The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Preface-Chapter 2

Chapters 3-5

Chapters 6-8

Chapter 9-Epilogue

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Essay Topics

What case does Pappé make for the imperative for Israel to acknowledge the Nakba? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his argument?

Compare and contrast the “official” Israeli historical narrative of 1948 with the Palestinian narrative of the Nakba. What does Pappé’s book add to these accounts?

How does Pappé characterize Zionist ideology? What role does the historical persecution of the Jews (such as the Holocaust) play in Zionism and its motivations?