Original Sin: Israel, Palestine and the Revenge of Old West Asia

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Book Review: Stanly Johny (2024). Original Sin: Israel, Palestine and the Revenge of Old West Asia. New Delhi: Harper Collins. Paperback. ISBN: 978-93-6213-278-9. Price: INR 499.00. 225 pp.

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West Asia is crucial for its geostrategic location, energy security and homes for the oldest religions. Despite its importance, wars and conflict have been contentious affairs in the region. The conflict between Israel and Palestine for their homeland has been the centre of the regional countries’ domestic and foreign politics. Every event has stories of two sides: the one Western media, governments, and diplomats tell or write about, and the second one is what really happened during the events. The first sets the narrative according to their requirements, and the second one will bring people closer to the truth, where they are free to perceive or understand the events according to their observation.

Dr. Stanly Johny, International Affairs Editor at ‘The Hindu‘, a fine academician in the field of International Relations, a prolific writer and commentator on regional politics in his latest book, Original Sins, brings the ‘original’ story of the Palestinians. After reading the book, one is compelled to reach their own understanding of the conflict based on their observations.

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Anmol Kumar holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Pondicherry University. He completed bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Iranian/Persian Languages, Linguistics and Literatures at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He is currently a Research Assistant the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

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