Israel on the Brink: Eight Steps for a Better Future

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Title: Israel on the Brink: Eight Steps for a Better Future
Author: Ilan Pappe
Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781836431466

Israel on the Brink by Ilan Pappe is a current affairs and political history book examining Israel’s future after 7 October and the war in Gaza. Pappe argues that Israel faces a deep crisis rooted in occupation, internal division, regional isolation, and the erosion of international legitimacy.

The book presents eight steps for a different future, grounded in decolonisation, restorative justice, refugee return, ending illegal settlements, and building new relationships with the Arab world. It is written from a strongly critical perspective on the Israeli state and its political direction.

Ilan Pappe, a historian of Israel and Palestine, brings his long-standing work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a short, urgent intervention on war, justice, reconciliation, and the possibility of moving beyond endless conflict.