The rifle and the olive branch, roots of violence in the Middle East

Author's name: David Hirst Publisher: Riyad Al Rayes Publishing Year of publication: 2003 About the book: When this book was published, it was met with aggressive reactions from American newspapers, as they saw it as exposing the American policy followed by successive American administrations regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict. The book was described as "another futile attempt to determine the starting point of violence in the modern history of the Middle East, and it was also described as the most malicious anti-Israel book published in English by a person claiming to be a serious commentator."