Book - Understanding Palestine & Israel

By Phyllis Bennis

All the questions you've been wondering about—up to and including Israel's war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump. In straightforward, accessible language American Jewish writer, activist and political commentator Phyllis Bennis offers answers to many basic queries. What is the Balfour Declaration? What is the Nakba? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism—and do all Jews support it? What was Gaza like before October 7?

Softcover, 6x9”, 240 pp., 2025.

“With stunning clarity and an unwavering commitment to speaking truth in an age of official lies, Phyllis Bennis tears back the curtain of government and corporate disinformation to reveal the truth of a one-hundred-year history of colonization, apartheid and genocide, and a growing global movement for justice in Palestine. This point-by-point examination brings together the historical, factual, legal, and moral basis for an informed understanding of one of the great historical (and ongoing) injustices of the past hundred years.”

–Craig Mokhiber, international human rights lawyer and activist and former senior United Nations official

“For decades now, we have been able to count on Phyllis Bennis to refute arguments that we who are not ‘experts,’ that we cannot possibly grasp the complexities of the Israel-Palestine ‘conflict.’ In this moment of unprecedented opposition to the Zionist project, Bennis’ most recent book once again offers lucid exposition and compelling argumentation for the ever-increasing numbers of advocates for freedom and justice in Palestine.”

–Angela Y. Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, UC Santa Cruz