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One that you might like is, Ten Myths about Israel by Elon Popeye.

In this groundbreaking book, published on the 50th anniversary of the Occupation, the

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the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel, the Ten Myths that Popeye

explores, repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, accepted without

question by the world's governments, reinforce the regional status quo.

He explores the claim that Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration,

as well as the formation of Zionism in its role in the early decades of nation-building.

He asks whether the Palestinians voluntarily left their homeland in 1948, and whether

June 1967 was a war of no choice.

Turning to the myths surrounding the failures of the Camp David Accords, in the official

reasons for the attacks on Gaza, Popeye explains why the two-state solution is no longer

viable.

Ten Myths about Israel by Elon Popeye.

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Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacket the magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

This episode is made up of the most important clips from my interviews on Palestine and Israel,

drawn from the dig archives and condensed into roughly two hours.

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