Was willing to be charitable about Morris's intent on nuance up until the conclusion. Nauseating, the way he talks about Palestinians (and Arabs broadly), with this paternalistic tone, all while contradicting himself at every step. At one point he says Ben-Gurion was naively generous about Arab beliefs, blaming this on Ben-Gurion not having spoken Arabic, so Morris jumps in to tell us what Arabs actually believe. Except we know from the introduction that Morris does not speak Arab either, and acknowledges only Israeli archives as his sources. 

This was a useful read for me, despite it feeling like being thrown into cold water, partly as an exercise in critical thinking, partly as a test of knowledge of the screeds of Palestinian context Morris leaves out, and also just to see what's being said by a Zionist often considered moderate. To Morris's credit, he cites his sources well, and since the vast majority of them are quotes from prominent figures of the time this becomes a helpful collection of (extremely one sided) primary sources.