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A review by pushingdessy
The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
4.5
It’s not an easy feat to wake up and rebel against the insidious programming you were born into and raised with, to try to expose the propaganda machine that made it possible, even at the risk of your own life, your reputation and livelihood. But that’s exactly what Gideon Levy, a self-described Israeli patriot, does through his war journalism and denouncement of the Israeli government and society both.
📝 This book in particular is a collection of essayistic reports from the ground beginning in 2006, after Israel’s alleged withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Hamas' rise to government, and through 2009, during the invasion of Gaza and the following ceasefire.
This was a tough read. Levy doesn’t mince words to describe the reality of Israel’s disproportionate violence towards Palestinians, and it was jarring to read something that could have been easily written these past four months. I don’t know how it could be anything less than eye-opening to the politics and propaganda behind this so-called conflict if you still have even a smidge of doubt at this point.
I find that it’s important to hear the dissenting voices of Israeli Jews when anti-Semitism is so freely used against any kind of criticism, so this was a valuable and much highlighted read.
⚠️ In solidarity with Palestine, versobooks is currently offering this and other books for free at their website!
📝 This book in particular is a collection of essayistic reports from the ground beginning in 2006, after Israel’s alleged withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Hamas' rise to government, and through 2009, during the invasion of Gaza and the following ceasefire.
This was a tough read. Levy doesn’t mince words to describe the reality of Israel’s disproportionate violence towards Palestinians, and it was jarring to read something that could have been easily written these past four months. I don’t know how it could be anything less than eye-opening to the politics and propaganda behind this so-called conflict if you still have even a smidge of doubt at this point.
I find that it’s important to hear the dissenting voices of Israeli Jews when anti-Semitism is so freely used against any kind of criticism, so this was a valuable and much highlighted read.
⚠️ In solidarity with Palestine, versobooks is currently offering this and other books for free at their website!