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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed the conversational format of this book and the narration was great. The book is most engaging if you already understand settler colonisation. It's a very extensive book without being too long either. Highly recommended!
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Incredibly informative. History presented in a digestible way from reputable scholars and some of the best intellectuals of our time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Islamophobia, Murder, War
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
fast-paced
A fairly thorough overview and history of israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine via Zionism, how it has been slow and incremental, and with continuous American and western support it won’t stop until “greater israel” is achieved. It’s got all the basics and everything you need to know to understand how israel has possibly managed to do this, mainly through unconditional US support and the facade of peace processes.
The reflections section at the end is a bit repetitive due to the various different contexts in which the essays are shared, but it’s also helpful to have it repeated a couple times to fully grasp the simple brutality of it all.
The reflections section at the end is a bit repetitive due to the various different contexts in which the essays are shared, but it’s also helpful to have it repeated a couple times to fully grasp the simple brutality of it all.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Everyone needs to read this but be prepared for some dense reading.
The format was interesting because it’s truly a dialogue, but I think it ultimately hurts the impact and flow of the book. Given that the two authors/speakers don’t agree on all fronts, of course at points I’m also not going to agree with one or both of them, but I found so much of this to be dated (it’s from 2015 so, yes, that makes sense, but it’s a little too dated at times to be reading with modern context).
I think the majority of it is great— the introduction in particular is a wonderful perspective on activism. And let me be clear, I’m no expert, but I do think there are some clear issues here (occasionally pandering to moderate or palatable ideologies being one of them). I’m going to put a lot of weight on the fact that it’s from 2015, but regardless I would’ve loved to hear Palestinian voices somewherel in here.
I think the majority of it is great— the introduction in particular is a wonderful perspective on activism. And let me be clear, I’m no expert, but I do think there are some clear issues here (occasionally pandering to moderate or palatable ideologies being one of them). I’m going to put a lot of weight on the fact that it’s from 2015, but regardless I would’ve loved to hear Palestinian voices somewherel in here.
Incredibly insightful conversations between Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé. You have to have background knowledge on the history of the colonization of Palestine to truly follow along.
Reading this 9 years after its publication when so much, yet so little has changed is an experience. One thing that particularly stood out was the discussion around Israel’s willingness to become a pariah state, blithely committing ethnic cleaning even if the entire world is against them, so long as they have the support of the US. This is clearly true today.
Reading this 9 years after its publication when so much, yet so little has changed is an experience. One thing that particularly stood out was the discussion around Israel’s willingness to become a pariah state, blithely committing ethnic cleaning even if the entire world is against them, so long as they have the support of the US. This is clearly true today.
challenging
informative
medium-paced