Where can I get a detailed historical account of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that isn’t polluted by ideology or bias?

by Semi-Empathetic

Title says it all.

Chillipalmer86

At the risk of sounding unhelpful, I would argue that the question already presupposes an ideology - the idea that there can be a value-neutral interpretation of history. Far better than trying to find an 'unbiased' source would be reading thorough, thought provoking and well-reasoned sources with different (and even conflicting) biases. I would include in this category:

  • 'The Zionist Idea' by Arthur Herzberg
  • 'One Palestine, Complete' by Tom Segev
  • 'Israel: A Colonial-Settler State?' by Maxime Rodinson
  • '1948: A History of the First Arab–Israeli War' by Benny Morris
  • 'The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited' by Benny Morris
  • 'All That Remains' by Walid Khalidi
  • 'My Promised Land' by Ari Shavit
  • '1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East' by Tom Segev
  • 'The Iron Cage' by Rashid Khalidi
  • 'I Saw Ramallah' by Mourid Barghouti
  • 'Armed Struggle and the Search for a State' by Yezid Sayigh
  • 'Enemies and Neighbours' by Ian Black

-The last book is closest to what you want, but you will have a far richer understanding of the conflict if you read the other ones.