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A review by ilchinealach
Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations by Avi Shlaim
1.0
author refuses to accept the idea that the zionist state is fundamentally settler-colonial in nature and rather decides to frame it as a good idea that went wrong in and around 1967. this requires him to skim over a lot of the detail regarding the british mandate period, the summary executions and brutal counter-insurgency campaign waged against the Palestinians
also requires him to accept the idea that the brits were an honest broker trying to make the best of a bad situation between two national liberation movements with equal rights to self-determination, telling each other distorted myths about their own histories, he pretty well says this directly in the book's second chapter
i understand the author is pro BDS but based on this its fairly clear they've very much held onto a certain liberal zionist outlook. not hugely surprised to see verso publishing and continuing to promote imperialist propaganda, but i wish they'd wish knock it off all the same
also requires him to accept the idea that the brits were an honest broker trying to make the best of a bad situation between two national liberation movements with equal rights to self-determination, telling each other distorted myths about their own histories, he pretty well says this directly in the book's second chapter
i understand the author is pro BDS but based on this its fairly clear they've very much held onto a certain liberal zionist outlook. not hugely surprised to see verso publishing and continuing to promote imperialist propaganda, but i wish they'd wish knock it off all the same