Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948
by Tanya Reinhart

Israeli professor Tanya Reinhart provides an outstanding primer on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She details the roots of the conflict, presents compelling evidence that Israel has been working to undermine the 1993 Oslo peace agreement, and discusses how the crisis is linked to America's war on terrorism. Reinhart’s searing insight illuminates the current conflict and suggests a path toward change.

About the Author
Tanya Reinhart is a professor of linguistics and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and at the University of Utrecht. She writes a bi-weekly column for Israel's largest daily, Yediot Ahronot, and has maintained a consistently critical position towards the so-called 'peace process' since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.

Excerpt from the book
How Israel Left Lebanon

Recent Articles by the Author
Always the Victim – Israel's Present Wars
Israel's "new Middle East"
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The Hamas Government Should be Recognized
How Israel left Gaza
Complete list of articles by the author

Related Links
Interview with Z-Net
Review by Robert Jensen in the Nation

Reviews
"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

"Intensely researched, beautifully argued, and thoroughly depressing in it's conclusions, Israel/Palestine is destined to be continuously updated in much the same way as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking A People's History of the United States. For an excellent introduction to a growing body of progressive literature, there's no better place to start."
—Joel Schalit

"Tanya Reinhart's book is a gem, combining analytical precision with in-depth understanding of her own society. She doesn't just blow apart the myth of Barak's "generous offer"— she gives us a plausible interpretation of Barak's strategic reasoning. The fundamental question in Israeli society right now is, as she says, "How to finish the War of 1948." Her counterposition of the two options —Oslo-style apartheid vs. "transfer"— is right on the money, but she goes further, exploring the civilian-military split at the heart of the question. Her analysis that Barak, like Sharon, is an advocate of transfer, and that both his non-negotiations with Syria and his non-offer at Camp David were deliberately designed to manipulate Israeli public opinion is original and compelling. Reinhart has not just repackaged standard analysis of the occupation—she has seen deeper into the past five years of Israeli state policy than anyone else writing in English."
—Rahul Mahajan, author of The New Crusade