01684nam a22002417a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087040001800102041000900120050001500129100002700144245005600171260006400227300003900291520095000330942001501280946000801295999001901303952012001322BJBSDDR20260709122953.0ta260709b2025       ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781623716479  a1623716470  beng cBJBSDDR  aeng   bB472  20251 aBennis, Phyllis94949710aUnderstanding Palestine & Israel /cPhyllis Bennis   aMassachusetts, United States : bOlive Branch Press, c2025  a 292 pages :billustrationsc23 cm  aAll 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  2lccn0cBK  icmc  c127688d127688  00102lcc40708APTaBJBbBJBcAPTd2026-07-09l0oB472  2025p00000200908r2026-07-09 12:30:27t1w2026-07-09yBK