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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Paperback – September 1, 2007
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Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint.
Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing". Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel’s founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. Indispensable for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East.
- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherOneworld Publications
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 2007
- Dimensions5.1 x 1.1 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-109781851685554
- ISBN-13978-1851685554
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'Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.' ― New Statesman
'Pappe has opened up an important new line of inquiry into the vast and fateful subject of the Palestinian refugees. His book is rewarding in other ways. It has at times an elegiac, even sentimental, character, recalling the lost, obliterated life of the Palestinian Arabs and imagining or regretting what Pappe believes could have been a better land of Palestine.' ― Times Literary Supplement
'Ilan Pappe is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.' ― John Pilger - director of The War on Democracy and author of Freedom Next Time
'Superb account of how, and why, Palestinians were driven out of their homes.' ― Socialist Review
'Pappe’s book is an essential read for anyone trying to understand the politics and history of the Middle East.' ― Frontline Magazine (an Independent Marxist review from Scotland)
'Leading Israeli historian Ilan Pappe delves into his country's bloodied past in search of answers in the present.' ― Morning Star
'Pappe is one of the brave few voices to stand up and be counted in the oppressive atmosphere of Israeli society. Pappe's book is a searing account of the horrific brutality perpetrated during the birth of the state of Israel.' ― Morning Star
'Pappe is well positioned to lob a grenade such as this one into the twin worlds of Middle Eastern studies and politics. Pappe's book should shock and shame the academic world' ― Arab Banker
'Pappe's ethical clarity and humane vision permeate The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine... Given the meticulous research and compelling moral imperative embodied in The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Zionism itself may be in trouble.' ― Race and Class
'Pappe offers a scorching indictment of Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people in The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.' ― Metro
'A bold expose of Israel's purge of its Arab population in the early years of its existence. It should be read by anyone wanting to grasp the seemingly unfathomable background to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Pappe himself should be supported and applauded.' ― Morning Star
'Ilan Pappe's The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine is a vital contribution to the scholarship from these new historians… Pappe forever puts to rest any doubt that Palestinians were systematically and brutally expelled from their homeland.' ― Against the Current (An independent socialist organisation)
'Pappe’s book will command attention.' ― Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
'Superb account of how, and why, Palestinians were driven out of their homes. Pappe explains why there can be no peace until this crime has been acknowledged and redressed.' ― Scottish Review
'The organization of the material in this book leaves almost nothing to be desired. The twelve sections substantially challenge and considerably undermine the ostensibly convincing Israeli discourse on the refugees question and the 1984 events.' ― Arab Studies Quarterly
'Shocking, telling and illuminating.' ― Emel
'Groundbreaking research into a well-kept Israeli secret. A classic of historical scholarship on a taboo subject by one of Israel's foremost New Historians.' ― Ghada Karmi - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, England, UK
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- Publisher : Oneworld Publications; Second edition (September 1, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
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Humanity owes Ilan Pappe, the author of this book, a big favor for his efforts for finally setting the record straight, and documenting the facts of Palestinian 'Nakba' or catastrophe. This book unveils the true and ugly face of Zionism as a racist movement.
It is quite clear now after over a hundred years since the first Zionist conference in Basel, Switzerland, that Zionism was a bad idea turned into a nightmare when implemented. So far, Israel is embattled and living in a state of continuous war with all its surroundings. Keeping Israel alive proved to be very costly undertaking both in terms of lives wasted everyday in fighting and in terms of financial cost to sustain the economy and military machine of Israel. The hefty financial cost is mostly carried by the USA but for how long? How can the wise people in Israel fail to see this failure of the Zionist idea? How can they not see that there are alternatives that will ensure peaceful coexistence with Palestinians in a democratic Palestine?
The author represents the voice of conscience and fairness as well as academic honesty and professionalism. The atrocities committed by Zionists against the Palestinian people will never be forgotten and will come back to haunt the Israelis for generations to come. Nothing short of the full recognition of the Palestinian people's right to their homeland of Palestine, as well as full reparation for the enormous suffering and damages inflicted on them by the creation of the State of Israel, would bring closure to this problem.
The area will not see peace before the Palestinians restore their full rights. The unconditional return of any and all Palestinians to Palestine is an unalienable right that may not be compromised.
It is ironic to note that the Palestinians (generally Muslims and Christians) have never had any issues with jews as followers of another religion. Jews have never been mistreated or persecuted by the Palestinians. Jews, on the other hand, were persecuted in Europe. Why should the Palestinians pay the price?
The advent of the Zionist movement appeared to have poisoned relations in the region as a whole. The wretched camps of Palestinian refugees scattered in various Middle Eastern countries and inside Palestine still stand for almost 60 years as a harsh reminder of the problems created by the creation of Israel at the expense of the Palestinian people.
Inspite of all what happened, just and equitable peace is still possible. This is not to say that the Israelis should necessarily be forced out of the land they unlawfully usurped from the Palestinians. It only means that Israel as a Zionist i.e. racist state should be peacefully dismantled, and in its place a democratic state is established where all citizens are equal regardless of their religion or race. Any Israeli who accepts to live in a democratic Palestine as an equal citizen shall be welcome to stay. Those who do not accept equality with other citizens should find another place to live (perhaps return to the countries where they originally came to Palestine from).
In its long history, Palestine has seen many invaders come and go. But the Palestinian people always emerged back and maintained its identity. The Israeli barbaric atrocities to obliterate, vilify, and eradicate the Palestinian people and its culture will not succeed despite the unprecedented savagery the Israelis used gainst the Palestinians.
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine did not stop after achieving the massive depopulation of Palestine in the years 1948 and 1949. In fact, ethnic cleansing continued to the present time and is still ongoing. It takes various forms such as deportation of Palestinians, demolition of Palestinian houses, and denying the Palestinians permits to build houses or rebuild old ones. Israel also resorts to the strangulation of Palestinian economy forcing people to finally leave the country to seek jobs and settle abroad. If all that does not work, outright assassination is used to get rid of Palestinians. This is taking place under the watch of the whole world who gives lip service to human rights and Palestinian right to self-determination.
History will not forgive the world which stood by totally oblivious to the Israeli crimes, and ignoring the suffering of the Palestinians.
This book is must reading for anyone interested in peace and justice on Earth.
Excellent description of the ethnic cleansing done by European and Russian-Asian Jews against the native people actually living in Palestine. Events closely match what I have heard from my Palestinian neighbors, friends, and colleagues.
I have nothing against the idea of a Jewish homeland. God knows, they've been through enough. (I'd rather my country take in these Jews, most of whom I'd welcome as neighbors, and leave the Palestinians alone to sort themselves out.)
But their treatment of the natives, Zionist nationalism, theft, imprisonment, racism, and murder, WHICH CONTINUE TODAY is totally unacceptable. So are the ongoing lies and covering up of actions that are very similar to what the Nazis did to them. One would expect much, much better from the Israelis, but it seems that the self-proclaimed "God's Chosen People" chose vicious nationalism instead of compassion.
And we Americans continue to blindly support this evil with $5 billion per year. That's about $130 million per day that goes to welfare in a foreign country that we could spend on our own hospitals, schools, and national debt. Who pays for this ethnic cleansing? The USA does. My involuntary tax money pays for it.
What is most shocking is many peoples' resistance to abandoning the Zionist fairy tales of saintliness and victimhood.
We all know about the self-defeating idiocy of American PC-ism, keeping people from discussing contentious issues or challenging the official view. This topic, however, seems to cause even more painful cognitive dissonance when someone encounters really obvious and simple challenges to the Zionist narrative than anything else I've experienced.
I cannot believe that people actually buy these dehumanizing myths:
- that there never were a Palestinian people (yes, they are the non-Jewish natives, mostly Sunni, who were dispossessed by the Jewish European colonists and who did not accept their new rulers)
- that the natives never belonged there (yes, they have been there for many centuries.)
- that Jews were the original inhabitants of the region and therefore the land belongs to them (nonsense, the ancient Israelites, following the Exodus, murdered, raped, destroyed, and "cleansed" the region of the inhabitants - much like ISIS does today. This is all quite clear in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.)
- the natives just up and left, giving the land to the Jewish colonists (read Pappe and learn about Jewish mobs driving out the natives at gunpoint, putting them in camps, and even poisoning water supplies with typhus)
America needs to cut ties to this fascist country and extricate itself from Arab oil. After the blood and dust settle we will find ourselves in a safer and more ethical, albeit still imperfect, world.
It is important to read and understand this book as well as to know where our tax money is going as we are also culpable of these ongoing crimes against humanity.
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In 1948 the Israeli State had the upper-hand against Arab countries who were barely nations themselves. The Arabs possessed neither the weapons nor armies to defend the Palestinian refugees - let alone quash the birth of Israel. Yet that is not the propaganda story so carefully airbrushed into place by the victor’s historians and Hollywood. It has been all too easy to demonise the Palestinians. Half of all Palestinian villages had already been cleansed in 1948 BEFORE the Arab nations attempted to defend them. The vast majority of Palestinians expected peace at the partition and had never thought there was a need to defend their villages. They thought life would go on as before within a new state. The Israelis had other ideas, rejecting the UN Partition lines, and drawing up plans to invade the country. Of course, this was the continuation of an ongoing conflict... however most Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities lived peacefully side-by-side. Peace could have been built in a multi-ethnic state. But it was not to be.
If this book is lacking it is in the fact that Pappe does not reach into the minds of these perpetrators. Despite the numerous references to Ben Gurion’s diaries we never really get under the skin of the Zionist mind-set. How did they imagine they could build a peace on the bones of the innocent? They invoked the memory of the destruction of the Jews to justify the destruction of Muslims. Indeed, the Israelis had not expected the UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte to defend the Palestinians in 1948 as he defended Jews in 1943. They failed to see they were NOW on the wrong side of history. Today Israelis exist behind fortress walls which Pappe compares to medieval Crusaders inside a fortified Jerusalem: “The Zionist project has always been to construct and defend a ‘white’ (Western) fortress in a ‘black’ (Arab) world.” This was colonialism in the mould of the British Empire just at a time when it was falling out of fashion. Pappe writes that what happened in 1948 raises “troubling questions about the moral legitimacy of the Zionist project” as the realities of the Nakba “would trigger moral and existential repercussions for the Israeli Jewish psyche: Israeli Jews would have to recognise that they have become the mirror image of their own worst nightmare”. This is a vital story that must be understood if there is ever to be peace. A must-read book.


It's hard to believe that these deeds were committed under the watchful eye or the world's ruling elite who in their wisdom decided to let them proceed unhindered. It's all very sad.

