Book Review: Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe

Preeminent Israeli historian Ilan Pappe rectifies widespread misinformation in his latest book, refuting ten foundational myths about Israel by juxtaposing popular assumption and historical reality.

by Matthew DeMaio

There are very few issues that regularly receive more popular attention than the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Even fewer elicit the kind of emotion it does. What is pervasive in this constant coverage are numerous misrepresentations, falsehoods, and outright historical lies that are presented as truth and uncritically spread by the media…