Description: At a time when peace in the Middle East has been more tantalizingly close than ever before, eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations over the past 120 years.

Tracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Morris offers distinctive accounts of each of the Israeli-Arab wars, from the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948, which resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel and subsequent wars, and details the sporadic peace efforts in between, culminating in the peace process initiated by the Rabin Government. In a new afterword to the Vintage edition, he examines Ehud Barak's leadership, the death of President Assad of Syria, Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the recent renewed conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. Studded with illuminating portraits of the major protagonists, Righteous Victims provides an authoritative record of the Middle East and its continuing struggle toward peace.

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