“It’s so complicated.” That’s one refrain used to justify the omission of Palestine-Israel from the curriculum.
In this slim volume, the renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe offers a brief readable account of the attack on Palestine and the creation of Israel. A Very Short History is the best concise story of the events that took us to Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent genocide in Gaza. Pappe describes Israel’s “perpetual subordination of Palestinians.”
As he summarizes toward the end of the book: “Over the decades [Palestinians] have been expelled, ghettoised, and purposefully deprived of basic human rights.”
Do you want to teach about Palestine? A Very Short History will help. [Description from Rethinking Schools.]
ISBN: 9780861549719 | Oneworld Publications
Reviews
Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel’s “new historians”. — Avi Shlaim, author of Three Worlds
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict is the best primer available on one of the world’s most persistent settler-colonial tragedies. Amid the carnage of the Gaza genocide, it is essential to listen to Ilan Pappe, a preeminent historian of the Middle East, and a heroic scholar committed to justice and freedom. — Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies
Ilan Pappe clearly and concisely exposes the brutal history of Israeli occupation and apartheid over more than a century, providing some compelling insights into the origins of the current conflict. — Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism
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