01552nam a22002297a 4500 BJBSDDR 20260709122953.0 ta 260709b2025 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781623716479 1623716470 eng BJBSDDR eng B472 2025 Bennis, Phyllis 49497 Understanding Palestine & Israel / Phyllis Bennis Massachusetts, United States : Olive Branch Press, 2025 292 pages : illustrations 23 cm All the questions you've been wondering about--up to and including Israel's war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump. People across the US watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza. They poured into the streets demanding Ceasefire Now--and protested the US government financing, arming, and protecting Israel's war. A key question was when to start the clock--because none of those events actually began on October 7; all had their origins in events 17, or 58, or 77 years earlier. In straightforward, accessible language Phyllis Bennis takes on that question--and many more--providing answers to the queries so many never before had the chance to ask. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism--and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7 lcc 0 BK cmc 127688 127688 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2026-07-09 0 B472 2025 00000200908 2026-07-09 12:30:27 1 2026-07-09 BK