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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic. The best book on the subject..., Mar 26 1999

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This review is from: Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) (South End Press Classics Series) (Paperback)

I've read many books by many authors on the subject of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and I would have to say that this book is the best of the bunch. It is a classic. He backs up every single statement he makes with facts, often quoting Israeli sources. He is so thorough in his arguments that it is practically impossible to argue against him.

One of the reviews below dismissed this work as being biased and anti-Semetic. This is a ridiculous claim considering the fact that Chomsky is Jewish and used to teach Hebrew when he was younger. This individual also stated that the Arab states created the problem of the Palestinian refugees. This is simply not true and even Israeli historians dismiss such claims as lies and propoganda (eg. Morris, Segev, Flapan, etc.).

Buy it, read it, study it... it is an impressive work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Israel's terror tactics against Palestinians and Lebanon, Jan 14 2002

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This review is from: Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) (South End Press Classics Series) (Paperback)

This is one of the most disturbing and convincing indictments of Israel's aggressive policies and terror tactics (supported by the US Government) not only against its captive overpowered palestinian victims in the occupied teritories and Lebanon but also against its peaceful and once prosperous neighbour to the north. Thoroughly documented with evidence and facts particularly about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon which caused the loss of more than 20000 people mostly civilians. Most of Chomsky's sources are decent israeli and american government, military and media representatives.

Noam Chomsky is a noble fair minded jewish/american academic, in the best tradition of the jewish people, who has the courage to say the historical truth as it is, contrary to its constant travesty witnessed on a daily basis in the western mainstream media most of which is now owned or controlled by the pro-israeli lobby who will go to any length to distort history and facts hollywood style in favor of Israel's version of events, i.e transforming the victim into the aggressor and vice versa!

A must reading for anyone wanting the true story of what has been happening in the Holy Lands.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful for Hard to Find Facts, but Poor Otherwise...., Dec 17 2000

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This review is from: Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition) (South End Press Classics Series) (Paperback)

This book is hard to review. On the plus side, it is an impressive collection of hard-to-find documentation and often ignored sources. Some sources have been ignored by the mainstream for good reason, but many are at least as reliable as those that the mainstream American media consult on a regular basis.

But this book can be misleading. First, as anyone familiar with events in the region knows who has read this book, there are numerous omissions of fairly major events which should be included in any comprehensive treatment of the region's recent history. This would be a minor concern if the omissions weren't so blatantly systematic. Mr. Chomsky clearly intends this book as a polemic, and there is nothing wrong with that, but the scholarly format would seem to indicate a more comprehensive review.

I recommend this book only to one already familiar with the mideast situation. It is NOT a history of events in the region - it is the prosecution's case, so to speak. So long as this is realized, reading this book should be an enlightening experience.

To put it another way, the problem is not that the analysis is "biased", but that the analysandum is incomplete.

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