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Free Palestine 🙁🇵🇸
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Definitely an incredibly insightful book. I wish I could give it 4.5 stars tbh, because there are a few tiny issues with it, mostly things like little quips that Chomsky+Pappe make that I wish had been further explained via footnotes, and also I felt that a good portion of the last ~50 pages or so were redundant, presenting things that had already been presented earlier on in the book. BUT with all that said it's an incredibly important resource, especially IMO (1) the beginning parts where Ilan Pappe proposes a new vocabulary with which to discuss the occupation and (2) the part where Chomsky discusses the sort of futility of national borders and the whole nation-state project in general. Both were really eye-opening to me and I feel like just these two contributions alone make the book worth it.
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Graphic: Genocide, Violence, War
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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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Racism