Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914 - (Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire) by Louis A Fishman

This book provides a fresh perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by exploring its roots in the late Ottoman era.

It argues that Jews and Palestinians were already locked in conflict before World War One, despite the new freedoms introduced by the Young Turk Constitutional Revolution.

The author presents an integrative approach to understanding the conflict, considering both communities together and separately, and offers a sophisticated narrative of how the conflict unfolded in its first years.

With a unique focus on internal Jewish politics in the Yishuv and the greater Ottoman Empire, this book places Palestinians within the greater Arab and regional context, rethinking both Palestinian and Jewish nationalism to transform our understanding of the roots of the conflict.

Based on documents in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, and French, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.