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A review by aforestofbooks
Palestine by Joe Sacco
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
A very informative read in a format that is slightly more accessible if you don't have the brain energy to read a whole non-fiction book with a bunch of text and chapters.
Reading this as events unfold in Gaza and the West Bank was haunting in a way, especially seeing how nothing has changed from when Joe was in Palestine taking note of people's stories of imprisonment, resistance, and ethnic cleansing.
At one point he describes Gaza's cramped conditions holding less than a million Palestinians, whereas now there are over 2 million in that same concentration camp...
The last chapter where he discusses this whole "conflict" with some Israelis felt so similar to the last few weeks of watching people trying to debate that genocide isn't that bad. At one point, one white zionist Israeli settler says she's "tired" and just wants to live her life and not discuss whether Palestinians deserve to be free...Honestly, very close to reality.
Reading this as events unfold in Gaza and the West Bank was haunting in a way, especially seeing how nothing has changed from when Joe was in Palestine taking note of people's stories of imprisonment, resistance, and ethnic cleansing.
At one point he describes Gaza's cramped conditions holding less than a million Palestinians, whereas now there are over 2 million in that same concentration camp...
The last chapter where he discusses this whole "conflict" with some Israelis felt so similar to the last few weeks of watching people trying to debate that genocide isn't that bad. At one point, one white zionist Israeli settler says she's "tired" and just wants to live her life and not discuss whether Palestinians deserve to be free...Honestly, very close to reality.