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A review by sydapel
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
challenging
informative
slow-paced
So glad I could make this my final book of 2023. I'm not saying that you need context or history to feel strongly about what's happening in Gaza right now, but the framework of how we've arrived at this deeply tragic moment is shown in excellent detail in this book. I admit that I was lost in many chapters (there's a lot of names and places that I couldn't keep straight), but I came away from it with more of a background on Palestine, it's people and their resistance to the Israeli occupation. I also want to briefly state that the author has done a very good job of noting the missteps that Palestinian leadership has taken since 1948, both as a result of their own ignorance and of their oppression.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, War, and Deportation