Israel/palestine: How to End the War of 1948, 2nd edition

(Paperback, 2nd New edition)

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In this updated edition of a popular seller, Israeli scholar Reinhart extends her critique to the most recent chapter of this decades-old conflict, exploring the history of the contested region and portraying the barrier as a stark symbol of the conflict itself. She traces the development of the Security Barrier and Israel's new doctrine of |disengagement'|, launched in response to a looming Palestinian-majority population. In this indispensable primer, Reinhart's searing insight illuminates the current conflict and suggests a path toward change.'

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[An] excellent book. Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz (Israel)

Reinhart accomplishes the formidable task of adding insight to a subject that is written about endlessly. The Nation

Tanya Reinhart's Israel/Palestine is the most devastating critique now available of Israel's policy toward the Palestinian people. Written with urgency and an unflinching clarity, it deserves to be read by every American who, unknowingly perhaps, has been subsidizing Israel's 35-yea-old military occupation. Today Palestinians face either ethnic cleansing or apartheid. Reinhart compellingly shows why and how both must be opposed. Edward W. Said

Tanya Reinhart's informative and chilling analysis could hardly be more timely. It should be read and considered with care, and taken very seriously. Noam Chomsky

Tanya Reinhart is an Israeli scholar who is known for her works in linguistics, but also as the author of a biweekly column in the daily newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Her book demonstrates the hoax suffered by the Palestinians, sometimes with the complicity of their own Authority. It also shows that, behind the semantic and cartographic contortions, the main objective of the Israeli governments has been to give up as little as possible and to accept but a truncated Palestinian autonomy. According to her, the solution is simple: 'In order to initiate true negotiations, Israel has to withdraw unilaterally' from the occupied Palestinian territories. Le Monde

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Tanya Reinhart is a professor of linguistics and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and at the University of Utrecht. She is most well-known academically for her contribution to theoretical linguistics. In 1994, following the Oslo agreements - which she viewed as a painful deception of the Palestinian people - and the preparation of a sophisticated Apartheid regime, she turned to political writing. She has a regular critical column in the biggest Israeli daily, Yediot Aharonot, as well as having published many articles on the Internet and in international forums.