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(please note that this list is in no way meant to be exhaustive or definitive!)
first up - & #39;The Invention of the Jewish People& #39; by Shlomo Sand: a staggering work of history/historiography, setting out how the myth of the Jewish & #39;right& #39; to Israel arose
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3048-the-invention-of-the-jewish-people">https://www.versobooks.com/books/304...
first up - & #39;The Invention of the Jewish People& #39; by Shlomo Sand: a staggering work of history/historiography, setting out how the myth of the Jewish & #39;right& #39; to Israel arose
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3048-the-invention-of-the-jewish-people">https://www.versobooks.com/books/304...
Sand& #39;s other books are also great. I can recommend & #39;The Invention of the Land of Israel& #39; and & #39;How I Stopped Being A Jew& #39;.
next - The Non-Jewish Jew by Isaac Deutscher: skilled commentary on carving out a Jewish identity in line with leftist secularism
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2399-the-non-jewish-jew">https://www.versobooks.com/books/239...
next - The Non-Jewish Jew by Isaac Deutscher: skilled commentary on carving out a Jewish identity in line with leftist secularism
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2399-the-non-jewish-jew">https://www.versobooks.com/books/239...
(they& #39;re not all @VersoBooks, promise!)
roll on & #39;Palestine& #39; by Joe Sacco: a droll, nuanced and beautifully rendered comic about the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1990s https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/104/1040346/palestine/9780224069823.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/104...
roll on & #39;Palestine& #39; by Joe Sacco: a droll, nuanced and beautifully rendered comic about the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1990s https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/104/1040346/palestine/9780224069823.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/104...
& #39;Bibi& #39; by @AnshelPfeffer diligently exposits how one man has done so much to shape Israel& #39;s repressive policies of Occupation https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/bibi/ ">https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/bibi...
now, an essay. Edward Said& #39;s & #39;Permission to Narrate& #39; brilliantly sets out how narratives and language are manipulated to legitimise the actions of Israel and delegitimise Palestinian resistance
https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/jps/fulltext/38869">https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/jps/fullt...
https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/jps/fulltext/38869">https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/jps/fullt...
growing up, you were probably told that Israel was & #39;a land without a people for a people without a land& #39;. you were lied to! Mahmoud Darwish& #39;s poems are an elegant and lyrical rejoinder to this https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mahmoud-darwish">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mah...
more into film than reading? 5 Broken Cameras (dir. Emad Burnat) poignantly shows the human cost of Israel& #39;s & #39;security fence& #39; https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-five-broken-cameras-2011-online">https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/f...
as the primer to the issues discussed in the content listed above, Noam Chomsky& #39;s and Ilan Pappe& #39;s & #39;On Palestine& #39; is ace, succinctly setting out almost all of the key issues https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/286/286707/on-palestine/9780241973523.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/286...
this is more of a general read, but & #39;A History of the Middle East& #39; by Peter Mansfield contextualises Israel& #39;s position in the region, and is very good at detailing how US and Israeli foreign policy intertwines https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309/309631/a-history-of-the-middle-east/9780141988467.html">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309...
Israel is often painted as the centre of the Jewish world. it& #39;s not. Judaism has SUCH a rich progressive diaspora tradition. read Brossat and Klingberg& #39;s & #39;Revolutionary Yiddishland& #39; to find out more
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2520-revolutionary-yiddishland">https://www.versobooks.com/books/252...
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2520-revolutionary-yiddishland">https://www.versobooks.com/books/252...
@weizman_eyal is a genius who has critically detailed how Israel manipulates space to create a panoptic architecture of Occupation. His & #39;Hollow Land& #39; is a staggering text, as is & #39;The Least of All Possible Evils& #39;
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2500-hollow-land">https://www.versobooks.com/books/250...
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2464-the-least-of-all-possible-evils">https://www.versobooks.com/books/246...
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2500-hollow-land">https://www.versobooks.com/books/250...
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2464-the-least-of-all-possible-evils">https://www.versobooks.com/books/246...
finally (!) I can recommend Jean Genet& #39;s & #39;Prisoner of Love& #39;, written following his experiences at Palestinian refugee camps in the 1970s https://www.nyrb.com/products/prisoner-of-love?variant=1094930921">https://www.nyrb.com/products/...
i& #39;ll probably add to this as and when, but as I& #39;ve said (a) it& #39;s not intended to be a definitive list - just a helpful guide and (b) please send me any recommendations!
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