Good book on Israel?

[Delta]

Anyone have any good books discussing the state of Israel, either in general or in relation to the Palestinians and/or U.S.?

[Mariam]

I'd say Ilan Pappe's works on Israeli-Palestinian issues are interesting.

Ilan Pappe (http://www.ilanpappe.org)

PS. you might find Israel Shahak's -Jewish History, Jewish Religion the Weight of 3000 Years- a good pick.

Shahak (http://www.geocities.com/israel_shahak/book1.htm)

[Faux Real]

On Ilan Pappe, here's (http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=20456) an hour long speech about his new book and covers quite extensively the Zionist project. He is an Israeli historian by the way.

[Mariam]

How did I forget Edward Said!

The Politics Of Dispossession covers a lot of issues of the Mideast starting with Palestine, moving to Lebanon, and Iraq, and some other related topics.