A review by orangerful
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden

3.0

This was a very personal and honest story that Glidden shares with us. It centers around her coming to terms with thinking she knows it all and realizing that she doesn't. I think it is a problem a lot of us have when it comes to looking at issues in other countries and societies. She points this out at the end of the book - that it is much easier to look elsewhere and say how easy it would be to solve a problem than looking at our own country and what needs to be fixed.

This book made me realize how little I actually know about the story of Israel and Palestine. I feel the need to do some research, maybe not to try to solve the problem, which is clearly complex and layered, but to have a better grasp on what is at stake when people talk about steps forward.