The myths—and reality—behind the state of IsraelIn this groundbreaking book, published on the 50th anniversary of theOccupation, the outspoken & radicalIsraelihistorianIlan Pappeexamines the most contested ideas concerning the origins & identity of the contemporary state ofIsrael.The“ten Myths”thatPappeexplores—repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, accepted without question by the world's governments—reinforce the regional status quo. He explores the claim thatPalestinewas an empty land at the time of theBalfour Declaration, as well as the formation ofZionism& its role in the early decades of nation building. He asks whether thePalestiniansvoluntarily left their homeland in1948, & whetherJune 1967was a war of "no choice." Turning to the myths surrounding the failures of theCamp David Accords& the official reasons for the attacks onGaza,Pappeexplains why the two-state solution is no longer viable.°°°Ilan Pappeis director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the bestselling author of over a dozen books, includingThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine&The Israel/Palestine Question.