MASKING THE OBVIOUS

The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967–1977, by Gershom Gorenberg. New York: Times Books, 2006. xi + 375 pages. Notes to p. 424. Bibliography to p. 436. Acknowledgements to p. 439. Index to p. 454. $30.00 cloth. JSTOR

Diana Buttu is a lawyer residing in the West Bank. She was formerly a legal advisor to the PLO and now teaches at Birzeit University.