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onegalonelife27's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
I admit that I only started learning about the Palestine and Israel’s history due to the genocide going on. This book-though a bit dense to read-does illustrate how long Palestine has tried to free itself from Israel’s grasp.
Seems like Zionism and Israhell was Britain's pet project to get Jews out their land, then after WWII the US adopted it and has been doting upon Israel ever since, omitting or softening the news so that Israel is the focus and the victim.
Towards the end, there's the usual list of notes nonfiction has that expands on subjects-I think they are called footnotes but it's been forever since I took an English class so correct me if I'm wrong-discussed. I found a lot of interesting links, articles, books listed to be able to learn more about Palestinian history. There's always more to learn.
I have one real complaint that if you only define an acronym once, and then use that acronym hundreds of times, it’s easy to forget what it stands for. After a while I forgot that PLO meant Palestine Liberation Organization, but context helped me follow along. I just started calling it “a force for Palestine” in my mind.
I hope that one day, this ongoing genocide will be a thing of the past, something for future generation will learn from because it will be last and Palestine will be free soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Genocide, and Racism
Minor: Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Torture
t_m_loewenelofson's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, War, and Murder
amyjo25's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Genocide
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Occasionally a bit dense, but very informative.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Pregnancy
bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
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
drbealstod's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Deportation, Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia
skitch41's review against another edition
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: War and Colonisation
stargazerave's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
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 against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Genocide
mari1532's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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