The Best Books To Understand The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by Financial Times
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11 books
The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict has itself become a battleground for scholars offering wildly differing accounts. But here is a selection of the books recommended by FT specialists on the history and global consequences of the struggle.
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See the source list and commentary at www.ft.com

Enemies and Neighbors

Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
Ian Black, 2017

Eighteen Days in October

The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
Uri Kaufman, 2023

Bibi

The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu
Anshel Pfeffer, 2018

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Nathan Thrall, 2023

Footnotes in Gaza

Joe Sacco, 2010

Hamas

The Islamic Resistance Movement
Beverley Milton-Edwards, Stephen Farrell, 2013

The Iron Cage

The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Rashid Khalidi, 2007

A Peace to End All Peace

The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
David Fromkin, 2010

A Line in the Sand

Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East
James Barr, 2011

Israel

A History
Anita Shapira, 2012

A Tale Of Love And Darkness

Amos Oz, 2005