Israeli historical revisionism: from left to right
Israeli historical revisionism: from left to right
This collection of essays identifies and discusses the change that occurred about fifteen years ago when Israeli historians began disputing the events surrounding the creation of the State of Israel at the time of the 1948 War. Other related topics are also taken into considerat…
This collection of essays identifies and discusses the change that occurred about fifteen years ago when Israeli historians began disputing the events surrounding the creation of the State of Israel at the time of the 1948 War. Other related topics are also taken into considerat…
Ilan Pappe traces the history of the Palestine from the Ottomans in the 19th century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this region. This second edition includes the events of…
The profiles of five men that culminated in the establishment of the state of Israel.
Pappe examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. Pappe himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was a…
