Een belangrijk boek voor iedereen die de geschiedenis wil begrijpen en feitelijke argumenten wil leren gebruiken. Ilan Pappe is een ISRAËLISCHE HISTORICUS en zegt precies waar het op staat: Israël is in 1948 gesticht door etnische zuivering: De Nakba. The 1948 Palestine-Israel War is known to Israelis as ‘The War of Independence’, but for Palestinians it will forever be the Nakba, the ‘catastrophe’. Alongside the creation of the State of Israel, the end of the war led to one of the largest forced migrations in modern history. Around a million people were expelled from their homes at gunpoint, civilians were massacred, and hundreds of Palestinian villages deliberately destroyed. Though the truth about the mass expulsion has been systematically distorted and suppressed, had it taken place in the twenty-first century it could only have been called ‘ethnic cleansing’. Prominent Israeli academic Ilan Pappe argues passionately for the international recognition of this tragedy. His groundbreaking and controversial work sheds new light on the origins and development of the Palestinian—Israeli conflict, asking questions that the world has so far failed to ask to reveal the real story behind the events of 1948. Based on meticulous research, including recently declassified Israeli archival material, Dr. Pappe’s vivid and timely account demonstrates conclusively that ‘transfer’ – a euphemism for ethnic cleansing – was from the start an integral part of a carefully planned strategy, and lies at the root of today’s ongoing conflict in the Middle East. ‘A major intervention in an argument that will, and must, continue. There’s no hope of lasting Middle East peace while the ghosts of 1948 still walk.’ Aantal pagina’s 313 Afmetingen 20 x 12 cm Taal Engels
