The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel

by Ilan Pappé

Overview

A vivid and incisive analysis of the complex relationship between Israel and its Palestinian citizens written by an acclaimed Israeli historian
 
For decades, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the dispossessed Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Palestinians have developed an exceedingly complex relationship with the land they call home; however, in the innumerable discussions of the Israel-Palestine problem, their experiences are often overlooked and forgotten.
 
In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel’s attitude toward minorities and Palestinians’ attitudes toward the Jewish state. Drawing upon significant archival and interview material, Pappé analyzes the Israeli state’s policy toward its Palestinian citizens, finding discrimination in matters of housing, education, and civil rights. Rigorously researched yet highly readable, The Forgotten Palestinians brings a new and much-needed perspective to the Israel-Palestine debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300184327
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	07/23/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Ilan Pappé is professor of history at Exeter University, UK, and previously taught at Haifa University, Israel. He is the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. He lives in the UK.

Editorial Reviews

Ilan Pappé is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.”—John Pilger

John Pilger

This is undoubtedly an important book.”—Matt Hill, Review 31

Review 31 - Matt Hill

The Forgotten Palestinians strings together fragments, events, documents, and interviews into a coherent and convincing narrative in a way that will certainly lend itself to advancing future studies. In this way, Pappé’s book is also a cornerstone study, and one that will certainly produce many more in the same tradition, making this book both overdue and timely.”—Ryvka Barnard, Arab Studies Journal

“An essential contribution.”—Magid Shihade, Journal of Palestine Studies

“Ilan Pappé is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.”—John Pilger

From the Publisher

The Forgotten Palestinians strings together fragments, events, documents, and interviews into a coherent and convincing narrative in a way that will certainly lend itself to advancing future studies. In this way, Pappé’s book is also a cornerstone study, and one that will certainly produce many more in the same tradition, making this book both overdue and timely.”—Ryvka Barnard, Arab Studies Journal

Arab Studies Journal - Ryvka Barnard

Pappe, in highly readable prose, gives us details and perspective about the history of the Arab community in the state's early years.”—David B. Green, Haaretz

Haaretz - David B. Green