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I haven't read Pappe, but I've been interested in the Middle East since I was in junior high -- my speech on the Sykes-Picot agreement won me a finalist slot in a high school speaking competition. <g> For an excellent introduction to the history, I recommend Alex McDonald's HOW I LEARNED TO SPEAK ISRAEL. It's indie published but getting easier to find. More info here: speakisrael.info/about.
I haven't read Pappe, but I've been interested in the Middle East since I was in junior high -- my speech on the Sykes-Picot agreement won me a finalist slot in a high school speaking competition. <g> For an excellent introduction to the history, I recommend Alex McDonald's HOW I LEARNED TO SPEAK ISRAEL. It's indie published but getting easier to find. More info here: https://speakisrael.info/about/.
Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. I recently counted up the number of books I have read about Middle East history generally or Israel-Palestine, in particular, and it was about a dozen or so. Surprisingly, I still come across some pretty major aspect of what has occurred that is totally new to me. Typically, such insights are even worse than what I knew about already. TC's mention that there was a totally cynical financing availability element as a part of what generated the Balfour Declaration. I hadn't heard about that, and it's even worse than the several reasons I knew about already. Good meeting you, Susanna. I send out a newsletter to friends and colleagues several times a week called Random Guy Noticing Stuff - if you want to check one out and see if you'd be interested in being added to the email list, let me know at bertrandbartok@gmail.com. Best regards. Gary