The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge

In this groundbreaking work Ilan Pappe looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. <i>The Idea of Israel</i> considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country’s education system media and cinema. In particular Pappe examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s.<br>The <i>Idea of Israel</i> is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past and the future of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.