The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories
Jun 2017 · Simon and Schuster
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Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017
A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians
From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine left off.
In this comprehensive exploration of one of the world’s most prolonged and tragic conflicts, Pappe uses recently declassified archival material to analyse the motivations and strategies of the generals and politicians – and the decision-making process itself – that laid the foundation of the occupation. From a survey of the legal and bureaucratic infrastructures that were put in place to control the population of over one million Palestinians, to the security mechanisms that vigorously enforced that control, Pappe paints a picture of what is to all intents and purposes the world’s largest ‘open prison’.
A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians
From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine left off.
In this comprehensive exploration of one of the world’s most prolonged and tragic conflicts, Pappe uses recently declassified archival material to analyse the motivations and strategies of the generals and politicians – and the decision-making process itself – that laid the foundation of the occupation. From a survey of the legal and bureaucratic infrastructures that were put in place to control the population of over one million Palestinians, to the security mechanisms that vigorously enforced that control, Pappe paints a picture of what is to all intents and purposes the world’s largest ‘open prison’.
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Josiah Montclair
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May 31, 2024
Inquiry before indulgence: How is it even sociologically feasible to approach the Palestinian genocide from an Israeli perch. Pain is real and to describe it without experiencing it's reality is mockery of those forced to experience it. (The mockery is sheerly that when the author is one who enjoys privileges resulting and maintained by Palestinian pain. ARROGANCE! )Palestinian pain can never be in Hebrew. And this comment could not be posted without according the author's efforts with a kindergarten star; wish it was a sticker, so I can put it on his forehead: perhaps then the book might be a lil more than an academic indulgence, more at insult
Asif Khan
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February 14, 2024
Good book
Pandit Ji
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February 14, 2024
bjofeqghicbnmiitrgv call or text me at the end of this message in whole of this tttttiiipp
About the author
ILAN PAPPE is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the College of Social Sciences and International Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, and the author of over a dozen books including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. In 2017, Pappe was awarded the Middle East Monitor’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palestine Book Awards.
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