Resources on Israel/Palestine

From a long-time Guardian correspondent and editor, an expansive, authoritative, and balanced account of over a century of violent confrontation, war, and occupation in Palestine and Israel.

The late historian Albert Hourani called Khalidi's 80-‎page introduction "the best description and explanation known to ‎me of the way in which the indigenous inhabitants of the country ‎were gradually and inexorably displaced."

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.

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.

Since 1948, the idea of Zionism has been the cornerstone of Israel's identity, its politics and its actions. Pappe looks at the role of how the idea of Israel itself was created through history, film and literature.

A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East.

Morris scrutinizes the history of the goals of the Palestinian national movement and the Zionist movement, then considers the various one- and two-state proposals made by different streams within the two movements. He assesses the viability and practicality of proposed solutions in the light of complicated and acrimonious realities.

Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologized by Biblical lore and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past.

Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied–as well as in the conscience of the West.

This Companion explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its inception to the present day, demonstrating the depth and breadth of its many facets from the historical, political, and diplomatic to the social, economic, and pedagogical aspects.

This book brings together an inter-disciplinary group of Palestinian, Israeli, American, British and Irish scholars who theorize 'the question of Palestine'.

Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements. Zionism: An Emotional State demonstrates how the energy propelling the Zionist project originates from bundles of feeling whose elements have varied in volume, intensity, and durability across space and time.