About the Author:
Born in Beit Eiba, a small village near Nablus, while Palestine was still ruled under the British Mandate, Hasan Afif El-Hasan, Ph.D, is a political analyst and journalist whose work is published in Al-Ahram, PalestineChronicle.com and other print and online media. Dr. El-Hasan lived through the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, then the annexation of the West Bank to Jordan. He witnessed the defeat of the Arab armies, the exodus of the Palestinians, the total dissolution of their community and the ensuing chaos. The Iraqi military contingent camp was on his village’s land in 1948 but as the Iraqi commanding officer said, “We have no orders to fight.” This paradoxical situation inspired the author’s future research and writing. After completing high school in the West Bank, Mr. El-Hasan earned his teaching credentials in Nablus and taught math and science in its secondary schools. Later he came to the United States, where he earned a B.S. degree in electronics engineering and an M.S. in electrical engineering, and enjoyed a successful career in technology. He then earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Riverside and went on to study the origins and the context of the current conflict.
Review:
Political analyst and journalist El-Hasan's work can be found published in Al-Ahram, PalestineChronical.com, and other print and online media. Born in Palestine while it was still ruled under the British Mandate, and having lived through the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the annexation of the West Bank to Jordan, he offers students, academics, and scholars an insider's perspective on the historical and ideological background of the Israelis and the Palestinians, that led to the present state of conflict. El-Hasan argues that in order to establish a sovereign Palestinian state, the Palestinians must end factionalism, the Israeli electorate political orientation must move away from the ideology of conquest, and the US must transform its traditional Middle East policy from blind support of Israel into an even-handed approach. He concludes by reviewing nonviolent options that the Palestinians might consider if the two-state solution is declared dead. --©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR
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