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The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand

“This is a book which has enjoyed great success. It not only denies that Israel is the state of the Jewish people but it denies the fact that there is a Jewish people.”

Amnon Rubinstein, Lawyer

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The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

“The existence of a special relationship – one of nearly unconditional and generous American support – is due almost entirely to the activities of the Israel lobby.”

Stephen Walt, Political Scientist

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    The best books on Jerusalem, recommended by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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    The best books on Jerusalem - The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948 by Wasif Jawhariyyeh

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    The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948
    by Wasif Jawhariyyeh

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    The best books on Jerusalem - A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz

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    A Tale of Love and Darkness
    by Amos Oz

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    The best books on Jerusalem - The Jewish War by Josephus Flavius

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    The Jewish War
    by Josephus Flavius

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    The best books on Jerusalem - The Bible The New Oxford Annotated Bible

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    The Bible
    The New Oxford Annotated Bible

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    The best books on Jerusalem - Jerusalem by Sami Tamimi & Yotam Ottolenghi

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    Jerusalem
    by Sami Tamimi & Yotam Ottolenghi

The best books on Jerusalem, recommended by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Jerusalem is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and a place of longing for three faiths—and yet we know it mostly as a place of strife and conflict. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: the Biography, recommends books that capture the historical ups and downs of this ever-changing city, but also its vitality, including its irresistible cuisine.

    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction, recommended by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

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    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction - The Hilltop by Assaf Gavron

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    The Hilltop
    by Assaf Gavron

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    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction - Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua

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    Second Person Singular
    by Sayed Kashua

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    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction - To the End of the Land by David Grossman

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    To the End of the Land
    by David Grossman

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    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction - Homesick by Eshkol Nevo

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    Homesick
    by Eshkol Nevo

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    The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction - Borderlife by Dorit Rabinyan

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    Borderlife
    by Dorit Rabinyan

The Best Contemporary Israeli Fiction, recommended by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

The Middle East is so dominated by war and politics that all literature must be viewed through this prism, says Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. She recommends the best Israeli novels.

    The best books on Palestinians in Israel, recommended by Jonathan Cook

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    The best books on Palestinians in Israel - The Arabs in Israel by Sabri Jiryis

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    The Arabs in Israel
    by Sabri Jiryis

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    The best books on Palestinians in Israel - Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua

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    Let It Be Morning
    by Sayed Kashua

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    The best books on Palestinians in Israel - A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel by Hatim Kanaaneh

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    A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel
    by Hatim Kanaaneh

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    The best books on Palestinians in Israel - So What: New and Selected Poems, 1971-2005 by Taha Muhammad Ali

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    So What: New and Selected Poems, 1971-2005
    by Taha Muhammad Ali

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    The best books on Palestinians in Israel - Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel by David Grossman

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    Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel
    by David Grossman

The best books on Palestinians in Israel, recommended by Jonathan Cook

Palestinians living in Israel are cut off from both sides of the conflict and constantly trying to square the circle, argues Nazareth-based writer Jonathan Cook.

    The best books on Israel, recommended by Amnon Rubinstein

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    The best books on Israel - Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer

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    Start-Up Nation
    by Dan Senor and Saul Singer

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    The best books on Israel - Palestine Betrayed by Efraim Karsh

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    Palestine Betrayed
    by Efraim Karsh

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    The best books on Israel - Old New Land by Theodor Herzl

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    Old New Land
    by Theodor Herzl

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    The best books on Israel - The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand

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    The Invention of the Jewish People
    by Shlomo Sand

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    The best books on Israel - Israel and the Family of Nations by Alexander Yakobson and Amnon Rubinstein

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    Israel and the Family of Nations
    by Alexander Yakobson and Amnon Rubinstein

The best books on Israel, recommended by Amnon Rubinstein

Israeli lawyer and politician says the Zionist revolution sought to turn Jewish civilisation into a nation-state like all nation-states under the rule of international law

    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art, recommended by Alon Hilu

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    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art - Only Yesterday by S Y Agnon

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    Only Yesterday
    by S Y Agnon

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    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art - Righteous Victims by Benny Morris

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    Righteous Victims
    by Benny Morris

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    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art - Palestine by Karl Sabbagh

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    Palestine
    by Karl Sabbagh

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    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art - The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

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    The Mysteries of Udolpho
    by Ann Radcliffe

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    The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art - The Last Barrier by Reshad Feild

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    The Last Barrier
    by Reshad Feild

The best books on Israel and Palestine in Art, recommended by Alon Hilu

Award-winning novelist and playwright positions himself among a new breed of Israeli historians: “I think I am part of a new trend in Israel to be critical of the way we tell our history”

    The best books on US-Israel Relations, recommended by Stephen Walt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy
    by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - Exodus by Leon Uris

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    Exodus
    by Leon Uris

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - The Holocaust in American Life by Peter Novick

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    The Holocaust in American Life
    by Peter Novick

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - Peace Process by William Quandt

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    Peace Process
    by William Quandt

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    The best books on US-Israel Relations - On the Road to Armageddon by Timothy P Weber

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    On the Road to Armageddon
    by Timothy P Weber

The best books on US-Israel Relations, recommended by Stephen Walt

The international relations professor tells us about the special relationship between America and Israel – how it came about, what it means, and how it should change

    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict, recommended by Robin Yassin-Kassab

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    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

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    The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
    by Ilan Pappe

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    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict - The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand

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    The Invention of the Jewish People
    by Shlomo Sand

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    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict - The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy
    by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

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    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict - One Country by Ali Abunimah

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    One Country
    by Ali Abunimah

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    The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict - Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

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    Mornings in Jenin
    by Susan Abulhawa

The best books on The Israel-Palestine Conflict, recommended by Robin Yassin-Kassab

The author and political blogger chooses five books on the Israel-Palestine conflict and compares the Palestinians to the Jews in diaspora: as the land disappears under their feet, their identity grows stronger.

    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine, recommended by Gideon Lichfield

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    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine - The Yellow Wind by David Grossman

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    The Yellow Wind
    by David Grossman

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    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine - Cain's Field by Matt Rees

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    Cain's Field
    by Matt Rees

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    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine - Scars of War, Wounds of Peace by Shlomo Ben-Ami

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    Scars of War, Wounds of Peace
    by Shlomo Ben-Ami

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    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine - Khirbet Khizeh by S. Yizhar

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    Khirbet Khizeh
    by S. Yizhar

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    The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine - My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness by Adina Hoffman

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    My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness
    by Adina Hoffman

The best books on Perspectives Israel and Palestine, recommended by Gideon Lichfield

The deputy-editor of Economist.com selects five books that have given him a deeper understanding of the situation in Israel and Palestine – books that have helped him open him up to “other people’s point of view”

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