I'm currently studying History and Politics. I'm trying to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict and form my own opinions. However, obviously, no source on it is impartial and it's such a detailed subject that's its hard to understand it well enough to form opinions.
Can anybody suggest two different history books on the Arab Israeli-Conflict? One from an Israeli/Right Wing/Zionist point of view, or that is written by somebody with Israeli sympathies, but is still a factual and reasonable book. And one from a Palestinian/Left Wing/Anti-Israel point of view, or that is written by somebody with Palestinian sympathies, but is still a factual and reasonable book. Obviously, I understand the issue is slightly more complicated that that, but you probably understand what I'm asking.
Thanks.
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I would encourage you not to view the conflict on the left-wing, right-wing spectrum. As you'll probably see historically, both sides have switched back and forth one way or the other in terms of being defined either way, which makes the whole concept rather fluid.
That aside, you can definitely check the AskHistorians book list on the subject. The second and third books under Israeli history are pretty good for what you're looking for!!