Reviews tagging 'Murder'

On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

7 reviews

smilagros's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

I listened to this on audio and I don’t know if that was the right decision. At times, I felt that it was repetitive about the same situation. I think that I need to see the conversation physically to get a grasp about what each professor is saying. What I did notice is that there was a lot of murder and violence against the Palestinian people in current day. I have been working on understanding what is happening in Gaza. I learned new horrible tactics Israel is doing and the situations that the United States allowed and or looked the other way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Violence, and Murder

robinks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The first half of the book consists of dialogues, which are very accessible. Each chapter clearly illuminates chronologically the facts of the history and genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel. FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, in our lifetime!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Antisemitism and Kidnapping

kase's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Racism, War, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

booknerderika's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.75

This book was informative and brought up many crucial points for understanding the struggles of the Palestinian people. 

One reason, among many, that I appreciated the dialogue in this book was because of the insight that Ilan Pappé brought to the discussion. I think it is important to hear from former zionists because they can explain the mindset of the Israeli zionists from first-hand experience. 

One part in particular that has stuck with me is in regards to the comparison of Palestine/Israel to South Africa. It was mentioned that Israelis don't need Palestinians the same way that white South Africans needed black South Africans, which makes this issue so much more extreme. I had not considered that, but it makes so much sense when looking at the way Israel has treated the Palestinians, especially those in Gaza. 

This also helped shed light on the nature of the Israeli government by showing their continued pattern of disregarding ceasefire agreements. 

It's sad that this has been going on for so long and also frustrating that the US is continuing to contribute to the Israeli apartheid by funding and supporting it. It's also disgustingly appalling to see how Israel committed and continues to commit war crimes against Palestine with no repercussions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and War

Minor: Murder, Child death, and Death

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. Everyone’s reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial or tiktok: @bookishmillennial

This provides very helpful context on the reality of Palestine under Israeli occupation. It was an accessible read for me on a very important topic & I highly recommend it if you need to be further disillusioned of the propaganda that we have been force-fed in Western media and history books. 

FREE PALESTINE! 🇵🇸🍉🙏🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, and War

readingwithkaitlyn's review

informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Death, War, Child death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Murder, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, and Hate crime

dmathuna's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This was a very interesting book when it gets going and certainly gave me a greater understanding of the situation and how it came to be the way it is currently. I found the writing style very tough to read and understand at some points as it became so academic like and this caused me to have to reread sentences to properly get what was being said. The meat and potatoes of this book is well laid out as it’s just a moderator asking questions and two people answering them with a few essays after. Some points were repeated a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, War, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Murder