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On Palestine
by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky
informative
inspiring
reflective
Not an introductory text on the Palestine-Israel conflict, but so so important. It’s an abridged/edited collection of dialogues taking place in 2013-2014, sandwiched by a collection of essays by Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky. (Note: There are a few small typos, and some repetition, but they don’t take away from what I’ve learned from the book.)
I would encourage people who have ever only consumed US mainstream media’s biased and dishonest reporting on this topic to branch out and read some intro texts like “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” by Rashid Khalidi or books by Edward Said or other works by Ilan Pappé. Once you have a basic understanding of the long history of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people and are in the proper mindset to gain a deeper understanding, this book is an excellent follow-on. It’s a good recap and review of the history leading up to “current” (2014) events, as well as interpretations of what these events and different parties and motivations may mean for the future. I appreciate Chomsky’s and Pappé’s different viewpoints especially on how they think realistically the conflict will/can be resolved.
It’s devastating to compare this 9-year-old text with today’s atrocities. None of what’s happening today (Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their methods of doing it, with US’s military, economic, diplomatic, and ideological support) is new in any way. If anything, if seems that today’s US leaders have even less regard for human lives. Here’s hoping Palestinian journalists’ exposing the truth on social media, as much as Meta and X are trying to shut down their voices, will continue to change more of Western public opinion and influence US stance/policies toward the ongoing genocide and occupation. Read up, speak up, don’t let our tax dollars fund these heinous acts!
I would encourage people who have ever only consumed US mainstream media’s biased and dishonest reporting on this topic to branch out and read some intro texts like “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” by Rashid Khalidi or books by Edward Said or other works by Ilan Pappé. Once you have a basic understanding of the long history of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people and are in the proper mindset to gain a deeper understanding, this book is an excellent follow-on. It’s a good recap and review of the history leading up to “current” (2014) events, as well as interpretations of what these events and different parties and motivations may mean for the future. I appreciate Chomsky’s and Pappé’s different viewpoints especially on how they think realistically the conflict will/can be resolved.
It’s devastating to compare this 9-year-old text with today’s atrocities. None of what’s happening today (Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their methods of doing it, with US’s military, economic, diplomatic, and ideological support) is new in any way. If anything, if seems that today’s US leaders have even less regard for human lives. Here’s hoping Palestinian journalists’ exposing the truth on social media, as much as Meta and X are trying to shut down their voices, will continue to change more of Western public opinion and influence US stance/policies toward the ongoing genocide and occupation. Read up, speak up, don’t let our tax dollars fund these heinous acts!