Against Our Better Judgment by Alison Weir, published in 2014 by Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, remains relevant despite being over a decade old. Alison Weir is an activist, journalist, and writer with extensive research experience on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her background includes activism during the American Civil Rights movement and service in the Peace Corps. Weir founded the organization If America Knew, which shares its name with its website, and she also serves as President of The Council for The National Interest.

The author's main argument is that the media, especially in the United States, has long shown biased coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, favoring the Israeli perspective. The book outlines the history of the conflict from the post-World War II years to the publication date. Weir also briefly discusses the background of Jewish involvement in political manipulations that led to the United States entering the war as an ally of Britain. She claims this event marks the true beginning of the conflict's roots.

Weir provides factual information in her account of events and avoids personal opinions or interpretations beyond the facts. Much of the information she presents has not been widely reported due to consistently biased editing by publishers and news outlets, which tend to favor the Israeli perspective of these events.

Much of the information is shocking and unsettling to anyone with a healthy moral judgment. Weir explains that after the war, many high-level policymakers in our government opposed the idea of Zionism and the much-discussed partition of Palestine. Many influential Jews also opposed it, for various reasons. Weir states that the advocates of Zionism used significant political pressure, persistent persuasion, and manipulation to push the idea of partitioning Palestine through the UN General Assembly.

Even after the partitioning of Palestine was approved by the UN, the Zionist supporters had to use forceful tactics to encourage Jews to move to Palestine, which, at that time, was 75% non-Jewish. The goal was to gather enough Jews in Palestine to form an effective fighting force to oust the native non-Jewish population, a plan that was established before the partitioning.

Israel engaged in violent terrorist actions to remove non-Jews from the land. The Deir Yassin massacre in 1948 and the subsequent start of the Nakba highlighted this series of aggressive efforts to force the native population to evacuate. Attacks against the British in Palestine also occurred as the British attempted to enforce their mandate over the area. This eventually led the British to end their mandate and transfer control to the UN. Shortly afterward, in May 1948, Israel declared itself an independent state. The UN recognized its independence soon after. 

In conclusion, Weir offers a perspective on the conflict that seeks to provide a more objective and unbiased view than the slanted reporting typical of American news outlets. It is an engaging read. I would suggest it to those seeking an alternative perspective on the Israeli-Palestine conflict.