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One of the most cogent understandings of the modern Middle ...

(John Pilger, author of Freedom Next Time)

 

A compelling account of the recent wars for Middle East ...

(David Hirst, author of The Gun and the O)

 

American-Israeli relations have intrigued, occupied and preoccupied two generations of ...

(Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador in W)

 

In this well-researched and very readable book, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan ...

( Sally Bland, Jordan Times)

 

Israel and the Clash of Civilisations
Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East

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--Explores the motives behind joint US and Israeli strategy in the Middle East--

"One of the most cogent understandings of the modern Middle East I have read. It is superb, because the author himself is a unique witness who blows away the media debris and presents both a j'accuse of those who would destroy the lives of whole societies in their pursuit of power and myth, and a warning to the rest of us to speak up and act."

Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador in Washington

Journalist Jonathan Cook explores Israel’s key role in persuading the Bush administration to invade Iraq, as part of a plan to remake the Middle East, and their joint determination to isolate Iran and prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons that might rival Israel’s own.

This concise and clearly argued book makes the case that Israel's desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East neatly chimed with Bush’s objectives in the “war on terror”.

Examining a host of related issues, from the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to the role of Big Oil and the demonisation of the Arab world, Cook argues that the current chaos in the Middle East is the objective of the Bush administration – a policy that is equally beneficial to Israel. 

Praise for Jonathan Cook's previous book, Blood and Religion:

Ilan Pappe, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Haifa University, and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006)

About The Author

Jonathan Cook, a former staff journalist for the Guardian and Observer newspapers, has also written for The Times, Le Monde diplomatique, International Herald Tribune, Al-Ahram Weekly and Aljazeera.net. He is based in Nazareth.

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