A review by liadella
On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

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.