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Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights by Omar Barghouti
annayareads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.75
This gave me much-needed insight into the BDS campaign, its asks, and it's history. I learned more horrific details about Israel's rule over Palestine. Just when I think my anger is at its peak, I'm shown some new fact that pushes my fury even further.
swaggynikki's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
This was a really really good read! Most of the chapters really stand on their own, which I think was on purpose--it functions as a collection of short resources, arguments, and explanations for the BDS movement that can be taken together or apart. That means that by the end it gets pretty repetitive, but that didn't really bother me; it just meant I got through the second half way faster. My most valuable takeaways from the book were the nuances of the specific demands and tactics of BDS, which is something I had assumed that I understood pretty well just on an intuitive level. In particular I didn't know as much about Israeli in the occupied territories of the West Bank specifically, or the degree to which it was BDS's focus. It also provided a lot of (horrifying) information about how absolutely massive and central the racist and colonialist rhetoric towards Palestinians is in Israeli government, policies, and institutions, from 48 until now. I'm really glad I read it! I feel significantly more informed on Palestinian history and current activism, and I'll probably be using some of these chapters a lot as resources.
reecha's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I recommend everyone read this. Within the initial couple of pages, I had to check when this book was published because it seemed as if it was about the current violence occurring in Palestine and to Palestinians. I learned a lot and I think this is a good book for anyone to understand the injustice that Palestine and Palestinians face and how it has accumulated into what we see today with the genocide.
itschlve's review against another edition
5.0
« Those who think they can wish away a conflict by suggesting only some intellectual channels of rapprochement, détente, or “dialogue” are crucially seeking only an illusion of peace, and one that is devoid of justice at that. »
« Peace without justice is equivalent to institutionalizing injustice. »
« Peace without justice is equivalent to institutionalizing injustice. »
wchereads's review
challenging
informative
reflective
I found this book quite technical and had some difficulties staying engaged. There were also lots of points repeated. Nevertheless, it is a great source not only for understanding the BDS movement - such as the intentions behind it and the different areas it covers, but also the Palestine-Israel situation in the 2000s. This was the first I read about the so-called "Operation Cast Lead" and I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the blatant racism that many Israeli figures had been getting away with. Such as the professor who famously said Palestinians will become "even bigger animals" and that Israel "will have to kill and kill and kill. All day, every day. If we don't kill, we will cease to exist." The YEARS of dehumanization of Palestinians is working as intended.