Review: The Biggest Prison on Earth: A New Narrative of the History of the Occupied Territories, by Ilan Pappe

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Book Review| September 01 2021 Review: The Biggest Prison on Earth: A New Narrative of the History of the Occupied Territories, by Ilan Pappe The Biggest Prison on Earth: A New Narrative of the History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe, translated into Arabic by Adonis Salem (Beirut: Nawfal/Hachette Antoine, 2020). 368 pp. US$76.67. ISBN 9786144690598. Yesmine Koaik Yesmine Koaik Lebanese Political Researcher. Email: yesminekoaik@hotmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Contemporary Arab Affairs (2021) 14 (3): 146–153. https://doi.org/10.1525/caa.2021.14.3.146 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Yesmine Koaik; Review: The Biggest Prison on Earth: A New Narrative of the History of the Occupied Territories, by Ilan Pappe. Contemporary Arab Affairs 1 September 2021; 14 (3): 146–153. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/caa.2021.14.3.146 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentContemporary Arab Affairs Search Ilan Pappe’s The Biggest Prison on Earth exposes Israeli violations in Palestine against its indigenous people. The Israeli historian reveals Israel’s ugly crimes against humanity over the years, using clear-cut evidence that indicts the settler colonial entity. Pappe comprehensively analyzes Zionist objectives in occupied Palestine, and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in different historical epochs. The Israeli historian’s latest work earned the “2017 Book of Palestine Award,” and it was recently translated into Arabic by the Nawfal/Hachette Antoine Lebanese publishing house. This new work par-excellence dealing with the history of the Palestinian occupied territories unmasks Zionist projects and violations of Palestinians’ rights since the ethnic cleansing of Palestine began in 1948. Pappe dedicates his book to the children of Palestine who endured killing, injury, and bullying because they live in the biggest prison on earth. The book includes a forward, introduction, and twelve chapters that make up 357 pages,... You do not currently have access to this content.