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Palestine and the Palestinians
by Samih K. Farsoun, Naseer Aruri
Thorough analysis of the groups that have lived in and conquered this land, looking though history (particular focus on Ottoman, British, and Israeli occupation) to explain its present moment.
"Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History" takes a class-centric approach to the history. The book focuses on the economic development — and particularly the de-development during Israeli rule — and how this impacts the culture of the area. The book keeps an unemotional tone to explaining the various sufferings of a people who have never had sovereignty, autonomy, or even self-determination. This tone creates objectivity which enhances both the authors' conclusions about the peace process doomed from the start and the reader's feelings about the events.
Many chapters here are bleak (for obvious reasons), but the one on Jerusalem/al-Quds is heartbreaking in its revealing of the way mythology is used to distort reality.
One day, may this land be free to all Jews, Christians, Muslims, and all who are there.
"Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History" takes a class-centric approach to the history. The book focuses on the economic development — and particularly the de-development during Israeli rule — and how this impacts the culture of the area. The book keeps an unemotional tone to explaining the various sufferings of a people who have never had sovereignty, autonomy, or even self-determination. This tone creates objectivity which enhances both the authors' conclusions about the peace process doomed from the start and the reader's feelings about the events.
Many chapters here are bleak (for obvious reasons), but the one on Jerusalem/al-Quds is heartbreaking in its revealing of the way mythology is used to distort reality.
One day, may this land be free to all Jews, Christians, Muslims, and all who are there.