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Verso Books have made available 5 free books on the Israel-Palestine conflict:
I read parts of Pappe's book and I must say his demystification of the Oslo negotiations and predictable fallout is bang on. The map proposed by Israel during Oslo II (1995) (even though it is mentioned in chapter 8) is the very definition of unfairness and cynicism:
- Ten Myths about Israel (PDF), by Ilan Pappe.
- Palestine Speaks, edited by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek
- Blaming the Victims, edited by Christopher Hitchens and Edward W. Said; contributions by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Abu-Lughod, G.W. Bowersock, Noam Chomsky, Norman G. Finkelstein, Muhammad Hallaj, Rashid Khalidi, Peretz Kidron and Elia Zureik
- The case for sanctions against Israel, edited by Audrea Lim; contributions by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Merav Amir, Hind Awwad, Mustafa Barghouthi, Omar Barghouti, Dalit Baum, Joel Beinin, John Berger, Angela Davis, Nada Elia, Marc H. Ellis, Noura Erakat, Neve Gordon, Ran Greenstein, Ronald Kasrils, Jamal Khader, Naomi Klein, Paul Laverty, Mark LeVine, David Lloyd, Ken Loach, Haneen Maikey, Rebecca O'Brien, Ilan Pappe, Jonathan Pollak, Laura Pulido, Lisa Taraki, Rebecca Vilkomerson, Michael Warschawski and Slavoj Žižek
- The Punishment of Gaza, by Gideon Levy.
I read parts of Pappe's book and I must say his demystification of the Oslo negotiations and predictable fallout is bang on. The map proposed by Israel during Oslo II (1995) (even though it is mentioned in chapter 8) is the very definition of unfairness and cynicism:
I wonder if extremist far-right vigilantes and conspiracy nuts recruited useful fools and decoys, astroturfed, "muled", lemminged and projected/pareidolia-ed their fears unto/into the Capitol riot?
It is also possible that the organizers' loose and open "collaboration" was infiltrated by domestic and foreign agents with very different and much darker goals than simply "guiding" and "cheering" Pence and Congress to do Dumbo's bidding.
It is also possible that the organizers' loose and open "collaboration" was infiltrated by domestic and foreign agents with very different and much darker goals than simply "guiding" and "cheering" Pence and Congress to do Dumbo's bidding.
Russia is a perfect example of mass opinion manipulation and the war in Ukraine is perfect litmus test to underscore this sad truth.
Edit: Some may note that China is a very strong contender for that top spot, and, in general, large polities have a very high correlation with opinion manipulation and self-delusion (e.g. UN, India, USA, EU, Brazil, IMF, WB, other supranational orgs). The side effect of these artificialities is of course jerky and often unpredictable self-corrections after long periods of drifting, similar to mean reversion processes. Perhaps, not unsurprisingly, the stock market exhibits and shares very similar divergent/convergent processes and cycles (at micro and macro levels) with our largest polities.
Edit: Some may note that China is a very strong contender for that top spot, and, in general, large polities have a very high correlation with opinion manipulation and self-delusion (e.g. UN, India, USA, EU, Brazil, IMF, WB, other supranational orgs). The side effect of these artificialities is of course jerky and often unpredictable self-corrections after long periods of drifting, similar to mean reversion processes. Perhaps, not unsurprisingly, the stock market exhibits and shares very similar divergent/convergent processes and cycles (at micro and macro levels) with our largest polities.
