Bibliography: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by Mark Tessler, ISBN: 0253358485 (Purchase this Book)
In this 761 page history (with an additional 100 pages of notes), Mark Tessler offers one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict available in print. Extremely balanced and meticulously detailed, Tessler's book is also highly readable. The 761 pages may seem daunting, but for those who are committed to learning more about the history and context of the current political conflict, this one of the clearest and most articulate accounts available.

Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    by Norman G. Finkelstein, ISBN: 1859844421 (Purchase this Book)

I Saw Ramallah
    by Mourid Barghouti, ISBN: 1400032660 (Purchase this book)

Blood Brothers
    by Father Elias Chacour, ISBN: 0800793218 (Purchase this Book)

We Belong to the Land: The Story of a Palestinian-Israeli Who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation
    by Father Elias Chacour, ISBN: 0268019630 (Purchase this Book)
A Captiviting bestseller that anaylsis the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the perspective of Father Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian.

The Yellow Wind
    by David Grossman, ISBN: 0312420986 (Purchase this Book)

Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Desperation and Hope from the Holy Land
    by Mitri Raheb, ISBN: 0800636538 (Purchase this Book)
from the book description: "Raheb's powerful collection of compelling personal stories--stories of desperation and hope in the midst of lethal conflict--brings the Palestinian/Israeli conflict up close and personal. Raheb's lifelong commitment to his people has kept him in the legendary birthplace of Christianity, even as it has become a flashpoint in the world's most volatile and hate-filled conflict."

Palestine
    by Joe Sacco, ISBN: 156097432X Purchase this Book
Joe Sacco, a graphic artist and journalist, presents one of the most compelling and personal introductions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his graphic novel Palestine. The story revolves around Mr. Sacco's own journey to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Though this is not a great introduction to the history of the conflict, it is a perfect introduction to the personal realities of the occupation. Sacco "interviews" many Israelis and Palestinians and gains insights from each. Highly recommended.

This Side of Peace
    by Hanan Ashrawi, ISBN: 068482342X (Purchase this Book)
from the book jacket: "As the spokesperson for the Palestinians and the Occupied Territories, Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi has become the most recognized and most articulate voice of the struggle. The world turns to her to make sense of the often conflicting attempts at peace in the Middle East as much for her clarity and vision as for her action and experience. In this revealing, candid, and important account, Hanan Ashrawi tells of her struggles as a Christian Arab in a Muslim, male-dominated world, torn between motherhood and a causel as a Palestinian in Israeli-held territory; and as pivotal peacemaker in the most monumental negotiations of our lifetime."

Arafat: From Defender to Dictator
    by Said K. Aburish, ISBN: 1582340498 (Purchase this Book)

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
    by Karen Armstrong, ISBN: 0345391683 (Purchase this Book)

Dying in the Land of Promise
by Donald Wagner, ISBN: 1901764222-->

Anxious for Armageddon
    by Donald E. Wagner, ISBN: 0836136519 (Purchase this Book)
From the book jacket: "A unique resource, Anxious for Armageddon both offers the fascinating account of Donald E. Wagner's personal involvement with the Middle East and calls Western Christians to work with Middle East Christians in healing the pain of Jews and Palestinians. Wagner grippingly tells of his early involvement with streams of Christianity that treat Israel's possession of the Holy Land as fulfillment of a divine plan that will result in the apocalyptic battle of Armageddon. And he shows how he came to see that any truly Christian response to Middle East tensions must include just treatment of Palestinians brutally mistreated to make Israel a home for the Jews-who were themselves reeling from the Holocaust." Highly recommended.

The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount
    by Gershom Gorenberg, ISBN: 0195152050 (Purchase this Book)
A very frightening description by a leading Israeli journalist of Jewish, Islamic and Christian beliefs about the endtimes and the history of attempts by Christian and Jewish apocalyptic extremists to destroy the Dome of the Rock, the sacred Muslim shrine, in order to "force God" to bring his kingdom to Earth and to lay the ground work for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple. Gorenburg argues that these extremists, though a fringe element, pose too big a threat to ignore.

Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege
    by Amira Hass, ISBN: 0805057404 (Purchase this Book)
From the book description: "In 1993, amira hass, a young Israeli reporter, drove to Gaza to cover a story-and stayed, the first journalist to live in the grim Palestinian enclave so feared and despised by most Israelis that, in the local idiom, "Go to Gaza" is another way to say "Go to hell." Now, in a work of calm power and painful clarity, Hass reflects on what she has seen in Gaza's gutted streets and destitute refugee camps. Drinking the Sea at Gaza maps the zones of ordinary Palestinian life. From her friends, Hass learns the secrets of slipping across sealed borders and stealing through night streets emptied by curfews. She shares Gaza's early euphoria over the peace process and its subsequent despair as hope gives way to unrelenting hardship. But even as Hass charts the griefs and humiliations of the Palestinians, she offers a remarkable portrait of a people not brutalized but eloquent, spiritually resilient, bleakly funny, and morally courageous."

Breaking Ranks: Refusing to Serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
    by Ronit Chacham, ISBN: 1590510992 (Purchase this Book)
From the book jacket: "In a series of moving and provocative conversations, nine members of the Israeli Defense Force tell why they disobeyed their commanders' orders to serve in the West Bank and Gaza. The 'refuseniks' describe their risky moral decision against the background of what is perhaps the most volatile conflict in the world today: the Israeli-Palestinian struggle."

Reporting from Ramallah: an Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land
by Amira Hass, ISBN: 1584350199 (Purchase this Book)
from the book description: "More than any other journalist, Amira Hass has intimate knowledge of the experience of both Israelis and Palestinians. The daughter of concentration camp survivors, Hass has chosen to live in a Palestinian town to provide a firsthand description of what daily life is like for the population, in particular, how the Israeli army behaves and the effects of the army's presence. Writing for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz and other journals, Hass presents unsettling truths: As the Israeli government measures its success in Palestinian deaths, many Palestinians can chart their victory only in terms of the fear they can inspire. "The game is now who is more afraid, and who is less afraid of dying," Hass writes."

The Question of Palestine
by Edward Said, ISBN: 0679739882 (Purchase this Book)

Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation
by Michael Lerner, ISBN: 1556434847(Purchase this Book)
A very balanced account of the underlying problems within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Jewish perspective; advocating a "pro-Israel, pro-Palestine" approach. Rabbi Michael Lerner is the founder of Tikkun.

Faith and the Intifada: Palestinian Christian Voices
by Naim Ateek, ISBN: 0883448084 (Purchase this Book)

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: a Palestinian Christian in the Occupied West Bank
Audeh G Rantisi, Ralph K Beebe, ISBN: 0310525918 (Purchase this Book)

Caught In Between: The Story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli
by Riah Abu El-Assal, ISBN: 0281052239
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Jerusalem: What Makes for Peace. A Palestinian Christian Contribution to Peacemaking
by Naim Ateek, Cedar Duaybis, Marla Schrader, ISBN: 1901764001 (Purchase this Book)