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Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris | Lex Fridman Podcast #418

Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris | Lex Fridman Podcast #418

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001

Benny Morris

“I remember reading your book when it first came out and reading one incident after the other and then getting to the conclusion where you said the nakba was a product of war not design”— Norman Finkelstein
BookBy the guest

The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949

Benny Morris

“transfer is dealt with in four pages at the beginning of my first book on the Palestinian refugee problem it's a fault of my memory but the point still stands”— Benny Morris
BookBy the guestISBN verified

One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict

Benny Morris

“I read carefully your book one state two states with all due respect absolutely a disgrace coming from you”— Norman Finkelstein
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

Norman Finkelstein

“I didn't expect that anyone would read my book on Gaza it's very dense it gives me even a bit of a headache to read at least one of the chapters”— Norman Finkelstein

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

Prophets Without Honor: The Untold Story of the 2000 Camp David Summit and the Making of Today's Middle East

Shlomo Ben-Ami

“if you look at Shlomo Ben Ami's book which I have with me prophets without honor it's his last book he says going into Camp David”— Norman Finkelstein
BookReferenced

A History of False Hope: Investigative Commissions in Palestine

Lori Allen

“you may want to consult the book published last year by Lori Allen a history of false hope which discusses in great detail the consistent engagement by Palestinians”— Mouin Rabbani
BookReferencedISBN verified

The Destruction of the European Jews

Raul Hilberg

“if you look at Raul Hilberg's three volume classic work the destruction of the European jewry he has in those thousand plus pages one sentence on the role of the Mufti”— Norman Finkelstein
BookReferencedISBN verified

A Century of Dishonor

Helen Hunt Jackson

“there was a very nice book written by a woman named Helen Hunt Jackson at the end of the 19th century describing what was done to the Native Americans she called it A Century of Dishonor”— Norman Finkelstein
BookReferenced

Dilemmas of Security: Politics, Strategy, and the Israeli Experience in Lebanon

Avner Yaniv

“to quote the Israeli political scientist avner Yaniv he said in his book dilemmas of security he said that the big Israeli fear was what he called the Palestinian peace offensive”— Norman Finkelstein