Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property

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The dark sides of the War of Independence are illuminated in a book on the massive Jewish looting of Arab property then, showing the link between the plunder and Ben-Gurions policy to rid the country of its Arab residents. --Benny Morris, Haaretz Historian Adam Raz has produced groundbreaking research. --Daniel Blatman, Haaretz Razs book meticulously describes the history of the looting of Palestine. It was especially difficult for me to read about the destruction and looting of my hometown, Haifa. Raz shows the central political role that looting played in the creation of the phenomenon of Palestinian refugees, as well as how Prime Minister David Ben Gurion used looting for his own political needs. This is a fascinating book for anyone who wants to understand not only history, but also todays reality. --Ayman Odeh, member of Knesset and leader of the Hadash party Denialism still runs deep in Israeli society around the dark events of 1948. Adam Raz is unafraid to bravely investigate the real situation of Israels birth, and it was ugly. This unrelenting and essential text should forever shape how the world views the birth of the Jewish state as violent and exploitative. Only through compensation, acknowledgement and truth-telling can Israelis ever hope to reconcile with their Palestinian neighbours. --Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory A true archive mouse and gifted writer, Adam Raz is the foremost of a new generation of Israels new historians. While the story of the theft of Palestinian land and property has been told, Loot tells the story of how Israeli settlers stole the ordinary things - books, ploughs, pots - of their former Palestinian neighbours. --Eyal Weizman, co-author of Investigative Aesthetics This book is a powerful and disturbing document. We in Israel know so little about the Nakba because we are told little. Adam Raz exposes us to another dark side of the 1948 war

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