{"product_id":"blaming-the-victims-christopher-hitchens-9781859843406","title":"Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question","description":"Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. \u003ci\u003eBlaming the Victims\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a thorough expos  of the fraudulent assertions of Joan Peters concerning the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine prior to 1948, the book then turns to similar instances in Middle East research where the truth about the Palestinians has been systematically suppressed: from the bogus--though still widely believed--explanations of why so many Palestinians fled their homes in 1948, to today's distorted propaganda about PLO terrorism. The volume also includes sharp critiques of the wide consensus in the USA which supports Israel and its territorial ambitions while maintaining total silence about the competing reality of the Palestinians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Hitchens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1859843409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859843406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.40w x 0.86d","brand":"Christopher Hitchens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996438069503,"sku":"9781859843406","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fb02eff-41e1-4986-b57e-d8e2db10ce5d.jpg?v=1683341695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blaming-the-victims-christopher-hitchens-9781859843406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}