🕊️ Middle East Peace Process

Examinations of the elusive quest for peace in the region, tracing the negotiations, failures, and fragile hopes that define decades of diplomacy.

Palestine

by Jimmy Carter • 2006

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

3.92

5k+

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories

Palestine 92%

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

by Jimmy Carter 2006

3.92

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

by Hussein Agha • 2025

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

3.96

502

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

Tomorrow Is Yesterday 91%

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

by Hussein Agha 2025

3.96

502 ratings

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

Can We Talk About Israel?

by Daniel Sokatch • 2021

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

4.33

2k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

Can We Talk About Israel? 91%

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

by Daniel Sokatch 2021

4.33

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

Gaza in Crisis

by Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

4.15

2k+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Gaza in Crisis 91%

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

by Ilan Pappé 2010

4.15

2k+ ratings

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4k+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 91%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

Twelve Tribes

by Ethan Michaeli • 2021

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

3.93

145

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

Twelve Tribes 91%

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

by Ethan Michaeli 2021

3.93

145 ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

The Palestinian Delusion

by Robert Spencer • 2019

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

4.01

506

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism

The Palestinian Delusion 91%

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

by Robert Spencer 2019

4.01

506 ratings

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine

by Michael Scott-Baumann • 2023

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

4.12

3k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine Summary

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine 90%

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

by Michael Scott-Baumann 2023

4.12

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

The Other Side of Israel 90%

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

Der Nahost-Komplex

by Natalie Amiri • 2025

A reporter tours the post-October 7 Middle East and finds Berlin's foreign policy in ruins.

4.67

118

🌍 Middle East Politics 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🎙️ War Reporting

Der Nahost-Komplex 90%

A reporter tours the post-October 7 Middle East and finds Berlin's foreign policy in ruins.

by Natalie Amiri 2025

4.67

118 ratings

🌍 Middle East Politics 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🎙️ War Reporting

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

by Ilan Pappé • 2024

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

4.37

6k+

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Summary

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict 90%

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

by Ilan Pappé 2024

4.37

6k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Goliath

by Max Blumenthal • 2012

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

4.26

843

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation

Goliath 90%

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

by Max Blumenthal 2012

4.26

843 ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation

On Palestine

by Noam Chomsky • 2015

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

4.26

13k+

🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy

On Palestine 90%

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

by Noam Chomsky 2015

4.26

13k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy

Culture and Resistance

by Edward W. Said • 2003

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

4.10

419

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power

Culture and Resistance 90%

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

by Edward W. Said 2003

4.10

419 ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power

A Genocide Foretold

by Chris Hedges • 2025

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

4.57

542

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy

A Genocide Foretold 90%

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

by Chris Hedges 2025

4.57

542 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy

Except for Palestine

by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

4.19

4k+

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Except for Palestine 90%

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

by Marc Lamont Hill 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappé • 2017

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

4.40

6k+

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism

Ten Myths About Israel 90%

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

by Ilan Pappé 2017

4.40

6k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

by Martin Bunton • 2013

This modern land contest, not an ancient feud, leaves two options: binationalism or apartheid.

4.04

2k+

🌏 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🏴 Modern Nationalism ✂️ Partition Politics

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Summary

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 90%

This modern land contest, not an ancient feud, leaves two options: binationalism or apartheid.

by Martin Bunton 2013

4.04

2k+ ratings

🌏 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🏴 Modern Nationalism ✂️ Partition Politics

Bibi

by Benjamin Netanyahu • 2022

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

4.43

2k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

Bibi 90%

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022

4.43

2k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

On Democracies and Death Cults

by Douglas Murray • 2025

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

4.41

5k+

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

On Democracies and Death Cults 90%

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

by Douglas Murray 2025

4.41

5k+ ratings

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

In the Land of Israel

by Amos Oz • 1982

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

4.11

856

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

In the Land of Israel 90%

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

by Amos Oz 1982

4.11

856 ratings

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

19k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Son of Hamas 90%

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011

4.24

19k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Islam, Israel and the West

by Danny Burmawi • 2025

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

4.73

120

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam

Islam, Israel and the West 90%

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

by Danny Burmawi 2025

4.73

120 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam

The Wind in My Hair

by Masih Alinejad • 2018

How a remote mountain town became the sacred prize for which three faiths still fight.

4.25

2k+

🏙️ City Biography 🛐 Holy City 🔯 Abrahamic Religions

The Wind in My Hair 89%

How a remote mountain town became the sacred prize for which three faiths still fight.

by Masih Alinejad 2018

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏙️ City Biography 🛐 Holy City 🔯 Abrahamic Religions

Our Palestine Question

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin • 2023

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

4.17

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics

Our Palestine Question 89%

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin 2023

4.17

99 ratings

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

I Shall Not Hate 89%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Jerusalem

by Simon Sebag Montefiore • 2011

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

4.1

14k+

🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry

Jerusalem 89%

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

by Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011

4.1

14k+ ratings

🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 89%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Palestine Laboratory

by Antony Loewenstein • 2023

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

4.43

3k+

🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization

The Palestine Laboratory 89%

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

by Antony Loewenstein 2023

4.43

3k+ ratings

🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization

Target Tehran

by Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran 89%

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023

4.07

450 ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

The Great War for Civilisation

by Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

4.41

6k+

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

The Great War for Civilisation 89%

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

by Robert Fisk 2005

4.41

6k+ ratings

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention

Treacherous Alliance

by Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

555

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

Treacherous Alliance 89%

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

by Trita Parsi 2007

4.12

555 ratings

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism

Palestine

by Nur Masalha • 2018

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

4.03

1k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

Palestine 89%

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

by Nur Masalha 2018

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism

The Arab Uprising

by Marc Lynch • 2012

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

3.65

246

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

The Arab Uprising 89%

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

by Marc Lynch 2012

3.65

246 ratings

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

by Marc Owen Jones • 2022

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

4.21

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East Summary

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East 89%

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

by Marc Owen Jones 2022

4.21

19 ratings

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

by Rashid Khalidi • 2020

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

4.49

36k+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine 89%

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

by Rashid Khalidi 2020

4.49

36k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

by Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

3.67

108

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

Power, Terror, Peace, and War 89%

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

by Walter Russell Mead 2004

3.67

108 ratings

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power

The Killing of Gaza

by Gideon Levy • 2024

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

4.21

178

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique

The Killing of Gaza 89%

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

by Gideon Levy 2024

4.21

178 ratings

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

by Oliver Ramsbotham • 2005

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

3.73

180

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

Contemporary Conflict Resolution Summary

Contemporary Conflict Resolution 89%

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

by Oliver Ramsbotham 2005

3.73

180 ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

The Envoy

by Zalmay Khalilzad • 2016

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

3.64

163

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Envoy 88%

An Afghan immigrant becomes America's envoy in the Muslim world, finding a crisis wars cannot solve.

by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016

3.64

163 ratings

🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌍 Middle East Politics 📜 Diplomatic Memoir

The Miracle of the Kurds

by Stephen Mansfield • 2014

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

4.09

335

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery

The Miracle of the Kurds 88%

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

by Stephen Mansfield 2014

4.09

335 ratings

🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery

Iran and Israel

by Mark Hitchcock • 2013

Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.

3.78

🔮 Biblical Prophecy 🌍 Middle East Politics ☪️ Islamic Eschatology

Iran and Israel 88%

Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.

by Mark Hitchcock 2013

3.78

46 ratings

🔮 Biblical Prophecy 🌍 Middle East Politics ☪️ Islamic Eschatology

A Concise History of the Middle East

by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr • 1979

Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.

3.73

961

📜 Middle Eastern History 🕌 Islamic Civilization 🏛️ Colonial Legacy

A Concise History of the Middle East Summary

A Concise History of the Middle East 88%

Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.

by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr 1979

3.73

961 ratings

📜 Middle Eastern History 🕌 Islamic Civilization 🏛️ Colonial Legacy

The Battle For Syria

by Christopher Phillips • 2016

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

4.16

291

🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring

The Battle For Syria 88%

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

by Christopher Phillips 2016

4.16

291 ratings

🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring

Yemen

by Victoria Clark • 2010

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

3.71

276

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics

Yemen 88%

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

by Victoria Clark 2010

3.71

276 ratings

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics

On Settler Colonialism

by Adam Kirsch • 2024

The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.

3.98

664

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine ⛔ Anti-Zionism

On Settler Colonialism 88%

The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.

by Adam Kirsch 2024

3.98

664 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine ⛔ Anti-Zionism

House of Bush, House of Saud

by Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

3.91

2k+

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

House of Bush, House of Saud 88%

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

by Craig Unger 2004

3.91

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé • 2006

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

4.55

11k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 88%

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

by Ilan Pappé 2006

4.55

11k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing

The Gates of Gaza

by Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

4.63

2k+

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

The Gates of Gaza 88%

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

by Amir Tibon 2024

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

A Peace to End All Peace

by David Fromkin • 1989

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

4.22

10k+

🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History

A Peace to End All Peace 88%

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

by David Fromkin 1989

4.22

10k+ ratings

🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History

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