The fateful triangle
The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky · first published 1983
100% recommend
Why HN recommends it
Chomsky analyzes Israeli politics and US policy in the Israel-Palestine conflict, offering a critical, well-sourced view whose analysis holds up decades later.
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Noam Chomsky’s seminal tome on Mideast politics has become a classic in the fields of political science and Mideast affairs. For its tenth printing, Chomsky has added chapters bringing the book completely up to date, with a new preface by Chomsky, a new foreword from Palestinian author and activist Edward W. Said, and new material on the Intifada, the ongoing Israeli-PLO "peace process" (including the Oslo and Wye accords), and Israel’s war against Lebanon. It is invaluable to anyone seeking to understand the Middle East and US foreign policy today.
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…for the Palestinians, benefiting mainly the corrupt leadership. In the article I see Arafat compared to Ben-Gurion. One of the best books on the Israel/Palestine conflict is Noam Chomsky's book "The Fateful Triangle: Israel, the USA and the Palestinians. (Intro by Edward Said)". At one point he compares the struggle of the Palestinians for their state to the struggle of the early Zionists for their state, and notes…
on “The World of Edward Said” ↗Fateful Triangle is another fascinating book. Highly recommended, especially in times like these. Chomsky is marvellous.
on “Aaron Swartz: The Book That Changed My Life” ↗…down a Palestianian revolt. Ok I live in Pretoria, South Africa, where do you stay? Sderot? Chomsky is a very fine scholar on Israel, one of the greatest. Very much worth reading, particularly "The Fateful Triangle" He was a Zionist, lived there.
on “Mentoring in Gaza's first hackathon” ↗…narrative enthusiastically enough. It's moral cowardice when institutions and platforms fold to the demands of extremists who don't want free expression or demand blind allegiance. PS: I recommend The Fateful Triangle (1999 edition) as prescient reading.
on “Meta disables Jill Stein's Instagram account” ↗Without a doubt. Manufacturing Consent and The Fateful Triangle* should be assigned reading to US high school students. * Today is in more-or-less the same predicament as 40 years ago Ralph Nader is also still out there at 90 producing content regularly. https://www.youtube.com/@RalphNaderRadioHour
on “Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'” ↗> Y’all have gotta give up the TikTok bullshit and read some books. I have a book for you that predates the "TikTok bullshit." It's called "The Fateful Triangle" by Noam Chomsky. He portrays internal Isreali thought and political currents in the early '80s, which are more or less unchanged 40+ years later. In particular, the dichotomy between the "doves" of the…
on “Wall Street Blew It” ↗Even post Epstein revelations, Chomsky's core thesis in The Fateful Triangle from 1983 still holds. A minority of hateful, brutish war hawks and crazy people on all 3 sides perpetuate a never-ending cycle of violence. The challenge is removing them from power and holding them…
on “Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car” ↗…2021. - The Case Against BDS: Why Singling Out Israel for Boycott is Anti-Semitic. by Dershowitz. 2018. - Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Hedges. 2010. - The Fateful Triangle by Chomsky. 1983. - Anti-Semite and Jew by Sarte. 1946. - Mein Kampf by Hitler. 1925.
on “Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions” ↗