Myths about the Middle East did not originate in the 1950s, nor have they ceased to be promulgated. The tumultuous events in the region seem to be consistently accompanied by all new distortions of the facts about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israel Conflict, by Mitchell G. Bard, gives an overview of select topics that are at the core of the conflict and helps decipher myth from fact.

• Myth and Fact: Humanitarian Crisis in the Territories
• Myth and Fact: Palestinian Claims and the Media
• Myth and Fact: The Attack of the USS Liberty
• Myth and Fact: The International Solidarity Movement
• Myth and Fact: Releasing Palestinians from Israeli Prisons
• Myth and Fact: Arab States and the Palestinians
• Myth and Fact: Israel's Treatment of Palestinians
• Myth and Fact: Military Operations in the Rafah Refugee Camp
• Myth and Fact: Israeli Checkpoints
• Myth and Fact: Funds for Palestinian Refugees
• Myth and Fact: U.S. Loans
• Myth and Fact: The Treatment of Jews in Islamic Countries
• Myth and Fact: the West Bank and Jordan
• Myth and Fact: Muslim and Christian Access to Holy Sites
• Myth and Fact: The Delegates of the U.N. World Conference Against Racism Agreed that Zionism is Racism
• Myth and Fact: U.S. universities' divestment from Israel
• Myth and Fact: PLO-Gulf War
• Myth and Fact: Israel's Creation and 1948 Mideast Boundaries
• Myth and Fact: U.S. Stance on Jerusalem as the United Capital of Israel
• Myth and Fact: Israel's Presence in the West Bank