaves created by the path of the "security barrier" in the Occupied Territories are no more than modern day Bantustans.The use of the word "apartheid" is highly emotive, and has serious implications for international policy. The concept lies at the heart of the growing trades union movement to boycott Israeli products. Yet in the heat of debate, no one has unpacked the South Africa analogy, and brought on board the expertise of historians, lawyers, journalists, and policymakers familiar with the politics of both countries. Now, for the first time, one of Israel's most celebrated academics, Ilan Pappé, has gathered together these perspectives in an accessible format which lays out the legal, political, and social dimensions of apartheid, and provides an authoritative assessment of its relevance to Israel.

O acontecimento aqui descrito ocorreu em Israel (22-23.5.1948), uma semana após a criação do Estado (14.5.1948). Embora o caso Tantura seja um capítulo particularmente significativo na história de Israel/Palestina, não há a seu respeito praticamente nenhuma referência pormenorizada nas obras de historiadores israelenses ou palestinos, ou, com efeito, de qualquer outro historiador. No entanto, o «massacre» que ocorreu em Tantura foi tema de aceso debate jurídico e público em Israel ao longo de 2001. O tema permanece controverso gerando intensos debates. Este ensaio fornece não só uma descrição do acontecimento, da controvérsia e das suas contínuas implicações sociais, como discute ainda o seu impacto em questões fundamentais da historiografia, tais como a questão da natureza e hierarquia das fontes, bem como o alcance e limites da imaginação do historiador. Levanta também questões ainda mais prementes, nomeadamente as que concernem a objetividade e as obrigações morais de um historiador face a situações de violência extrema, de violação de fundamentais direitos cívicos e humanos, o seu compromisso para com a verdade histórica.

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine By Ilan Pappe & On Palestine By Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe Collection 2 Books The Ethnic Cleansing of Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing". Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that. On Co-authored by two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, an indispensable book for understanding the situation in Gaza right nowWhat is the future of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed at Israel? Which is more viable, the binational or one state solution? Ilan Pappe and Noam Chomsky discuss these critical questions and more in this urgent and timely book, a sequel to their acclaimed Gaza in Crisis.9781851685554/9780241973523

Seit mehr als 60 Jahren leben Hunderttausende von Palästinensern als israelische Staatsbürger innerhalb der Grenzen des Staates, der am Ende des Konflikts von 1948 gegründet wurde. Die israelischen Palästinenser, die einen prekären Mittelweg zwischen den jüdischen Bürgern Israels und den enteigneten Palästinensern im Westjordanland und im Gazastreifen einnehmen, haben eine äußerst komplexe Beziehung zu dem Land entwickelt, das sie ihre Heimat nennen; in den unzähligen Diskussionen über das israelisch-palästinensische Problem werden ihre Erfahrungen jedoch oft übersehen und vergessen.In diesem Buch untersucht der Historiker Ilan Pappé, wie es den israelischen Palästinensern unter der jüdischen Herrschaft ergangen ist und was uns ihr Leben sowohl über Israels Haltung gegenüber Minderheiten als auch über die Haltung der Palästinenser gegenüber dem jüdischen Staat verrät. Auf der Grundlage von umfangreichem Archiv- und Interviewmaterial analysiert Pappé die Politik des israelischen Staates gegenüber seinen palästinensischen Bürgern und stellt Diskriminierungen in den Bereichen Wohnen, Bildung und Bürgerrechte fest. Das sehr lesenswerte Buch Die vergessenen Palästinenser bringt eine neue und dringend benötigte Perspektive in die israelisch-palästinensische Debatte ein.

Encarar as realidades de Israel e da Palestina como um caso colonial tem vastas implicações para a nossa compreensão do falhanço do «processo de paz». O debate académico sobre o processo de paz e as análises de progresso e fracasso baseiam-se meramente em relações de poder, nas intenções dos actores locais e das oportunidades, frequentemente carecendo da imprescindível dimensão histórica. Assim, o primeiro objectivo deste artigo é encarar historicamente o processo de paz como uma estratégia de um Estado colonial e como a resposta nativa ao mesmo. Este ensaio afirma que o próprio «processo de paz» nasceu como conceito num determinado momento, em junho de 1967, e fez parte da tentativa do Estado colonial israelense de reconciliar o seu desejo de permanecer demograficamente um Estado democrático e judeu, após 1967, ao mesmo tempo que se expandia geograficamente, assim passando a governar mais alguns milhões de árabes. Uma terceira afirmação revela como as elites política e militar israelenses entraram conscientemente neste dilema, ao contemplar a possibilidade de um cenário da sua própria autoria, ou de outros, que os colocaria como governadores da Cisjordânia e da Faixa de Gaza. A partir destes três pontos, conclui-se que a solução de «dois Estados» e o processo que é suposto vir a concretizá-la são um plano israelense em duas partes, cuja lógica foi aceite, com modificações, pela coligação entre os EUA, a UE, a Rússia, a ONU, a maior parte do Estados Árabes, a liderança palestina da Fatah, a esquerda, o centro sionistas em Israel e, ainda, algumas figuras conhecidas do movimento de solidariedade com os palestinos. Foi o poder desta coligação e não a lógica da solução, que há tanto tempo mantém à tona o processo, apesar do seu notório fracasso.