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tizzlango 's review for:
On Palestine
by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A real classic for anyone who wants to read about the Israel-Palestine conflict. The two viewpoints of Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky are slightly different, which enriches the discussion I think, but their immense knowledge and great respect for each other makes it quite pleasant to read these two champions talk about the topic. At some points I feel like Chomsky is debating about semantics a little bit, which seems a little unnecessary. I would have wished he talked and criticized a bit more of the concept of the "states" and it being the only solution, that people can think of ("two-state-" or "one-state-solution"). He, as an anarchist, would have been perfect for that, but he seemed to want to put more emphasis on being "pragmatic" and realising, what the possibilities on the ground are. I don't disagree, maybe there is no room for deeper analysis in such a short book, that is really just interviews and some short essays anyway.