Synopses & Reviews
Examines the historical roots of the Zionist movement and how the State of Israel was formed as a colonial-settler state dispossessing the Palestinian people.
Index, annotation, maps. Now with enlarged type.
Review
“Intensely controversial essay…. This is densely factual writing illuminated by a blunt honesty.” Publishers Weekly
Review
“Places the history of Zionism and Israel in the perspective of European expansion and colonialism in the Third World and upholds the view, accepted by most Arabs, that Israel is indeed a ‘colonial-settler state’ imposed by force on an unwilling Palestinian population …. [P]rovides abundant documentation …. Recommended generally for libraries with Middle East collections.” Choice
About the Author
Maxime Rodinson (1915-2004) was a French historian, sociologist, and specialist of Islam and the Arab world.