Ilan Pappé is professor of history at the University of ExeterA veteran of the Yom Kippur War and two time Knesset candidate, Pappé left Israel in 2007 after his endorsement of an academic boycott of Israel led to calls for him to resign from his post at the University of Haifa. He remains one of Israel’s most prominent and outspoken anti-Zionist academics. His previous books include The Modern Middle East (2005), Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War against the Palestinians (with Noam Chomsky, 2010) and The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel (2011).

• Introduction: The Many Faces of Apartheid - Ilan PappéPart I: Historical Roots1. Birds of a Feather: Israel and Apartheid South Africa Colonialism of a Special Type - Ronnie Kasrils2. The Many Faces of European Colonialism: The Templers, the Basel Mission and the Zionist Movement - Ilan Pappé3. Apartheid and the Question of Origin - Oren Ben-DorPart II: The Boundaries of Comparison4. 'Visible Equality' as Confidence Trick - Jonathan Cook5. Apartheid, Israel and Palestinian Statehood - Leila FarsakhPart III: Nuanced Comparisons6. Femicide in Apartheid: The Parallel Interplay between Racism and Sexism in South Africa and Palestine–Israel - Anthony Löwstedt7. The Many Faces of Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Protest Groups in Israel and South Africa - Amneh BadranPart IV: Future Models and Perspectives8. The Inevitable Impossible: South African Experience and a Single State - Steven Friedman9. Redefining the Conflict in Israel–Palestine: The Tricky Question of Sovereignty - Virginia Tilley10. Israel–Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: Critics, Apologists and Strategic Lessons - Ran Greenstein

A key book for deepening the discussion of Israel as an apartheid state of a special kind, and for exploring a different future for Palestinians. The essays give no easy answers, but much food for thought, and for hope. This book's insights and analysis will be widely debated - it should be a best seller.