?The complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (are) easy to understand in this clear, straightforward, and unemotional history? JOHN MCHUGO, author of A Concise History of the Arabs ?(Scott-Baumann?s) thirty-five years? experience as a teacher and lecturer in history is felt on each page of his book ... a roadmap to students and an entrance gate to whomever wants to go beyond it? MENACHEM KLEIN, professor of political science, Bar-Ilan University,Israel, and author of Lives in Common An accessible, essential history that explores the origins and development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine is one of the most bitter conflicts in history, with profound global consequences. In this book, Middle East expert Michael Scott-Baumann succinctly describes its origins and charts its evolution from civil war to the present day. Each chapter offers a lucid explanation of the politics and ends with personal testimony from Palestinians and Israelis whose lives have been overshadowed by violence.