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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
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
xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition
4.75
"Since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000 over 2,500 children have been arrested."
I also just learned that the Israeli military has arrested over 13,000 minors between 2000 and 2024. Given what I've been reading, I sincerely doubt that these children are treated well. To grow up in an open air prison and then to suffer from further unlawful detainment, I cannot even begin to imagine what the long-term effects are.
"The biological unit he (Ephrahim Katzir) led together with his brother Aharon started working seriously in February. Its main objective was to create a weapon that could blind people. . . Katzir suggested using it on human beings."
"The Jewish soldiers who took part in the massacre also reported horrific scenes: babies whose skulls were cracked open, women raped or burned alive."
Innocent babies and children oppressed under such a horrific regime that they do not live to survive it.
The final quote which is the very worst of all, recounts the rape, torture and murder of an innocent twelve year old child.
"On 12 August 1949, a platoon of soldiers in the Negev. . . captured a twelve-year-old Palestinian girl and locked her up for the night in their military base near the Kibbutz. For the next few days she became the platoon's sex slave as the soldiers shaved her head, gang-raped her and in the end murdered her. . . On 29 October 2003, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz publicised the story based on the testimonies of the rapists: twenty two soldiers had taken part in the barbaric torture and execution of the girl."
What I've read over the last few days has turned my stomach. These people and their descendants get to live a life of privilege, serving little to no time for their crimes against innocent civilians and it is high time that justice is served. Free Palestine.
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Genocide, Islamophobia, Child death, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, War, and Xenophobia
library_gremlin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Genocide, and Murder
Minor: Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Rape
sarah_js's review
4.25
Graphic: Genocide, War, and Murder
crybabybea's review
3.5
I only wish the writing was a bit more accessible, this was an extremely hard book to get through because of how detailed it was - the majority of the book was a repitition of stats and events that jumbled together in my mind and made it hard to follow. That being said, I do think the detail is incredibly important in remembering the Palestinian people whose stories have been lost to history and propaganda.
An important book in understanding the Palestinian struggle for liberation that I'm glad I read.
Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Islamophobia, Murder, Racism, Torture, Slavery, and Violence
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
katharina90's review against another edition
5.0
This historical account of the Nakba is thorough, but I didn't find it overly dense or academic.
Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Rape and Islamophobia