Talk:Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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Okay, took out the Daniel Pipes link. I think book reviews should only be included if they, you know, touch upon the book. Thesobrietysrule 09:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The latest edition

The article states: "In 2003, a 256-page paperback revised edition was published (ISBN 1859844421)." Well, I have that edition, (same ISBN number), but the book is 287 pages (including index). Are there several versions of the book, or what? Huldra 04:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

You're right, the book is 287 pages. But amazon quotes 256 pages. I guess they must have made a mistake, so I've changed the number. Gatoclass 05:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I also think we should have something about the content, say, what I have seen done with other books: a short summary of the content in each chapter. As the article is now, there is no more content there than you could get at abebooks. Regards, Huldra 06:30, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content

Ok, I´m starting in a small way to add content, first copied from [1]: Huldra 09:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC):

[edit] Introduction

p. xi: "the Zionist movement sought [..] to create an overwhelmingly, if not homogeneously, Jewish state in Palestine. [...] the main obstacle to realizing its goal was the indigneous Arab population. For, on the eve of Zionist colonization, Palestine was overwhelmingly not Jewish but Muslim and Christian Arab. Across the mainstream Zionist spectrum, it was understood from the outset that Palestine´s indigneous Arab population would not acquiesce in its dispossession. [...p.xii:] Basically the Zionist movement could choose between only two strategic options to achieve its goal: what Benny Morris has labeled ´the way of South Africa´-´the establishment of an apartheid state, with a settler minority lording over a large, exploited native majority´- or the ´way of the transfer´-´you could create a homogenous Jewish state or at least a state with an overwhelming Jewish majority by moving or transferring all or most of the Arabs out.´ In the first round of conquest, the Zionist movement set its sight on `the way of transfer´. [..p. xvi:] The landmark Fourth Geneva Convention, ratified in 1949, for the first time ´unequivocally prohibited deportation´of civilians under occupation (Articles 49, 147). Accordingly, after the June war Israel moved to impose the second of its two options mentioned above -apartheid."

I don't think it's a great idea to quote from the book at length. If you want to add more content to the page, perhaps a synopsis in your own words, with an occasional quote where appropriate, would be more useful. Gatoclass 17:32, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I agree, just added the above as basis for a draft, if you like (..and because I had it easely available ;-)). I´ll (hopefully) will add a synopsis, but that takes a bit more concentrated effort than I feel for just today... Regards, Huldra 19:48, 9 July 2006 (UTC)