15 must-read history books like Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein

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Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

By: Norman G. Finkelstein

4.66

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its…

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1. On Palestine

By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.25

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more

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  • history
  • israel
  • theory
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"

-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine

"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"

-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine

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2. Orientalism

By: None , Edward W. Said

4.12

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."

-None, Orientalism

"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."

-None, Orientalism

"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."

-None, Orientalism

"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."

-None, Orientalism

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3. Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Described by a UN fact-finding mission as "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punis… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
"The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity."

-Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

"Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Wester…"

-Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

"Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been…"

-Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

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4. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

By: John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt

4.07

Format: 484 pages, Hardcover

The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harva… read more

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  • politics
  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. The Question of Palestine

By: None

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Still a basic and indespensible account of the Palestinian question, updated to include the most re… read more

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6. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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7. The Punishment of Gaza

By: Gideon Levy

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians an… read more

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8. Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998

By: Benny Morris

3.40

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before, eminent Israeli… read more

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9. Ten Myths about Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more

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10. The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

By: Alice Walker , Miko Peled

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled. His beloved niece Smadar was k… read more

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11. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

By: Vincent Bevins

4.28

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next   From 20… read more

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  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"

-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

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12. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

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  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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13. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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14. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

By: Antony Loewenstein

4.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal depl… read more

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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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15. Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

By: Norman G. Finkelstein

4.66

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its… read more

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  • international relations
  • race
  • history
  • israel
  • theory
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
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16. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories

By: Ilan Pappé

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s,… read more

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  • israel
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  • war
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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17. Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians

By: Noam Chomsky

4.19

Format: 578 pages, Paperback

The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians is a 1983 book by Noam Chomsky… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

By: Noura Erakat

4.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-P… read more

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  • history
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  • social justice
  • sociology
"International law can be accurately and fairly described as a derivative of a colonial order and therefore structurally detrimental to former colonies, peoples still under colonial domination and ind…"

-Noura Erakat, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

"Israel's establishment in 1948 realized Jewish Zionist settler sovereignty in Palestine. And its acceptance as a UN member state normalized the sovereign exception, justifying the erasure of Palestin…"

-Noura Erakat, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

"In light of the currently minimal protest at top diplomatic and multilateral levels, Israel, together with the United States, will continue to define its military practices as the new normal in asymm…"

-Noura Erakat, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

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19. Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History

By: Nur Masalha

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For centuries, the land of Palestine has been fought over by competing faiths, nations and empires.… read more

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  • history
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  • israel
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20. Deluge: Gaza and Israel from Crisis to Cataclysm

By: Jamie Stern-Weiner

4.54

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Why did Hamas attack? What is Israel trying to achieve? Did this catastrophe have to happen? And is… read more

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21. Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)

By: Tareq Baconi

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media a… read more

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  • politics
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"The prevailing inability or unwillingness to talk about Hamas in a nuanced manner is deeply familiar. During the summer of 2014, when global newsrooms were covering Israel’s military operation in the…"

-Tareq Baconi, Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)

15 must-read politics books like Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein

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4.25

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4.12

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Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.13

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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt

4.07

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4.41

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4.28

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Naomi Klein

4.22

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Stuart A. Reid

4.40

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