Palestine A - Z

by Kate Thompson

Palestine A - Z was produced in response to the often heard assertion that the Israel/Palestine issue is 'complicated'. Here is an explainer; a collection of short entries, in alphabetical order, covering the key parties, organisations and issues which are lost behind the headlines. What is Hamas? Where does the Balfour Declaration fit in? What is the Palestinian Authority and what were the Oslo Accords? From Administrative detention to Zionism, from Lavender to Where's Daddy, this book will help make sense of what is really going on in Palestine.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

50 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2024

About the author

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Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and adults.She has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since 1981. She is the youngest child of the social historians and peace activists E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers. She worked with horses and travelled in India before settling in the west of Ireland with her partner Conor. They have two daughters, Cliodhna and Dearbhla. She is an accomplished fiddler with an interest in Irish traditional music, reflected in The New Policeman.

While Kate Thompson's children's fiction is primarily fantasy, several of her books also deal with the consequences of genetic engineering.

She has won the Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award four times, for The Beguilers, The Alchemist's Apprentice, Annan Water and The New Policeman. The New Policeman was also awarded the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Dublin Airport Authority Children's Book of the Year Award for 2005.

Reviews

[Frans · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent short overview of the Palestine situation. Well worth having as a quick reference when discussing the issue with others...

[Emma Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stop saying you can't comment because you don't understand and just read this one book. Clear, easy to read and understand, and makes you very aware of the persecution of the Palestinian people and the ongoing genocide by Israel supported by USA, UK, and Australia (to name a few).

[Sofía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Merquei este libro na marabillosa libraría Connolly Books en Dublín cando fun de viaxe alá o mes pasado (visita obrigada, teñen un grande catálogo!).
Este libriño é superútil para repasar conceptos básicos da historia do xenocidio palestino e tamén aprender máis detalles sobre temas que son tan complexos que moitas veces sabemos deles só unha versión superficial, ou nin sequera iso. A información é poder, e ante a propaganda fascista e xenocida só nos queda armarnos de coñecemento e elevar as nosas voces todo o que poidamos.
Lede se podedes este libro e veña, a manifestarse sempre que poidamos por unha Palestina ceibe 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good explainer for the key terms relevant to coverage of the Israel Palestine conflict

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little guide that lays out many facts up to mid 2024.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Gauze, used for surgical dressings, takes its name from Gaza, where fine fabrics were woven and traded. Gaza City was a thriving port and centre of commerce in pre-Mandate Palestine."

On the international recognition of Palestinian statehood: "Palestine is in fact already a state - these countries are merely acknowledging this to be true."