A sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine--from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for US interests, to present day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. The narrative is firmly rooted in the politics of Palestinian liberation. Here is a neccesary contribution to the heroic efforts of the Palestinian people to achieve justice in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.This book contains a complete index and a timeline of developments in the history of Palestine.
Author(s): Richard Becker
Edition: 1
Publisher: PSL Publications
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 252
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Zionism, Imperialism, Colonialism, United States, Empire
A chronology of the struggle for Palestine
Section I: Framing the struggle
Overview
Does the Israel lobby control U.S. policy?
Section II: Recolonizing Palestine
Dividing the Middle East
Zionism: A colonial project
Building a settler state American-style
The Palestinian revolt of 1936-1939
World War II: Anti-Semitism and genocide
Illegal U.N. partition
Born of massacres and ethnic cleansing
Section III: Israeli Expansion, Palestinian Resistance
Watchdog for the West
Fortifying the U.S.-Israeli alliance
The Palestinian struggle takes center stage
Lebanon: Civil war and occupation
Imperialist failure: The ‘New Middle East’
U.S.-Israeli relations after Bush
Section IV: No Justice, No Peace
Is Israel an apartheid state?
The Palestinian right of return
Subsidizing occupation: U.S. aid to Israel
Palestine and the U.S. anti-war movement
The ‘irreconcilable conflict’ and the future
Appendices
Endnotes
