Taking Arabic Sources Seriously Will Undermine Their Credibility With the English Speaking Public, and I've Had Dozens of Conversations With People That Say That

Many historians know from experience that just taking arabic sources seriously at all will undermine their credibility with the english and hebrew speaking public. They do exist, although mostly in arabic, and nobody bothers to translate them. Even close reading can leave huge holes in our understanding. A similar equa inequality vitiates the stream of day to day information. Zionist propaganda is active, ily organized and widespread. Arab propaganda is primitive and infinitely less successful. The result is that for a score of years or so, the world has been looking at palestine mainly through zionist spectacles.