Foreign Affairs Recommends: Books on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In this book, Caplan goes beyond the basic chronological narrative to analyze the self-images and images of the other that the Israelis and the Palestinians have brought to their long-standing confrontation. Read More

“Peace between Israel and Palestine can assume neither meaning nor substance except in Gaza," Filiu argues. 

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This dense little book, a fact-filled account of Israel and the Palestinians since the June 1967 war, treats not peace-process politics but actual developments on the ground.

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This book examines the forces in Israeli history and politics that have contributed to the failure of the two-state solution. Read More

In a model of scholarly engagement with challenging political issues, Barnett and his co-authors argue that the continued embrace of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse obscures realities on the ground. Read More

Candid, forthright, and often courageous, Scheindlin’s book cuts through decades of bromides, wishful thinking, and unconstructive ambiguity to assess the long and painful struggle to establish democracy in Israel. Read More