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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Such an incredible read, it's everything I thought it would be and more and is so disheartening to see the cyclical nature of the genocide being committed in Palestine and how despite the ceasefire that just got agreed to, how inevitably it will collapse unless there is more world political movements against Israel
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informative
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slow-paced
Written in 2015 it is uncanny to see how Israel's attitude of Palestinians has stayed the same and yet how much worse the genocide has become in 2024. I was hoping for more of a history of the conflict, this book was not that; still I learned so much. The book was a bit repetitive (it was a dialogue format) but it just made the major themes more clear-- the similarities and differences between the South Africa apartheid, Israel's priority of expansion over peace, the trouble with a two-state solution, and that Israel will continue its genocide so long as it has the US support.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A great, easy-to-follow and speedy overview of the atrocities of Israel against Palestine. Good arguments against the false two-state solution and explanation of how Israel has managed to garner so much power.
On Palestine: TBR Cup Pull - October 2024
Many of the world’s problems are so intractable that it’s hard to think of ways even to take steps toward mitigating them. The Israel-Palestine conflict is not one of these.
I feel weird giving this book a rating, especially based on a metric of "like" considering the subject matter. Though, it was informative and readable, and I appreciate the education.
This is a collection of writings and recorded interviews with Professors Noam Chomsky (MIT) and Ilan Pappé (Oxford), both Jewish men who were shaped by their experiences in Israel, and have since become outspoken critics on the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Government.
The book was written in 2014, in response to The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge, but with an urgency that is trying to warn against paths that would lead to what we're seeing in 2024.
These works make sure we know that we are complicit, that "we" being the United States and Europe by letting Israel maintain the status quo, a perpetual state of "negotiation" and "ceasefire," in which fire never really ceases. The professors jointly make an argument that it will take a world audience to witness and repudiate these violent actions to change our governments' stances that will stop allowing for genocide & apartheid under the premise of "defense."
From book:
"When Israel is on “good behavior,” more than two Palestinian children are killed every week, a pattern that goes back over fourteen years. The underlying cause is the criminal occupation and the programs to reduce Palestinian life to bare survival in Gaza, while Palestinians are restricted to unviable cantons in the West Bank and Israel takes over what it wants, all in gross violation of international law and explicit Security Council resolutions, not to speak of minimal decency. And it will continue as long as it is supported by Washington and tolerated by Europe—to our everlasting shame."
Many of the world’s problems are so intractable that it’s hard to think of ways even to take steps toward mitigating them. The Israel-Palestine conflict is not one of these.
I feel weird giving this book a rating, especially based on a metric of "like" considering the subject matter. Though, it was informative and readable, and I appreciate the education.
This is a collection of writings and recorded interviews with Professors Noam Chomsky (MIT) and Ilan Pappé (Oxford), both Jewish men who were shaped by their experiences in Israel, and have since become outspoken critics on the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Government.
The book was written in 2014, in response to The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge, but with an urgency that is trying to warn against paths that would lead to what we're seeing in 2024.
These works make sure we know that we are complicit, that "we" being the United States and Europe by letting Israel maintain the status quo, a perpetual state of "negotiation" and "ceasefire," in which fire never really ceases. The professors jointly make an argument that it will take a world audience to witness and repudiate these violent actions to change our governments' stances that will stop allowing for genocide & apartheid under the premise of "defense."
From book:
"When Israel is on “good behavior,” more than two Palestinian children are killed every week, a pattern that goes back over fourteen years. The underlying cause is the criminal occupation and the programs to reduce Palestinian life to bare survival in Gaza, while Palestinians are restricted to unviable cantons in the West Bank and Israel takes over what it wants, all in gross violation of international law and explicit Security Council resolutions, not to speak of minimal decency. And it will continue as long as it is supported by Washington and tolerated by Europe—to our everlasting shame."
WOW. A necessary read by scholars, activists, authors, experts on the matter. Necessary.