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A grim, hard-hitting look at the nuts and bolts of Israeli occupation. Oneworld Publications. Search: Search. Pages: Subject: History Imprint: Oneworld. A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians. Available on PC, Mac, or Linux. This ebook library provides free download of pdf ebooks of different subjects along with other html version or zip version of ebooks.

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About The Book. About The Author. Ilan Pappe. Product Details. Raves and Reviews. Resources and Downloads. Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. An important book detailing the policies used to control the West Bank and Gaza post and the historical background behind those policies.

The book does get repetitive at some point and I struggle to see the relevance of some events mentioned in the book, An important book detailing the policies used to control the West Bank and Gaza post and the historical background behind those policies. The book does get repetitive at some point and I struggle to see the relevance of some events mentioned in the book, and not because they are irrelevant but because Ilan Pappe did not properly deliver his thesis on the said historical event.

Oct 26, Bill rated it liked it Shelves: non-fiction. The author has thoroughly researched his material to present his case; I found it to be objective and for the most part impartial. He didn't end with some hopeful solution. And having read the book I see why. I do recommend the book to all who care about peace, on both sides. It does show a side too often overlooked. Jul 17, Ailith Twinning rated it it was amazing Shelves: I'm tired. Textbook of Palestinian propaganda.

View 1 comment. Oct 09, Dougb rated it liked it Shelves: reviewed. Note: I received a free, pre-publication copy of this book in exchange for an online review. This book is about the Israeli governments treatment of the Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — territories which were seized by Israel in the Six-day War.

Although I do not think the book is very well written, it covers an important subject and presents information the author extracted from Israeli government archives, so I think it is worth reading.

As a result of the Six- Note: I received a free, pre-publication copy of this book in exchange for an online review. The author writes that these occupied territories posed a dilemma for the Israeli government: expelling the Palestinians from the territories would generate highly unfavorable international response and violate international law; however, giving them Israeli citizenship would result in a Palestinian political majority within the state of Israel.

The government's solution, according to the author, was to effectively turn these occupied territories into large prisons for the Palestinian residents. And the occupation has continued from to the present with no end in sight. The author uses archival records of high level government meetings held shortly after the war.

The most damaging evidence in support of the author's thesis is government's own words. The story is tragic. A drawback of the book is that the writing is the lack of objectivity and completeness.

The authors makes good use of original sources to support his premise, yet frequently goes beyond objective evidence and tries to infer the thoughts or intentions government officials. The book also does not seem to provide a complete picture. The author may disagree with many decisions that the government made, but it would have been better if he had tried to include describe more of what the political conditions were and what choices were available.

The writing quality is about average, but could be better. This phrase indicates a discrepancy between reality and perception, but after being used more than two dozen times, it loses its impact.

Also, although the author has a strong case to make, he overwhelms the reader with details. If the book fails to convey that, it is the fault of the book, and not the nature of the events. I am reviewing a pre-publication copy of the book which does not include maps, figures, or tables, and perhaps the published version may.

Hopefully there will be visual aides to clearly communicate this important story.