In introducing his book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Elan Journo says that “[s]omething crucial is missing from the public discussion of what [our] approach should be” toward the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. “What's missing,” he writes, “is a frank moral evaluation of both adversaries…. That moral assessment is what this book offers.” It does this by painting pictures of life in Israel and in the rest of the Middle East, reviewing the history of the region, including Palestinian grievances, and by taking a close look at the movement that purports to be fighting for the Palestinian people. It is a concise, clear, and convincing read. You can read the first chapter here.