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Out of the Frame

Out of the Frame

Ilan Pappe

(2010)

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Abstract

Ilan Pappe has long been a controversial figure in Israel, here; he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences.

Growing up in a conventional Israeli community and influenced by the utopian visions of Theodor Herzl, Pappe was barely aware of the Nakba in his high school years. This intellectual biography traces his journey of discovery, from the whispers of Palestinian classmates, to his realisation that the 'enemy's' narrative of 1948 was correct, and his vow to protect the memory of the Nakba. For the first time he gives the details of the formidable opposition he faced in Israel, including death threats fed by the media, denunciations by the Knesset and calls for him to be sacked from his post at Haifa university.

This revealing work, written with dignity and humour, highlights Israel's difficulty in facing up to its past and forging a peaceful, inclusive future in Palestine.
'A courageous, honest painful personal account of what goes on in Israel to silence dissent and to curb freedom of thought and expression'
Mariam C. Said
'Pappe takes us through his own development from child of a solid zionist family into a historian in conflict with his own society's view of its past. He describes this intellectual and moral journey in the measured tone of an academic, but also with his customary humanistic sensitivity to the suffering so many ignore'
Allan Cameron, Writer and Translator
'In this long-awaited intellectual autobiography, Ilan Pappe, Israel's most important critical historian charts the real road map to Israel's ideological dismantling and to reconciliation with the Palestinians via the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign'
Ronit Lentin, Head of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin
'In this remarkable intellectual history and autobiography, Ilan Pappe shows why he changed his mind from the Zionist consensus, and how he resisted Zionist pressure to deny his findings and his conscience. His work shines with steadfastness, humour, and hope'
Professor James Holstun, University of Buffalo, New York

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Contents v
Abbreviations and Acronyms vi
Preface vii
Introduction 1
1. The Demons of the Nakbah 13
2. The Arming of the Zionist Mind 42
3. The Katz Affair 71
4. The Trial and the Acquittal 87
5. The Best Runner in the Class 109
6. The Battle for the Historiography of 1948 125
7. The Home University 132
8. The Last Straw: Lebanon and Gaza 143
9. The Killing Fields of Gaza 167
Epilogue 178
Appendix 201
Glossary 221
Notes 227
Index 236