Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 | 
so-soIan Black is a visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and former Middle East editor for The Guardian. Published in 2017 to coincide with the Balfour Declaration‘s centenary (although the book begins in 1882 and the arrival of Zionist settlers), this book provides a plain facts account of the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that explains what happened but doesn‘t elucidate on why, leaving me with half the story.
pickThis book covers the history of Israel and Palestine from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the book‘s publishing in 2017. The best summary might be the last lines of the book in the picture above. Altogether, it was a thorough and well-researched overview of the history of the area, and, as such, is suitably depressing. #PassportLitsy #Israel
The only light at the end of the tunnel is the flash of the next terrorist blast. #PassportLitsy #Israel
Nothing was as remarkable as the sheer routine of the situation #PassportLitsy #Israel
I was on the side that benefitted from that discrimination. #PassportLitsy #Israel
If there is no shared narrative for the past, then at least let us write one for the future. #PassportLitsy #Israel
