This as succinct, clear, and as unbiased of an attempt at a comprehensive history of the Palestine-Israel conflict as is possible. The book is short and each chapter is split into 20 year periods, with the exception of one 10 year period. It starts from the Ottoman Empire (1800s) and goes up to modern day (early 2000s).

The book covers all of the major milestones and international figures involved in the conflict. Bunton tried to give a balanced view without stating the moral superiority of any particular viewpoint; stating only the facts of events and viewpoints of figures and movements where stated. Bunton also gives graphs and excerpts of letters/treaties etc. to support the text. The few sources that I checked seemed of good quality and were reliable. I think the language he uses is largely accessible and most people will only need to google a few words in order to read this. I would recommend this to anyone completely new to the area that needs a quick, but comprehensive, overview. This will help orient you when discussing particular aspects in more details.

I docked 0.5 stars because I think Bunton wimped out a little by committing discussion of the economic factors at play (e.g., capitalism through colonialism), but that could just be my personal bias.