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A review by sophiesometimesreads
Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky
informative
slow-paced
This book was dense and took me a loooooong time to read but I did it. I am deciding not to give this a star rating as this is my first non-fiction read on this topic and I believe my knowledge is not enough to warrant that, but I will highlight some of my thoughts.
It had some good insight into Israel's war on Gaza and Palestine as a whole, including highlighting the extent to which the United States has been involved, which was confronting and eye opening.
It was absolutely shocking to read this and realise it was published in 2010, which is fourteen years ago, and have it still feel relevant to what we are observing today.
Some of the chapters, particulalry the one drawn straight from an academic paper, felt a little too complicated for me, with this being my first non-fiction read on the topic after becoming more educated on the extent of what is happening in Palestine recently, and some of it went over my head. In saying this, even though I didn't grasp everything outlined in this book, it was useful in deepening my knowledge and I learned a lot from reading it.
I would recommend others who are new to non-fiction books on this topic start elsewhere and read this once a solid basis on the topic has been formed.
It had some good insight into Israel's war on Gaza and Palestine as a whole, including highlighting the extent to which the United States has been involved, which was confronting and eye opening.
It was absolutely shocking to read this and realise it was published in 2010, which is fourteen years ago, and have it still feel relevant to what we are observing today.
Some of the chapters, particulalry the one drawn straight from an academic paper, felt a little too complicated for me, with this being my first non-fiction read on the topic after becoming more educated on the extent of what is happening in Palestine recently, and some of it went over my head. In saying this, even though I didn't grasp everything outlined in this book, it was useful in deepening my knowledge and I learned a lot from reading it.
I would recommend others who are new to non-fiction books on this topic start elsewhere and read this once a solid basis on the topic has been formed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and War