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TIL that the population of Israel is less than 10 million (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 4 months ago by tomiant@piefed.social to c/til@lemmy.ca

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This absolutely blew me away. Is this common knowledge? I thought they were wayyy more densely populated. 20% of those are Arabs, by the way, so the Jewish population is less than 8 million. O_O

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[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's odd, it seems to work for me so I'm not sure how to fix the link. But I put together a list of works a while back, some have links but they may not all be active. Libgen or Anna's Archive have reliable copies tho.

While less formal, https://decolonizepalestine.com/ has an incredibly comprehensive collection of info. Everything I've tried to fact check on there has come up true at least.

Historian Works on the History

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History - Nur Masalha
The Concept of Transfer 1882-1948 - Nur Masalha
A History of Modern Palestine - Ilan Pappe
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences - Avi Shlaim
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories - Ilan Pappe
The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development - Sara Roy
10 Myths About Israel - Ilan Pappe (summery)
The Birth of Israel Myths and Realities - Simha Flapan

Documentaries

A shocking insight into Israel's Apartheid | Roadmap to Apartheid | Full Film

Palestine 101 with Abby Martin

Life in Occupied PALESTINE by Anna Baltzer

How Israeli Apartheid Destroyed My Hometown

The Gaza Ghetto Uprising

Anti-Semitism, Weaponized.

One year of Israel’s war on Gaza: Al Jazeera special coverage

Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World Documentary

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

All right then, that'll do, thank you. Yeah I remember seeing talks by this guy, they very very rewarding and informative. Shit, maybe worth their own posts somewhere here on the fediverse.