Ten Myths about Israel
London. Verso Books, 2017. 192 pp.
The Zionist account of Israel is based on a set of core myths that cast doubt upon Palestinian claims to the land.
These myths serve as hasbara, a euphemism for pro-Israeli propaganda. Hasbara often goes unchallenged by the Western media and imperialist states that benefit from the role Israel plays in in the Middle East.
Ilan Pappé, author of many books on Palestine, including
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and
On Palestine with Noam Chomsky, dismantles Israeli hasbara in
Ten Myths about Israel.
Pappé is an Israeli historian, socialist and anti-Zionist activist, whose support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign lost him his position at Haifa University in 2007.