The Question of Palestine (Vintage)

Promptness.

Excellent reading

Recommended by Indian Express Editors, The Sunday Express dated November 24th, 2019.

For avid readers the touch and feel quality of the book also plays an extremely important part. However the quality of the book absolutely doesn't match the price. It's a pdf printed on extremely cheap paper and the printing is blurry and overlapping in several places. I would recommend buying the book from a different seller.

Don't buy from this publisher. Ink is too blurr. And on this price approx rs 600. It's disgusting to see the printing of words like this.

Scientific Standard does apply. Read and Understand.

Sober treatment of a festering sore. If only more Americans, particularly Congressmen, would read it. It was written in 1979 but the problems are more immediate than ever. Why is the USA bewitched by Israel?

Does the fact that I am an Israeli Jew living in Israel mean that I should reject this book ? Does the fact that I think the book is crucially important mean that I am "taking sides" ? I believe otherwise. I found this book to be very important, as it is an account of a Palestinian - an admittedly interested party in the conflict. Said knows about the Jews and Zionism much more than most Israeli Jews know about the Palestinians. But of course - Said is never "objective" - he himself is a refugee, who describes the side of Zionism as he and many others like him experienced. Said shows surprising understanding of Zionism - he even says that one cannot compare the situation in Israel to that which existed in South Africa. He says that things here are more complicated. Said acknowledges the achievements of Zionism as far as Jews are concerned, another surprise. I felt a deep passion for peace and compromise in this book - I believe that the author accepts the reality of a Jewish state in Israel. However, Said points out that no such peace can be achieved as long as Palestinian dreams are constantly shattered or ignored. There are two sides to this story - I am on one and Said is on the other. Still, this book is important because it acknowledges the existance of two sides, and thus provides a road to conciliation that is so important to all of us. I think every Jew and every Paelstinian should read this book, and so should evreybody with a serious interest in our troubled piece of land.

Excellent book on the subject.

An important read.