| ||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £4.50
Trade in Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £4.50, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
"the wide-ranging scope and demythologising structure of Blaming The Victims makes it especially relevant at the present time when the actions of the state of Israel seem to contradict received opinion as to its nature. The book provides a great quantity of information, analyses it convincingly and, through an impressive body of notes on primary and secondary literature, points the reader in the direction of further information." Middle East International "These forcefully argued treatises will be as enlightening as they are disturbing for anyone with an interest in Middle East Politics." ALA Booklist
Product Description
Since the 1948 war which drove them from their homeland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming The Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence. Beginning with a thorough expose of the fraudulent assertions of Joan Peters concerning the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine prior to 1948, the book then turns to similar instances in Middle East research where the truth about the Palestinians has been systematically suppressed: from the bogus - though still widely believed - explanations of why so many Palestinians fled their homes in 1948, to today's distorted propaganda about PLO terrorism. The volume also includes sharp critiques of the wide consensus in the USA which supports Israel and its territorial ambitions while maintaining total silence about the competing reality of the Palestinians. Contributors include Norman G. Finkelstein, Peretz Kidron, Noam Chomsky, G. W. Bowerstock, Ibrahim Abu-Loghod, Rashid Khalidi, Janet L. Abu-Lughod, Muhammed Hallaj, and Elia Zureik.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Zionists attempt to legitimise Israel and delegitimise the Palestinian cause via a series of myths. This book takes just some of these myths, that have often been backed by supposed scholarship, and debunks them. The book is a series of essays. The following are, I think, the highlights.
First is the fantastic lie contained in Joan Peters 'From Time Immemorial' which claimed to prove that the Palestinians were not from Palestine but were immigrants from elsewhere - supposed proof that Palestine was, literally, a land without people. Norman Finkelstein's excellent piece shows how Peters lied, misquoted, invented evidence, plagiarised previous worthless 'scholarship' on this issue to support her case. Finkelstein's demolition is a classic. It's also laugh-out-loud funny due to the hamfisted nature of the way Peters constructed her fraud.
Chris Hitchens (yes, Hitchens used to be on the side of the underdog) is next up to show how the Zionist claim that the Palestinians left due to radio broadcasts from Arab leaders has no evidence whatever to support it.
In 'Palestine: Ancient History and Modern Politics', G. W. Bowersock shows how large parts of Palestine were inhabited by Arabs and Arab political entities in Biblical times - contrary to Zionist claims that Arabs only arrived in Palestine in the 7th century.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod shows how the Revisionist Zionist myth that 'Jordan is Palestine' is bunkum, as he examines the British creation of Trans-Jordan in the wake of the demise of the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria.
Rashid Khalidi shows how the Palestinian peasantry had, even before WWI, resisted their expulsion from their land for Zionist settlement, showing an attachment to the land that is denied by Zionist propaganda.
First is the fantastic lie contained in Joan Peters 'From Time Immemorial' which claimed to prove that the Palestinians were not from Palestine but were immigrants from elsewhere - supposed proof that Palestine was, literally, a land without people. Norman Finkelstein's excellent piece shows how Peters lied, misquoted, invented evidence, plagiarised previous worthless 'scholarship' on this issue to support her case. Finkelstein's demolition is a classic. It's also laugh-out-loud funny due to the hamfisted nature of the way Peters constructed her fraud.
Chris Hitchens (yes, Hitchens used to be on the side of the underdog) is next up to show how the Zionist claim that the Palestinians left due to radio broadcasts from Arab leaders has no evidence whatever to support it.
In 'Palestine: Ancient History and Modern Politics', G. W. Bowersock shows how large parts of Palestine were inhabited by Arabs and Arab political entities in Biblical times - contrary to Zionist claims that Arabs only arrived in Palestine in the 7th century.
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod shows how the Revisionist Zionist myth that 'Jordan is Palestine' is bunkum, as he examines the British creation of Trans-Jordan in the wake of the demise of the Hashemite Kingdom of Syria.
Rashid Khalidi shows how the Palestinian peasantry had, even before WWI, resisted their expulsion from their land for Zionist settlement, showing an attachment to the land that is denied by Zionist propaganda.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
11 reviews
17 of 24 people found the following review helpful
comprehensive
12 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent and must read on the conflict, but it is very academic, I should warn you. It reads like a textbook rather than human interest, so it is hard to get into, but it is worth the trouble.
This is a great explanation of the often neglected Palestinian point of view. The Israeli position is always well supported, understood and explained in our media and government; you will be a step ahead of the majority by reading this book since you will know both sides.
In a world where criticism of Israel = anti-Semitism, you have to do yourself a favor and read this book!
This is a great explanation of the often neglected Palestinian point of view. The Israeli position is always well supported, understood and explained in our media and government; you will be a step ahead of the majority by reading this book since you will know both sides.
In a world where criticism of Israel = anti-Semitism, you have to do yourself a favor and read this book!
44 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Refuting the false scholarship of hate
29 July 2005
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book. Edward Said, in a collection of material, demolishes the scholarship of hate as practiced in Israel. That scholarship reached its absurd peak when Israelis started writing books to prove that Palestinians simply didn't exist and were never a majority in what is now Israel and occupied territories. What Said misses is that in the end, the stupidity and basic lie of the scholarship has only led to damage the Israeli cause internationally. In essence, its a self-destructive activity. The only consumers of it being Bible Belt Christians Conservatives in the rural and southern united states and at best the fringe of the right wing in Israel.
Do what they might, they can't undo the basic reality that the first census conducted after the creation of palestine showed a population of over 600,000 non-jews and 83,000 jews. And every other census before and after shows a stable and growing palestinian population over time. So what can they do when the basic facts are so firmly against their claims? They go to "scholarly works" like the travel accounts of Mark Twain to prove that the land was utterly empty until they arrived.
The true reason for all this scholarship in the end is to justify Israel's actions in expelling palestinians by force in 1948 during the war. Its well documented that in 1948 that even the villages the palestinians had lived in were erased with dynamite so that no trace of the homes of those who had lived in what is now Israel for centuries would remain.
The other purpose behind the scholarship is to prepare Israel mentally to accept the preferred solutions of the far right to the problem of palestinians. That solution is "transfer". Rounding them up in trucks and pushing them over the border into other countries. To prepare people for that step, its necessary to have a record of scholarship to "prove" that these people have no association with Israel and are just arab migrants who can be dumped anywhere.
From the book, its possible to learn the worst of the Israeli scholars like Joan Peters. Its then possible by looking at how seriously the scholarly fraud written by Joan Peters is treated to seperate out real Israeli historians with credibility from those who are unethical political operatives.
The problem of recognition of the reality of both Israel and Palestinians is core to peace. As palestinians had to accept Israel's existance, that there was no going back to 1947, so too must israelis discard the nonsense scholarship produced that aims to prove that Palestinians are not a people, have no history and do not exist.
Reality isn't to be found in the census of 1830, reality is that there is a large population of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza today that Israel can neither expell nor absorb. Everyone knows what the solution is going to be and its going to be international compensation for Palestinian refugees for their losses and an independent state of Palestine in the occupied territories.
Do what they might, they can't undo the basic reality that the first census conducted after the creation of palestine showed a population of over 600,000 non-jews and 83,000 jews. And every other census before and after shows a stable and growing palestinian population over time. So what can they do when the basic facts are so firmly against their claims? They go to "scholarly works" like the travel accounts of Mark Twain to prove that the land was utterly empty until they arrived.
The true reason for all this scholarship in the end is to justify Israel's actions in expelling palestinians by force in 1948 during the war. Its well documented that in 1948 that even the villages the palestinians had lived in were erased with dynamite so that no trace of the homes of those who had lived in what is now Israel for centuries would remain.
The other purpose behind the scholarship is to prepare Israel mentally to accept the preferred solutions of the far right to the problem of palestinians. That solution is "transfer". Rounding them up in trucks and pushing them over the border into other countries. To prepare people for that step, its necessary to have a record of scholarship to "prove" that these people have no association with Israel and are just arab migrants who can be dumped anywhere.
From the book, its possible to learn the worst of the Israeli scholars like Joan Peters. Its then possible by looking at how seriously the scholarly fraud written by Joan Peters is treated to seperate out real Israeli historians with credibility from those who are unethical political operatives.
The problem of recognition of the reality of both Israel and Palestinians is core to peace. As palestinians had to accept Israel's existance, that there was no going back to 1947, so too must israelis discard the nonsense scholarship produced that aims to prove that Palestinians are not a people, have no history and do not exist.
Reality isn't to be found in the census of 1830, reality is that there is a large population of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza today that Israel can neither expell nor absorb. Everyone knows what the solution is going to be and its going to be international compensation for Palestinian refugees for their losses and an independent state of Palestine in the occupied territories.
29 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Recommended
23 May 2006
Format:Paperback
This collection of essays draws from a wealth of scholars to support the existence of Palestine before and after the rise of Zionism. The authors therein never once resort to the name-calling tactics of Zionist supporters, but rather intelligently dissect the Zionist agenda and put it to shame as the bigoted movement it is.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > 1946-Present
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > Middle East > Arabian Peninsula
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > Middle East > Israel
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > Middle East > Palestine
- Books > History > Other Historical Subjects > Historiography
- Books > History > World History
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
