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bookish_afrolatina's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
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5.0
This was an incredibly personal and yet measured and succinct book on Palestinian struggles since 1917. I learned so much about the creation of Israel, the failings of past Palestinian freedom movements, and the current state of affairs.
Khalidi’s conclusion is powerful and offers ways to move towards peace.
Khalidi’s conclusion is powerful and offers ways to move towards peace.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, Colonisation, and Murder
craigpwmoroney's review against another edition
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5.0
This is a challenging read/listen. It has lived experience of the author and thier family in the book. It gives an balance and comprehensive examination and experience of the colonisation of Israel and Palestinian life.
This is a must read for anyone who wants to know about the history of the Palestine.
This is a must read for anyone who wants to know about the history of the Palestine.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
stargazerave's review
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4.5
A read I'd call damn near essential in our current global sociopolitical climate, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is a book that does not view the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a matter that can be defined in black and white.
Khalidi does an exquisite job of not only elaborating and revealing the true extent of the sufferings of the Palestinian people but also acknowledging their failings and the ways they have partially contributed to their own continued colonization. The novel does not try to convince you of Palestine's innocence, nor try to demonize Israel, but instead details (from first-hand familial accounts from the author) the entire span of the conflict from the first beginnings of the Zionist movement up to the ongoing war as recent as 2014 in relative honesty. There is an inherent level of bias, as the author is Palestinian, though this doesn't stop him whatsoever from pointing out specific actions and figures in Palestinian government and negotiations and criticizing them not in a way designed to garner pity, but in a way where it feels as though he's saying, "Yeah, this is where they should've done this differently."
The best way I can summarize this novel is by quoting a portion of the rear cover of the book.
Khalidi does an exquisite job of not only elaborating and revealing the true extent of the sufferings of the Palestinian people but also acknowledging their failings and the ways they have partially contributed to their own continued colonization. The novel does not try to convince you of Palestine's innocence, nor try to demonize Israel, but instead details (from first-hand familial accounts from the author) the entire span of the conflict from the first beginnings of the Zionist movement up to the ongoing war as recent as 2014 in relative honesty. There is an inherent level of bias, as the author is Palestinian, though this doesn't stop him whatsoever from pointing out specific actions and figures in Palestinian government and negotiations and criticizing them not in a way designed to garner pity, but in a way where it feels as though he's saying, "Yeah, this is where they should've done this differently."
The best way I can summarize this novel is by quoting a portion of the rear cover of the book.
Neither a chronicle of victimization nor a whitewash of mistakes made by Palestinian leaders, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine offers both a compelling family history and an original, illuminating view of the Middle East's most intractable conflict.
All this to be said of its excellence, there is a reason it falls just short of 5 stars for me. I found myself incredibly drawn in by the beginning of this book, in fact I found it hard to stop reading it. This feeling started to dwindle however as I got to the middle/end of its pages, and the more recent descriptions of the conflict in recent years, I found my attention slipping from the subject matter more and more. There's an element of impersonality that grew for me over the course of the chapters, leaving me feeling more and more disconnected as I read more and more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, and War
neptyun's review
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sad
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4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Genocide
mari1532's review against another edition
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5.0
I listened to this book through my library via Libby.
Brief Summary: A personal family story and a historical retrospective of the colonial establishment of Israel and its impact on Palestine.
Thoughts: This is a beautifully moving and important book to read. I learned a great deal about Palestine's history. Khalidi's writing is informative and emotional.
I would highly recommend it.
#FreePalestine
Brief Summary: A personal family story and a historical retrospective of the colonial establishment of Israel and its impact on Palestine.
Thoughts: This is a beautifully moving and important book to read. I learned a great deal about Palestine's history. Khalidi's writing is informative and emotional.
I would highly recommend it.
#FreePalestine
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Grief, and War
bellaw15's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Genocide, and Police brutality
Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia
tashtasher's review against another edition
challenging
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reflective
sad
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4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence
smilagros's review
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I listened to this on audio and I highly recommend reading it that way. I am very angry and very frustrated about how little I knew about what Israel and the United States did and is still doing to the Palestinian people. The United States has let Israel do whatever the fuck they want, no wonder they will never call for a ceasefire now. I wish that the Western media would stop trying to change the narrative about Israel and actually tell us the fucking truth instead of sugar coating everything.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, War, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Grief, and Genocide
bookdragonkatie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
4.5
Definitely think this is one I’ll need a physical copy of to reread and take notes. The narrator was fantastic, but it was very dense and without the ability to easily flip back and forth, I know I missed a lot of information. Still, highly recommend and believe this is an informative and necessary history for all to read and learn about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, War, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Death, and Genocide