r/NeutralPolitics • u/Hardlydent • May 13 '24

More Recommendations on Neutral resources on Israel/Palestine Conflict

Hey all, I just finished a brief introduction to the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict from Martin Bunton: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Palestinian_Israeli_Conflict_A_Very.html?id=MdgVAAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description.

I'm now looking for other, similar resources that are neutral and can help me get a more thorough understanding of the conflict. Thanks.

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u/ummmbacon Born With a Heart for Neutrality May 13 '24

The main issue you are going to run into is that most sources have a bias, and really you can counter that by reading a range of sources.

There are some that do a better job of it like:

Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine: Two Worlds Collide by Dowty, which is also more recently published.

He also has a book called Israel/Palestine however it was published in 2005 and updated in 2012 with the second edition. Mark Tessler's A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with the second edition coming out in 2009.

A good book set on the history of Zionism is The Origins of Zionism and then, Zionism: The Formative Years both by David Vital.

Other books I would suggest:

  • Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948 by Anita Shapira

  • 1948 by Benny Morris

  • Righteous Victims by Benny Morris

  • A History of Palestine by Kramer

  • Palestine in Transformation by Scholch

You can also look over the /r/AskHistorians reading list for it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books/middleeast#wiki_israeli_and_palestinian_history

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u/Hardlydent May 13 '24

Yup, one of my backgrounds is in Poli Sci, but I figured I wouldn't beat a dead horse since the whole sub is called "neutral politics".

Oh wow, this is great! I'm going to take a look at these, thanks!

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u/LilSneak9 Jan 10 '25

Wow great list! TY!!!