“From the beginning of their colonization of Palestine, the architects of the Zionist ‘dream’ excluded from consideration its potential consequences for the Palestinians. The reality of Zionism as translated on the ground was rarely perceived as diverging from the dream, which was (and still is) regarded as pristine; any divergence between the reality and the dream was only a momentary aberration from the dream. Thus, the ineluctable link between Zionist action and Palestinian reaction was banished from Zionist consciousness… A victim’s obsession with the past is often the concomitant of a vengeful disposition, and protagonists have habitually compiled ‘historical records’ of their conflicts as a prelude to each other’s delegitimitization. But a retrospective glance can also serve a constructive purpose. That is the intent of this book, which, it is hoped, will shed some light on the Palestinians as a people in Palestine before their diaspora, and on the genesis and evolution of the Palestine problem during its formative phase.” A fascinating parallel view of the establishment of Israel is shown through beautifully reproduced archival photos of both the conflicts between Arab and Jew and the everyday life of the Palestinians in their homeland.

Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies
Paperback: 351 pages
Illustrated

The motto of the Mossad is “By way of deception, thou shalt do war.” From Ostrovsky’s description of the activities of the feared Israeli Secret Service one is compelled to accept the conclusion that the Mossad faithfully treads in the footsteps of all other secret-service agencies throughout the world, from the Gestapo to the KGB to the CIA. Far from being a book cramped and stilted by reiteration of fact after fact, Ostrovsky’s book reads like a best-selling thriller, except the names have not been changed to protect the guilty. JB

Publisher: St. Martin's
Paperback: 396 pages

A collection of critical essays by Jewish writers Noam Chomsky, Lenni Brenner, Albert Memmi, Maxime Rodinson and Reb Moshe Schonfeld in opposition to Zionist-Israeli authority, and positing a different identity of the Jewish people. AK

Publisher: Clarity
Paperback: 116 pages

Examines the hypocrisy involving the U.S. position in the Middle East, especially regarding media whitewash, the B’nai B’riths political clout, Israel’s “favorite child” status, the invasion of Lebanon, and the myth of the “peace talks.”

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 483 pages

ZOG = Zionist Occupation Government. Land of the ZOG begins with a light-hearted investigation into the ZOG “myth” and winds up explaining the real meaning of the Book of Revelation—666 is the six-pointed Star of David! In between, the hidden hand of Jewish/Israeli government influence on Washington and the media is explored (half-Jewish movie stars such as Robert De Niro are also outed), the “kosher tax” on food is decried, the Talmud is analyzed, and more. Chapters include “Parasites-Human and Otherwise,” “Jew-nited We Stand,” “Shoah Biz” and “The Last Temptation of Hollywood.” SS

Publisher: Emissary
Paperback: 176 pages
Illustrated

“The late Jack Bernstein was a rarity—an American Zionist who actually ‘returned’ to Israel, not for a vacation or to summer on a kibbutz, but to live and die in Israel building a Jewish nation. What makes him almost one of a kind, though, was his ability to see through the sham and hype to the oppressive, racist, parasitic character of Zionism as practiced in modern Israel, and his courage to denounce it with the force and fervor of an Old Testament prophet.”

Publisher: Noontide
Pamphlet: 61 pages

This biography of Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky at 1,855 pages isn’t light reading. The man behind the book wasn’t light either: Jabotinsky, a journalist and author, was one of the most important Zionist leaders of the 20th century. Jabotinsky was the ideologue of the Zionist revisionists. He was the spiritual forerunner to the Likud party, Netanyahu and the Jewish Defense League. Jabotinsky was foremost a right-wing nationalist, who bordered on being a fascist—there’s even rumors that he had secret meetings with the Nazis. SC

Publisher: Barricade
Hardback: 1855 pages

“Retraces the Palestinian hejira, its disastrous flirtation with Saddam Hussein, and its ambiguous peace accord with Israel… demolishing both Western stereotypes about the Muslim world and Islam’s illusions about itself.

Publisher: Vintage
Paperback: 512 pages

Hess was a German citizen by birth, as well as the forerunner of the modern Zionist movement. He fervently believed that modern anti-Semitism was spawned by the Pope and the Church of Rome, a theme currently adopted by such Jewish authors as Daniel Goldhagen. Hess viewed the assimilation of Jews into German society as a great danger to the existence of the Jewish people. Unnoticed at first, Hess’ book was later discovered and adopted by the Zionists. Viewed in retrospect, his comments about Germany, the country of his birth, and the Germans themselves appear to be remarkably accurate: “It seems that German education is not compatible with our Jewish national aspirations… The German hates the Jewish religion less than the race; he objects less to the Jew’s peculiar beliefs than to their peculiar noses.” As a lone voice crying in the wilderness, Hess’ calls for the construction of a Jewish national state went unheeded by his own contemporaries, only to reach fulfillment after two world wars and the Holocaust. JB

Publisher: University of Nebraska
Paperback: 265 pages

“The real record of the fight to open U.S. borders to refugees from Hitler’s terror.”

Publisher: Pathfinder
Paperback: 31 pages