Summary of Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé & Frank Barat's On Palestine

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The past is ignored in the peace process between Israel and Palestine. The past is everything to the Palestinians, but for the so-called mediators, the past is irrelevant. #2 Zionism is an ideology that was created by the Jewish people to have their own state. It is an ideology of power that is directed against one particular group of people: the Palestinians. It is not a replacement for a more progressive ideology, but rather a challenge to create positions that claim the right of people to elementary human and civil rights. #3 From 1948 onward, Zionism meant the ideology of the state. For many Israelis, it became a state religion. The idea of a Jewish state was changed to include the right to exist, and this was used as a barrier to stop any negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. #4 Zionism, from its inception, has been a colonialist project. The first wave of settlers who came to Palestine in the 1800s were looking to expand the land they had been given, but were stopped by the native Palestinian population.