The Palestine-Israel Conflict by Gregory Harms
Pluto's most accessible book on the conflict: ideal for both students and the general reader, this covers the entire 2000-year history of the region.
Gregory Harms' comprehensive, detailed, yet lively and readable account of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its antecedents, from ancient times until today, is a new and uniquely valuable resourceThe book provides both essentials to those unfamiliar with the basic facts, and points of departure for challenging research for others seeking greater expertise. I have seen no other recent work that dispels persistent and misleading myths, such as that of the 'thousand-year violent conflict' and at the same time illuminates all important aspects of today's central Palestine-Israel dilemma and the related interstate issues between Israel and Arab and Muslim states and societies. The book is a tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity. -- John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author on the Middle East.
Harms' is an indispensable, basic introduction to the topic of Zionism, going back in history to provide the essential background and carrying the account of the violence-wracked Arab-Jewish conflict to the present time. There is no better single volume, objective in every way as well as so informative, to equal it. -- Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of Another Century of War?
This work, written with a relaxed informality that will allay the anxiety of readers who do not already know about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular. -- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East
This book delves into the ancient history of Israel-Palestine. The Palestinian peasants under the Ottoman Empire did not register their land by themselves. Fearing taxation and conscription they left ownership to Arab and Turkish notables. When Zionist Jews started arriving in large numbers around 1900 they purchased the land from the registered owners and proceeded to farm it themselves using newly discovered agricultual methods that made the land much more productive. After World War I more Jews arrived and the violence began and continues to this day. -- Donald Epstein, History: Review of New Books
Freelance writer and researcher Harms rightfully asks, Where is someone to go and get a basic understanding of the most notorious conflict of the twentieth century? His brief but carefully written analysis, which offers clear definitions and deft explanations, significant but not lengthy details, and appropriate annotated suggestions for further reading, offers just that. Harms begins with the background history of the region, showing that Palestinians and Israelis share similar Canaanite origins; he then outlines the development of the peoples themselves through the Jewish Diaspora, the Islamic caliphates, and the emergence of nationalisms to WWII. He concludes with the controversial evolution of the conflict itself to the present time. The author cautiously notes, however, that the background survey merely introduces Arabs/Palestinians and Jews/Israelis, but that the actual conflict over the land is a recent national struggle, not a historical process. This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction. Summing up: Highly recommended. -- Choice
Harms' is an indispensable, basic introduction to the topic of Zionism, going back in history to provide the essential background and carrying the account of the violence-wracked Arab-Jewish conflict to the present time. There is no better single volume, objective in every way as well as so informative, to equal it. -- Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of Another Century of War?
This work, written with a relaxed informality that will allay the anxiety of readers who do not already know about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular. -- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East
This book delves into the ancient history of Israel-Palestine. The Palestinian peasants under the Ottoman Empire did not register their land by themselves. Fearing taxation and conscription they left ownership to Arab and Turkish notables. When Zionist Jews started arriving in large numbers around 1900 they purchased the land from the registered owners and proceeded to farm it themselves using newly discovered agricultual methods that made the land much more productive. After World War I more Jews arrived and the violence began and continues to this day. -- Donald Epstein, History: Review of New Books
Freelance writer and researcher Harms rightfully asks, Where is someone to go and get a basic understanding of the most notorious conflict of the twentieth century? His brief but carefully written analysis, which offers clear definitions and deft explanations, significant but not lengthy details, and appropriate annotated suggestions for further reading, offers just that. Harms begins with the background history of the region, showing that Palestinians and Israelis share similar Canaanite origins; he then outlines the development of the peoples themselves through the Jewish Diaspora, the Islamic caliphates, and the emergence of nationalisms to WWII. He concludes with the controversial evolution of the conflict itself to the present time. The author cautiously notes, however, that the background survey merely introduces Arabs/Palestinians and Jews/Israelis, but that the actual conflict over the land is a recent national struggle, not a historical process. This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction. Summing up: Highly recommended. -- Choice
Gregory Harms is an independent scholar based in Chicago. He is co-author of the classic textbook The Palestine-Israel Conflict (Pluto, 2017) and author of Straight Power Concepts in the Middle East (Pluto, 2010). Todd M. Ferry is an archaeologist and historian. He received his MA in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology from the University of Chicago, and has worked as a supervisor at the sites of Ashkelon and Tel Beth Shemesh in Israel. He is the co-author of the classic textbook The Palestine-Israel Conflict (Pluto, 2017).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745323787 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745323782 |
| Title | The Palestine-Israel Conflict |
| Author | Gregory Harms |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2005-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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