Phantom Nation: Inventing the Palestinians as the Obstacle to Peace (Volume One and Two Box Set) Hardcover – June 1, 2018 by Sha'i ben-Tekoa , $70 (288NIS) 1360pages ISBN 9789652299253 (Gefen Publishing Company)

Who are the Palestinians? Why is there no book in any library on the planet narrating their history? Why are there no references in United Nations records to the Palestinians for the first quarter-century of UN resolutions of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Phantom Nation is an exhaustive survey of historical records and news accounts that demonstrates conclusively that the Arabs currently inhabiting the land of Israel have no indigenous ties to the area, and that Palestinian nationalism is verbal camouflage for belligerent Islam and functions as this generation's politically correct, even fashionable mutation of the ageless fear, loathing and hatred of Jews.

Meticulously researched [and] packed with more information than any single book on the history of Israel.… Ben-Tekoa understands the role that the Koran and Islam have played in the Muslim/Arab war against Israel [and] goes beyond some of the best books on the conflict, including the late Irish politician Conor Cruise O'Brien's The Siege and Samuel Katz's Battleground.… I highly recommend Ben-Tekoa's work. Phantom Nation belongs in homes, libraries, and should be studied by all Israel support organizations

Who are the Palestinians? Why is there no book in any library on the planet narrating their history? Why are there no references in United Nations records to the Palestinians for the first quarter-century of UN resolutions of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Phantom Nation is an exhaustive survey of historical records and news accounts that demonstrates conclusively that the Arabs currently inhabiting the land of Israel have no indigenous ties to the area, and that Palestinian nationalism is verbal camouflage for belligerent Islam and functions as this generation's politically correct, even fashionable mutation of the ageless fear, loathing and hatred of Jews.

About the Author

Sha'i ben-Tekoa is an American-Israeli journalist. He studied comparative religion at Columbia University and the University of Chicago before serving in the Yom Kippur War effort of 1973. His articles on the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Midstream, Congress Monthly, Jerusalem Post and Israel National News, where he was formerly the lead English-language commentator. In preparation for 1991's historic Arab-Israeli peace conference in Madrid, he worked on assignment for the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir, developing the research on which this book is based.