Books by Gershon Shafir

This book shows that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process will be expedited by increased economic liberalization. It examines the forces that have shaped the Israeli economy and society in the past 100 years, since the onset of Zionist settlement in Palestine.

Challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. This title argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state.

Insightful commentary from thirteen Middle Eastern scholars who argue that economic liberalization has helped to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.