Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

10 reviews

mmccombs's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was informative, if a bit repetitive and narrowly focused. I liked that most of this little book was framed as a conversation, allowing for multiple perspectives and encouraging the reader to form their own thoughts about what a long term solution and support for Palestinians could look like. If you’re looking for a history lesson or really in depth analysis, this is not the book, but if you’re looking for fairly approachable reflections on why Israel refuses to come to the table and why violence continues (mostly focused on events around 2014), this might be a good, short one to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Violence

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, and Colonisation

robinks's review

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

honeyvoiced's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

“You have to ask what the consequences are going to be for the victims. That should be the highest priority all the time. Tactical decisions are important. They are not trivial. Human lives depend on them.”

Quite a broad overview with several repetitions in-between Pappe’s and Chomsky’s essays. Definitely not a book to get started on the topic of Israel’s settler colonialism and aggression, as it requires some background knowledge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Colonisation

kase's review

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

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This collection of essays and recorded conversations is incredibly interesting and thought provoking.

I found the writing engaging and very easy to follow. I did find myself having to search for further information elsewhere to fully understand what was being talked/written about.

The first half of the book was probably the best with a great introduction by Ilan, and the recorded conversations (which were my favourite part of the book).

The second half felt a bit tacked on with essays which repeated topics already explored several times.

Overall a good and engaging book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism

bunbobabe's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, War, Islamophobia, Genocide, Racism, and Violence

katharina90's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Great exchange between Chomsky and Pappé, both of whom are very knowledgeable but each from their own unique perspective. I only wish the conversation would have included a Palestinian scholar to round it out more.

The essays at the back mirror bits of the previous conversation. This might feel repetitive to some, but I think the essays add to the transcript.

It definitely helps to have at least a foundational understanding before diving into this book. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it as a primer for anyone who is new to the topic. Although, if you started with the essays before reading the transcript, that might work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

Minor: Death, War, and Genocide

bookishmillennial's review

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 against another edition

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