Text for session 1, Friday 4th September - Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Illan Pappe is an Israeli historian, now teaching at Exeter university. He is known as one of the 'new historians' , a group of Israeli academics who produced an account of Israel's history that challenged the conventional narrative of the state's foundation. Check out http://ilanpappe.com/ for more information plus a batch of articles and interviews.

These pages are from the preface and second chapter of his book 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine' (accompanying notes included).