{"product_id":"obstacle-to-peace-the-us-role-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-9780996105811","title":"Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has peace in the Middle East remained so elusive?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eObstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e provides the answer while also explaining why you won't hear it from U.S. government officials or the mainstream media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith incisive and provocative analysis, Jeremy R. Hammond provides a meticulously documented account that explodes popular myths and deconstructs standard narratives about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor anyone seeking a better understanding of the conflict's root causes, the true reasons for its persistence, and the way forward, Obstacle to Peace delivers the knowledge and insights to effect the paradigm shift that is necessary for a just peace to be achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"carefully documented and highly informative\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Noam Chomsky\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eObstacle to Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll learn: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow US and Israeli policies have strengthened Hamas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Israel implemented an illegal policy of collectively punishing the civilian population of Gaza, and how it's been able to do so with impunity \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat really happened during Operation Cast Lead and Operation Pillar of Defense, two of Israel's large-scale military assaults on the defenseless Gaza Strip \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat the so-called \"peace process\" is and why the US pursues it so aggressively \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara in international waters, and why the US defended the killing of nine peace activists on board \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow Israel has maintained its occupation of Palestine and what must happen to bring it to an end \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat must occur for Palestinian refugees to have a realistic hope of exercising their right to return to their homeland \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow and why the US mainstream media manipulate information so as to manufacture consent for US foreign policy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to decipher the euphemistic language used by the government and media to deceive the public \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the United Nations helped create the conflict and how Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has played a duplicitous role \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat the Goldstone Report was, what its findings were, and why it so upset the US and Israel \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow, despite congenial rhetoric to the contrary, the Obama administration has continued the longstanding US policy of rejecting the rights of the Palestinian people \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd much more  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHammond, Jeremy R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst and publisher and editor of Foreign Policy Journal (www.foreignpolicyjournal.com). In 2009, he received the Project Censored Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for his coverage of the US's support for Israel's 22-day full-scale military assault on the Gaza Strip, \"Operation Cast Lead\" (Dec. 27, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009) He is the author of The Rejection of Palestinian Self-Determination: The Struggle for Palestine and the Roots of the Israeli-Arab Conflict and Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis. Find him on the web at JeremyRHammond.com.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalk, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Falk is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpstein, Gene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gene Epstein is Economics and Books Editor at Barron's, the financial weekly.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Worldview Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414610972946,"sku":"9780996105811","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2aade978-2c35-40d1-8b24-8273045963ea.jpg?v=1729374988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/obstacle-to-peace-the-us-role-in-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-9780996105811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}