Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire

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A sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine--from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for US interests, to present day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. The narrative is firmly rooted in the politics of Palestinian liberation. Here is a neccesary contribution to the heroic efforts of the Palestinian people to achieve justice in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.This book contains a complete index and a timeline of developments in the history of Palestine. A chronology of the struggle for Palestine Section I: Framing the struggle Overview Does the Israel lobby control U.S. policy? Section II: Recolonizing Palestine Dividing the Middle East Zionism: A colonial project Building a settler state American-style The Palestinian revolt of 1936-1939 World War II: Anti-Semitism and genocide Illegal U.N. partition Born of massacres and ethnic cleansing Section III: Israeli Expansion, Palestinian Resistance Watchdog for the West Fortifying the U.S.-Israeli alliance The Palestinian struggle takes center stage Lebanon: Civil war and occupation Imperialist failure: The ‘New Middle East’ U.S.-Israeli relations after Bush Section IV: No Justice, No Peace Is Israel an apartheid state? The Palestinian right of return Subsidizing occupation: U.S. aid to Israel Palestine and the U.S. anti-war movement The ‘irreconcilable conflict’ and the future Appendices Endnotes