Middle East Alternative Resource Project Palestine Booklist

The Transformation of Palestine Ibrahim Abu-Lughod These essays address how Palestine was transformed into Israel and how the struggle for Palestine became an inter-state “Arab- Israeli” conflict making the Palestinian people a secondary factor.

To Be a Palestinian: An Anthropology of One Man’s Culture Constance Abdullah Abdallah presents an anthopology of 20th century Palestinian village culture in historical context. ISBN 13: 978-0-9789464-1-8

One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse Ali Abunimah Abuminah argues that a single country can be a home for both Jews and Palestinians. ISBN 13: 978-0-8050-8666-9

Dishonest Broker: The U.S. Role in Israel and Palestine Naseer Aruri Aruri argues that the U.S.-Israel relationship has turned into a strategic alliance aimed at accomplishing Israel’s goals. ISBN 13: 978-0-89608-688-3

Palestinian Refugees: The Right to Return Naseer Aruri (Ed.) Aruri covers the history of the Palestinian refugee question and the search for a just solution. Contributors include Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, and Ilan Pappe. ISBN 13: 978-0-7453-1777-9

Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation Naim Attek Ateek explores the political as well as the religious, biblical, and theological dimensions of the conflict over Palestine. ISBN 13: 978-0-567-09703-3

Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories Anna Baltzer Baltzer went to the West Bank to see the reality of daily life for Palestinians. What she found changed her outlook profoundly. ISBN 13: 978-1-59451-306-0

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel & the Palestinians Noam Chomsky Chomsky views the conflict between Zionism and the Palestin- ians as centrally involving the United States. ISBN 13: 978-0-89608-602-9 Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe Chomsky and Pappe survey the fallout from Israel’s conduct in Gaza and place it in the context of its occupation of Palesstine. ISBN 13: 978-1-60846-097-5

The Politics of Anti-Semitism Andrew Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair The editors examine genuine anti-semitism as well as specious chrges levied against rational appraisals of the State of Israel’s conduct. ISBN 13: 978-1-902593-77-7

Palestine and the Palestinians Farsoun.Samih and Naseer Aruri Samih and Aruri offer a sweeping social, economic, ideological and political history of the Palestinian people from antiquity to the Road Map to Peace. ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-4336-5

They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby Paul Findley Findley demonstrates how the Israel lobby helps to shape impor- tant aspects of U.S. foreign policy and influences elections. ISBN 13: 978-1-55652-482-0

Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History Norman Finklestein Finklestein compares findings of mainstream human rights orga- nizations to assertions by Israel’s defenders. ISBN 13: 978-0-520-24598-3

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict Norman Finkelstein Finklestein examines the Zionist version of the Arab-Israeli con- flict and the historians who support it. ISBN 13: 978-1-84467-195-3

Refugees in Our Own Land: Chronicles from a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. Hamzeh presents a gripping eye-witness account of life in Palestine for refugees at the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem during the Al Aqsa Intifada. ISBN 13:978-0-7453-1652-9

Children of Catastrophe: Journey From a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America Jamal Kanj By telling his personal story, Kanj provides a unique insight into the lives of Palestinians forced to become refugees in 1948. ISBN 13 : 978-1-85964-262-7

Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine Joel Kovel Kovel argues that Zionism and democracy are incompatible, and calls for a secular state with universal democracy. ISBN 13: 978-0-7453-2570-5 Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation Saree Makdisi Makdisi describes how occupation and the “peace process” have institutionalized Palestinians’ loss of control over their lives. ISBN 13: 978-0-393-06606-7

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt The authors describe the remarkable level of material and dip- lomatic support that the US provides to Israel with no apparent strategic or moral justification. ISBN 13: 978-0-374-17772-0

Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion 1967-2000 Nur Masalha Masalha offers a critical history of Israel’s expansionist politics that shows imperialist tendencies mark both Left and Right. ISBN 13 : 978-0-7453-1620-8

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Ilan Pappe Pappe discusses the disappearance from the public memory of the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1948. He discusses the reasons for its denial and whose interests it serves. ISBN 13: 978-1-85168-467-0

The Power of Israel in the United States James Petras Petras dnaylzes and documents the power of Israel via the Israeli, Jewish or Pro-Zionist Lobby on US Middle East Policy and its destructive results for the United States. ISBN 13: 978-0-932863-51-5

Israel: A Colonial Settler State? Maxime Rodison Rodison examines the Zionist colonization of Palestine and for- mation of the State of Israel, placing the history of Zionism and Israel in the context of European expansion and colonialism. ISBN 13: 978-0-87348-866-0

Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod These essays examine how the Nakba, or catastrophe, of 1948 has shaped the personal and collective memory of Palestinians. ISBN 13: 978-0-231-13578-8

The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994 Edward Said Said traces 25 years of the Palestinian struggle for statehood in a voice that is stylish, impassioned and informed. ISBN 13: 978-0-679-76145-7

The Founding Myrhs of Israel Zeev Sternhell Sternhall srgues that the founders of modern Israel claimed to want both a Jewish state and a socialist society but they used socialism mainly to legitimize the project of establishing a state. ISBN 13: 978-0-691-00967-4