18 Best nonfiction books like The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel by Ilan Pappé

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The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within…

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1. Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

By: Norman G. Finkelstein

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed study surveys the dominant popular and scholarly images of the Israel–Palestine conf… read more

Similar categories in Norman G. Finkelstein's Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict book and Ilan Pappé's The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel

  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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2. Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union

By: Roger Keeran , Thomas Kenny

4.39

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

"A fresh multi-faceted look at the overthrow of the Soviet State, the dismemberment of the Soviet U… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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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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  • 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World

By: Avi Shlaim

3.87

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

As it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, the State of Israel could count many important successes… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • israel

6. On Anarchism

By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

7. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

By: Jimmy Carter

4.48

Format: 252 pages,

Following his #1 New York Timesbestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president and winner o… read more

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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction

9. The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

By: Norman G. Finkelstein

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Controversial indictment of those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own gain. In a… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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10. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

By: Robert Fisk

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an awa… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

11. 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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12. The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland

By: Shlomo Sand , None

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

What is a homeland, and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been will… read more

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13. The Invention of the Jewish People

By: Yael Lotan , Shlomo Sand

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Isr… read more

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14. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

By: Adam Hochschild

4.18

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"

-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

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15. 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
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16. 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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17. 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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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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18. 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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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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19. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • israel
"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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20. They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

By: Ahed Tamimi

4.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates th… read more

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  • history
  • israel
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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21. The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within… read more

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  • history
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  • nonfiction

18 must-read history books like The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel by Ilan Pappé

Transform Your Habits

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Norman G. Finkelstein

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Roger Keeran , Thomas Kenny

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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

Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt

4.07

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

Transform Your Habits

On Palestine

Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Orientalism

None , Edward W. Said

4.12

Transform Your Habits

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

Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt

4.07

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