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The Imperial Goliath and the Dysfunctional David

The Imperial Goliath and the Dysfunctional David [HLS 1.2 (2003) 244-251] I S S N 1474-9475 Review Article THE IMPERIAL GOLIATH AND THE DYSFUNCTIONAL DAVID Ilan Pappe Professor in the D e p a r t m e n t o f Politics University o f Haifa, Israel. pappe@poli.haifa.ac.il N u r Masalha, Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: Press, 2000). The Politics of Expansion (London: Pluto Yezid Sayigh, Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian 1949-1993 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997). National Movement, Asad G h a n e m , The Palestinian Regime: A 'Partial Democracy' (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001). Each of the three books under review covers in its own way an aspect of the Palestine question. T w o seek the roots of the Palestinian tragedy in the Pal estinian history itself. Yezid Sayigh wishes to understand w h y the armed struggle by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) ended the way it did, namely, with very little tangible success in liberating the homeland, notwithstanding other impressive achievements. Asad G h a n e m takes the story from the point Sayigh has left it, the Oslo Accord. H e adds a question: w h y has the Palestinian http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Holy Land Studies Edinburgh University Press

The Imperial Goliath and the Dysfunctional David

Pappé, Ilan
Holy Land Studies , Volume 1 (2): 244 – Mar 1, 2003
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[HLS 1.2 (2003) 244-251] I S S N 1474-9475 Review Article THE IMPERIAL GOLIATH AND THE DYSFUNCTIONAL DAVID Ilan Pappe Professor in the D e p a r t m e n t o f Politics University o f Haifa, Israel. pappe@poli.haifa.ac.il N u r Masalha, Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: Press, 2000). The Politics of Expansion (London: Pluto Yezid Sayigh, Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian 1949-1993 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997). National Movement, Asad G h a n e m , The Palestinian Regime: A 'Partial Democracy' (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001). Each of the three books under review covers in its own way an aspect of the Palestine question. T w o seek the roots of the Palestinian tragedy in the Pal estinian history itself. Yezid Sayigh wishes to understand w h y the armed struggle by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) ended the way it did, namely, with very little tangible success in liberating the homeland, notwithstanding other impressive achievements. Asad G h a n e m takes the story from the point Sayigh has left it, the Oslo Accord. H e adds a question: w h y has the Palestinian

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