A review by deereadstoo
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

informative medium-paced

This book is beginner-friendly for those of us beginning our journey into the Israeli, Palestinian, US political landscape. Lamont and Plitnick in Except for Palestine: The Limit of Progressive Politics effectively lays out how the US plays a large role in Israeli politics (and crimes) as well as the considerable demise of Palestine. This book was published in 2021 and yet many of the actions and policies outlined within this book are being repeated by the same powers in 2023 as Israel commits a genocide against Palestine. Lamont and Plitnick brought to light, for me, situations and issues I had never known about as well as those that are happening right in front of my eyes again. I highly recommend this book for people who might not know where to start. I'd also highly encourage you all to pay close attention to Chapter 3 as that one was very eye-opening for me as it discusses how Trump turned the tides of US-Israeli policies in some interesting ways (I mean this in a derogatory manner by the way.)