Thomas Suárez Book Signing and Discussion
Saturday, April 20, 2024
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
TIQA, 327 Commercial Street, Portland, ME (map)
Book signing and discussion with Thomas Suárez, author.
London-based historical researcher, violinist, composer, and former West Bank resident Thomas Suárez devoted several years to researching poorly-tapped and newly-declassified historical archives to compile Palestine Hijacked. His books include three landmark works on the history of cartography, as well as Writings on the Wall: Palestinian Oral Histories.
The Israel-Palestine “conflict” is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land. Thomas Suárez digs deep below these preconceptions and their supporting “narratives” to expose something starkly different. Drawing extensively from original source documents, many revealed here for the first time, Suárez interweaves secret intelligence reports, newly-declassified military and diplomatic correspondence and Zionist internal communications. His shocking account details a litany of Zionist terrorism against anyone in their way—the indigenous Palestinians, the British who had helped establish Zionism, and Jews who opposed the Zionist agenda.
“Suárez’ diligent archival research … is the first comprehensive and structured analysis of the violence and terror employed by the Zionist movement, and later the state of Israel, against the people of Palestine. Much of the suffering we witness today can be explained by, and connected to, this formative [early 20th century] period…” — Ilan Pappé
Co-Sponsors
Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights
Brunswick Peaceworks
Maine Coalition for Palestine