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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine examines the events of 1947-49, while The Biggest Prison on Earth traces the decades of occupation that followed. Together they form a continuous, archive-based narrative running from the founding of the state of Israel through to the modern administration of the Occupied Territories, making this collection an essential resource for students, researchers, and general readers of Middle East history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine is Ilan Pappe's landmark study of the displacement of the Palestinian population between 1947 and 1949. Drawing on Israeli military archives, Pappe sets out a detailed, village-by-village account of the destruction of Palestinian communities, challenging the long-held view that the population left of its own accord. 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