All published by Pluto Press
For decades we have spoken of the ‘Israel-Palestine conflict’, but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores how the concept of settler colonialism provides a clearer understanding of the Zionist movement’s project to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, displacing the Palestinian Arab population and marginalizing its cultural presence.
‘It is fashionable to say that the two-state solution to Israel-Palestine is dead. Jeff Halper thinks it was never born. In this brave, thought-provoking and highly original book, he presents both a searching critique of Zionist settler colonialism and a compelling case for one democratic state with equal rights for all its citizens.’
- Avi Shlaim, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford
‘With informed lucidity, political sophistication and moral integrity Halper depicts the path from here to there. What is most unexpected, given present realities, is that this manages to be a book of realistic hope, the finest work of advocacy scholarship I have ever read.’ - Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University.
‘This is a serious work that deserves to be widely read. Halper is among the few who not only understands that we are at a critical historical juncture, but is also able to analyze its multiple dimensions and offer a transformative plan of action’ - Mouin Rabbani, Middle East analysist, Co-Editor of ‘Jadaliyya’
A disturbing insight into the new phenomenon of the ‘securocratic’ war in the modern policed world, with a focus on the Israeli state.
Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major world powers maintain control over their people today?
* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016*
This book is a disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today. It is a subliminal war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used in Israel against the Palestinian population. Including nano-technology, hidden camera systems, information databases on civilian activity, automated targeting systems and unmanned drones, it is used to control the very people the nation’s leaders profess to serve.
‘This is an important book for anyone who cares about peace, the plight of the Palestinian people and the role of Israel in the world of war. Halper’s fascinating book places the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the heart of its role in the transnational military industrial complex and what he calls the pacification industry. A brave, analytical and innovative book from an admirable activist and thinker.’ – Andrew Feinstein former ANC politician, Director, Shadow World Investigations
‘A brilliant book by one of the world’s most inspiring political activists. It lays out the way in which Israel’s war on the Palestinians has become both a model and the laboratory for global war against the people.’ - Eyal Weizman, Professor, Goldsmiths University, Director, Forensic Architecture
An Israeli’s passionate argument for a solution in Palestine based on respect for human rights and tolerance written from the point of view of a critical insider. Halper throws harsh light on the reality and realises that Israel is defined by its oppressive relationship to the Palestinians.
While the Zionist founders of Israel created a vibrant society, culture and economy, they did so at a high price: Israel could not maintain its exclusive Jewish character without imposing on the country’s Palestinian population policies of ethnic cleansing, occupation and discrimination, expressed most graphically in its ongoing demolition of thousands of Palestinian homes, both inside Israel and in the Occupied Territories.
An Israeli in Palestine records Halper’s journey ‘beyond the membrane’ that shields his people from the harsh realities of Palestinian life to his ‘discovery’ that he was actually living in another country: Palestine.
This second edition includes an epilogue gauging the chances for peace after the failed Annapolis process.
‘Jeff Halper’s book, like his life’s work, is an inspiration. Drawing on his many years of directly challenging Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, he offers one of the most insightful analyses of the occupation I’ve read. His voice cries out to be heard. – Jonathan Cook, British writer and freelance journalist, formerly based in Nazareth, Israel.
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Obstacles to Peace
Also by Jeff Halper is Obstacles to Peace: A Re-framing of the Palestinian – Israeli Conflict, published by ICAHD and with maps by Michael Younan and PalMap. It grew out of the tours of the Occupied Territories given by ICAHD for diplomats, journalists, study missions and activists. It presents a ‘grounded analysis’ of the Occupation, its source and Israel’s complex ‘Matrix of Control’ that has been established over the Palestinians.
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