Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

Gaza in Crisis

Co-authored by two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, a clear-sighted and essential analysis of the political context around this region at a desperate impasse 
 
From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel's conduct in 'Operation Cast Lead' has rattled even some of its most strident supporters. 
 
 In Gaza in Crisis, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé survey the fallout from that devastation, and place the massacre in Gaza in the context of Israel's long-standing war against the Palestinians. It is a rigorous, historically informed and much-needed analysis of the situation and will be welcomed by all those eager for Chomsky's and Pappé's insights into yet another political catastrophe. 
 
 'Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today' The New York Times Book Review 
 
 'Ilan Pappé is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian' John Pilger

This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region

Chomsky has an authority granted by brilliance

Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today

Noam Chomsky is the bestselling author of over 100 influential political books, including Hegemony or Survival, Imperial Ambitions, Failed States, Interventions, What We Say Goes, Hopes and Prospects, Making the Future, On Anarchism, Masters of Mankind and Who Rules the World. Noam Chomsky is Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 
 
Ilan Pappé is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies, director of the Palestine Studies Centre at the University of Exeter, and author of various books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel's conduct in 'Operation Cast Lead' has rattled even some of its most strident supporters. 
 
In this book, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé survey the fallout from that devastation, and place the massacre in Gaza in the context of Israel's long-standing war against the Palestinians. Gaza in Crisis is a rigorous, historically informed and much-needed analysis of the situation and will be welcomed by all those eager for Chomsky's insights into yet another political catastrophe.

Noam Chomsky

Ilan Pappé

Seminal . . . an erudite and nuanced account of Palestine's history . . . An essential guide to understanding the shifting situation

Chomsky is of course one of the most venerated political critics in the world, and Pappé is regarded as one of Israel&rsquo;s greatest historians

On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé's indispensable update on a suffering region. 
 
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. 
 
The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé, two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, discuss the road ahead for Palestinians and how the international community can pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses against the people of Palestine. 
 
This urgent and timely book offers hope and a way forward for all those committed to the struggle to liberate Palestine. 
 
On Palestine is the sequel to Chomsky and Pappé's acclaimed book Gaza in Crisis.

Ilan Pappé

Praise for On Palestine

Seminal . . . an erudite and nuanced account of Palestine's history . . . An essential guide to understanding the shifting situation

Chomsky is of course one of the most venerated political critics in the world, and Pappé is regarded as one of Israel’s greatest historians

Books by Ilan Pappé

Follow penguin

Follow ladybird

Follow puffin

Sign up to the Penguin newsletter