Recommend a relatively recent fair and balanced book that can help me understand the history of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict including historic context the predates the founding of Israel after WW2.

I’m looking for a real deep look at the situation, something balanced and maybe even academic, something that is not clearly motivated from any one specific perspective of the major actors, but that helps me understand their positions. Something that is new enough to help me understand current events, but with ancient context to help me understand the buildup to today.

by AConant