"It is exceedingly difficult, given the breadth of the question of Palestine, to distill a century of history into a single monograph. It is yet more difficult to do so in a way that is both academically rigorous and profoundly approachable to those unfamiliar with this history. In Understanding Israel/Palestine, Eve Spangler succeeds in the face of these challenges, producing a remarkable resource that everyone from neophytes to experts will find compelling. Spangler seamlessly weaves detailed historical analysis and theoretical framing with contemporary experiences and observations gained from years of leading student groups on trips through Palestine/Israel. (…) Spangler’s rigorous scholarship, years of experience and carefully considered, thorough, and convincing arguments result in a vital resource for experts and nonexperts alike." - M. DeMaio (2021). Book Review. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1-2.

Eve Spangler, Ph.D. (1977), Boston College, is an Associate Professor of Sociology. She is also a human rights activist whose work, in the past decade, has focused on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict. She has published on this topic in Counterpunch, Mondweiss, and in Understanding Israel/Palestine (1st edition, Sense Publishers, 2015).