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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
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. This is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-02-18
Zionism soon after the Nais
Words can barely express the despair experienced reading this chronology of Israeli barbarism, and their continued oppression of the Palestinian people which began soon after the second world war. A history which has been suppressed by the mainstream media within the UK, whom, instead, favour portraying the Palestinians as equally to blame for their plight in the worlds largest open air prison. I am ashamed to discover how complicit my government was in the atrocities committed by the Israeli's across 1947-1949 especially given we had a duty to protect them. Pappe focuses primarily upon the aforementioned period, and he provides a meticulous account of the shocking atrocities committed in the name of Zionism in village after village whilst the world turned a blind eye. I have come away from this read believing in boycotting everything Israeli until Palestine is returned to the Palestinians. If I were a politician I would have absolutely no reservations standing by this conviction in public. In-fact, I would actively promote boycott and divestment where Israel is concerned. Shame on Israel.
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- Tom Hanna
- 12-07-20
A very emotional read.
After reading the book, I found
that it was very painful to accept the conclusion. How the state of Israel could commit such actions reminiscent of the actions meted out on the European Jews less than 5 years previously. A whole jndigenous population was virtually uprooted from their Homeland and forced into camps that are still their homes after over 70 years. The World looked on and did nothing. The UN passed resolutions against Israel that were not carried through. Israel is not very nice!
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- Husn
- 15-07-19
Deep dive into 1948
A well-referenced, thorough explanation of the 1948 Nakba (Great catastrophe); village by village, week by week, massacre by massacre.
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- Margaret Bent
- 22-10-20
Great insight to the Palestinian view
wanting to know about the conflict I have been researching both Israeli and Palestinian views. This book gives a very clear explanation of how the Palestinians consider the actions of Israel to be ethnic cleansing.
some parts of the book focus on towns and names which can be tricky to follow on audio, but these are brief and not essential to understand fully.
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- 17-06-21
The Root of the Conflict
The unfortunate struggle of the Palestinian people, who's rich history had been systematically wiped out, and their people cleansed, both by the killing of and also expulsion of them. The book tells of the events that happened in and around 1948, when European Zionist Jews came to settle on another people's (Palestinian Arab's) land, and how they managed to ethnically cleanse Palestine, village by village, town by town, person by person. It discusses the military plans, as well as actions taken and the influence of the terror groups (Haganah and Stern Gang) who were one of the main players in their ruthless cleansing of an innocent, people, acting as their military. Whether it was their use of flame throwers on some occasions against innocent women and children, poisoning of Palestinian water systems with typhoid on others, or just destruction of villages and housing and placing mines on ruins to prevent people coming back to collect the most basic and essential things, this book talks of the ruthlessness of these settlers when forming their new state, on top of a people who already lived there who had a rich history. I would highly recommend everyone to read/listen to this book, to get an understanding of what is the root cause of the issue in Palestine today.
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- Fran Gilhooley
- 30-10-23
Eye opening
Everyone should read this book before commenting on the Palestine situation, and understand the history.
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- Ciaran
- 25-10-23
Blatant bias, but you knew that from the title.
A solid book if you are looking to learn about the Nakba from a partisan Palestinian perspective. It's a well researched and a detailed account of the expulsion of the Palestinians to round out your knowledge from other sources. Do not make this book your only authority on the conflict though. Atrocities committed by the Arab forces are ignored; Palestinian settlements are ethnically cleansed in lurid detail, whereas Jewish settlements are "lost" as if into the aether with nothing more said on the matter. The author makes leaps of logic such as one commander requesting a bulldozer to destroy some houses as proving that Israel's existence was never actually imperiled by the Arab military forces. However when approached critically this book remains a solid resource for learning more about the history of Israel and Palestine.
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- 15-10-23
Must read!
Amazing brave work this book is! must read. Certain Western governments have done nothing to protect the Palestinian people from genocide and are still doing nothing to protect what is left of them locked up in the world's largest open air prison.
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- M. Harbe
- 09-07-21
An eye opener!
This book is an interesting piece of history and certainly an eye opener. It describes the struggles of the Palastenians since WW2.
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- Sean Burke
- 06-07-23
Required reading for all who have opinions on Palestine
There are many things said about Palestine and it’s people, most of it is founded on myths and lies, this book is one of the few efforts to correct that and give Palestinians back their humanity and recognise their denial of justice. It is a gift to humanity and I could not recommend it more.
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