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niksnook's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Child death, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War
walkingcha0s's review
4.75
Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, Violence, Racism, War, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Child death, Islamophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture
megnut's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Deportation, Death, War, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Torture, Rape, and Genocide
megthecatlady's review against another edition
3.5
That being said, I did learn a lot about the history of Israel and Palestine and I took away a lot from this book. However, it was definitely like a textbook. I think I will look for more succinct summaries that focuses more on the lives of people impacted than a military playbook.
Graphic: War, Islamophobia, Genocide, and Death
Moderate: Violence and Rape
yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Deportation, Genocide, Police brutality, Racism, and Rape
Moderate: Colonisation, War, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Slavery
Minor: Gore and Pedophilia
dragongirl271's review against another edition
4.0
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
A very detailed, comprehensive history of the Nakba in which Pappé holds nothing back to make sure readers know exactly what happened and just how insidious it was. Pappé dug through archives, recorded conversations, the journal of David Ben-Gurion, and more to lay out the atrocities of the Nakba and how they were allowed to happen.
When I say there's nothing really held back, I mean it. Pappé really goes for the shock factor to make us understand how brutal this was. Hiding mines in destroyed buildings to prevent Palestinians from returning. Conversations where they discuss how to present this to the West so they'll accept the war as “necessary.” Documented name changes in higher-up government officials so they sound more indigenous to the region.
Parts of the book also delve closer to the modern day to show the remnants of the Nakba on Israeli policy toward Palestinians. Although the vast majority is on the years of the Nakba.
“This book is written with the deep conviction that the ethnic cleansing of Palestine must become rooted in our memory and consciousness as a crime against humanity and that it should be excluded from the list of alleged crimes.”
First published almost 20 years ago but is as relevant as it would be if it was published 2 months ago. Just would have had even more insight into recent events leading up to the current genocide.
Moderate: Genocide, War, Sexual violence, Racism, Death, Rape, Violence, Murder, Islamophobia, and Police brutality
matcha_cat's review
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Racism, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Violence, Death, and Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual violence
kirstym25's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: War, Death, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Police brutality
prenna's review
5.0
Graphic: War, Miscarriage, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Death, Murder, and Xenophobia
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Sexual violence, Deportation, Genocide, and War
Moderate: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, and Confinement