This is a really important follow up to Sand's "The Invention of the Jewish People." The way he examines how Zionists have used the Bible to misrepresent Jewish historical claims to Palestine is instructive. It's especially interesting to read about how those interpretations of the Bible evolved over the centuries, culminating with Zionist plans for colonizing Palestine. The afterword is also quite nice - it's an excavation of the university where he teaches - Tel Aviv University - to examine the history of that land, who lived there, how its people were ethnically cleansed from the area, and how it was built over and covered up with the university and Israeli museums recounting their distorted versions of history. There are some lines - especially towards the end of the book - that didn't sit well with me, but that doesn't detract from the rest of the volume, which I think is an important read for anyone interested in the history of Palestine.