Indispensable for the Palestinian solidarity movement, Israeli Apartheid distills the work of academics and experts into a highly readable introduction. This is the book to read if you want to understand the root of the conflict and how apartheid applies to the situation in Palestine. Ben White begins by succinctly explaining the origins of Zionist theory and colonisation and details the treatment of Palestinians during the creation of Israel in 1948 then proceeds to examine current examples of Israeli apartheid. Packed with absorbing content, the book is rooted in the author's extensive on-the-ground experience in the region. It also includes short testimonies by Palestinians who describe how Israeli apartheid affects their daily lives.
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"This book provides one of the best introductions to the Israel/Palestine conflict. It reveals what mainstream media in the West seeks to conceal from the public: that Israel has an apartheid regime which has been obsessed with demographic racism and ethnic cleansing for six decades. The book provides an indispensable context for understanding the origins and consequences of the conflict. It also makes by far the most compelling case for peace with justice-not apartheid." --Nur Masalha, Reader in Religion and Politics, St. Mary's University College (UK), and author of The Bible and Zionism (2007)
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Ben White is a freelance journalist and writer specializing in Palestine/Israel. He also writes on the broader Middle East, Islam and Christianity, and the 'war on terror.' Ben has been to Palestine/Israel many times since 2003 and has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University.
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"Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide," by the independent British journalist, Ben White, is an excellent introduction to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but it also is a useful book for anyone who studies the issue. In less than a hundred and fifty pages, White definitively answers any question about Israel being an apartheid state, concisely summarizes the history, accurately describes the current deplorable situation, and offers some strategies and resources for moving forward. He has managed to cull from dozens of resources the most salient facts necessary to understand the issue, while the book's frequent sidebars provide personal stories of Palestinians, in their own words.
"Israeli Apartheid" begins with a discussion of the definition of apartheid, and how it applies to Israel. Part I provides a concise 30-page history of Israel and how the apartheid situation was created. The writings of Zionist leaders show that the expulsion of Arabs was always a part of the Zionist plan to create a Jewish state in a land where the indigenous people were not Jewish. Part II illustrates the current situation in Israel and in the Occupied Territories; the section about discrimination within Israel is particularly important because the topic is so rarely discussed. The final section provides a look at some organizations that are combating apartheid, such as the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and strategies that people and organizations are using to nonviolently oppose Israel's violations of basic human rights. Ben White abstains from the usual euphemistic language in discussing Israel's actions. What Jimmy Carter termed Israel's "confiscation of land," White calls "land theft." (When I interviewed Mairead Maguire, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she succinctly summarized the cause of the conflict: "They [the Israelis] are stealing the land"). While Carter declared that his use of "apartheid" only applies to the situation in the Occupied Territories, White demonstrates the reality of apartheid within Israel's recognized boundaries, bluntly declaring, "Israel...is a state for some of its citizens: Jews." He then proceeds to support the statement with ample evidence that will certainly shock Americans who are steadily bombarded with the declaration that "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East." My own experiences support White's conclusions. During my last visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories, Naim Ateek, an Anglican priest, and a Palestinian citizen of Israel, showed me and other visitors his home town of Beisan, now part of Israel, from which his family was expelled in 1948. Though he was born there, Ateek cannot live in Beisan, because he is not Jewish. A recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling affirmed the right of Israeli communities to decide which people will be allowed into their communities. Ateek showed us a former Roman Catholic chapel, which is now used for meetings of the local Likud party. I wonder if the party faithful consider it a sort of trophy, like the five-hundred-year-old olive tree, uprooted from Palestinian land, that I saw planted at the entrance to one of the Jewish-only settlements. As White points out, "The open racism faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel is simply a result of the central contradiction inherent in the idea of a `Jewish democratic' state."
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Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide by Ben White,
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Great book.Much insight into the truth of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, which has been systematically hidden from mainstream media.
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Ben White's little/big book is reliable and powerful. The Palestinian 's point of view changed my perception of all history. Flowing. Easy to read.
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