Israel On The Brink (eight Steps For A Better Future)

A courageous way forward for the world’s most intractable conflict

Israel can’t go on like this.

7 October and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza laid bare the cracks in its foundations. It was unveiled as a country unable to protect its citizens, divided between messianic theocrats and selective liberals, resented by its neighbours and losing the support of Jews worldwide. While its leaders justify bombing campaigns exceeding the worst atrocities of World War 2 and a spiralling humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, Israel is becoming a pariah state. Its worst enemy is not Hamas, but itself.

Ilan Pappe paves a path out of the Jewish state, rooted in restorative justice and decolonisation, including the return of refugees, the end of illegal settlements, and building bridges with the Arab world. The future can be one of reconciliation, not endless war.

 ''A bracingly principled and hopeful blueprint for the future.'' Publishers'' Weekly

''When you think that everything that could be said has been, Ilan Pappe provides this eye-opening, original and, most importantly, hopeful book.'' Eyal Weizman, author of Hollow Land: Israel''s Architecture of Occupation

''Ilan Pappe supplants slogans for a single democratic state with a detailed program comprising eight mini-revolutions. This is a bold undertaking and offers abundant ground upon which to debate a vision and transform it into a program. Even, and especially, for those in disagreement, Israel on the Brink offers a point of departure to take seriously the work of decolonisation.''  Noura Erakat, author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine 

''Ilan Pappe’s Israel on the Brink is a tour de force, essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the disintegration of the Zionist project and its consequences. Pappe, one of the foremost scholars on the Israel-Palestine conflict, has authored a series of ground-breaking and important books. This one is no exception.'' Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning former Middle East bureau chief for the New York Times

Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of over a dozen books, including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic. In 2017, he received the Middle East Monitor’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palestine Book Awards.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine has sold 250k+ copies across formats


A new way forward in the world’s most intractable conflict, after decades of ‘peace’ processes have failed