Well, this community's been dead

[letmespeak]

I found this in a pro palestinian community, and I wanted to bring this into a more moderate community

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[doc_neuro]

I dunno, I thought morris did a good job with his "righteous victims" book and was fairly intellectually honest with it. he explored a lot of the nitty gritty details about a subject most israelis would rather leave untouched, and was fully willing to concede that in the bulk of cases we will never know for certain what actually happened. he did indeed show that there were definitely a lot more cases than were previously thought of forced evictions by israelis. he was quite meticulous with the data and, i found, presented an accurate picture of the context which earned him the ire of (and the label of "zionist apologist from) noted anti-zionist historians like Charles Smith.

[doc_neuro]

I havent read the whole thing, just bits and pieces. its too long and boring and too crappily done for me to read cover to cover. it smacks of personal bitterness and a guy who is out to prove something. like most people out to prove something, shlaim has a tendency to latch onto shaky evidence and present it as conclusive, and then tout his conclusions as gospel truth