These essays, written between 1966 and 2010 by lifelong Israeli activist and theorist Moshé Machover, cover diverse aspects of Israeli society and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Elaborating on the ideas of the Socialist Organization in Israel (Matzpen), two interrelated themes appear throughout the collection: the necessity of understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a regional context and the connection between Palestinian liberation and the struggle for socialism throughout the Middle East.

Moshé Machover is a mathematician and emeritus professor at London University. He is coauthor with Akiva Orr of Peace, Peace Where There Is No Peace and with Emmanuel Farjoun, Laws of Chaos: A Probabilistic Approach to Political Economy.

1. Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution
2. Resolution of The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A socialist viewpoint
3. Israeli Socialism and anti-Zionsm: Historical Tasks and Balance Sheet
4. Abominable Warmongering Left
5. Zionism: propaganda and sordid reality
6. A FAQ: What do you think about suicide bombers?
7. The Palestine Problem and the Israeli-Arab Dispute
8. Palestinian Struggle and Middle-East Revolution
9. Arab Revolution and National Problems in the Arab East
10. Comrade Jabra Nicola 1912-1974
11. The Zionist Left and the Palestinian Resistance
12. Borochovist 'Revival'
13. Reply to Sol Stern
14. Zionism and its scarecrows
15. Why I am not an Israeli peace activist
16. Following the Israeli-Egyptian Treaty: Against the Autonomy!
17. The Case for Hebrew Self-Determination
18. Zionism, national oppression and racism
19. Matzpen and Ha'olam Hazeh - New Force
20. The social identity of Ha'olam Hazeh
21. Liars
22. THE CLASS NATURE OF ISRAELI SOCIETY
23. Zionism and Oriental Jews: a dialectic of exploitation and co-optation
24. New Premises for a False Conclusion
25. Resurrection of the Dead