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A review by books_ergo_sum
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh
reflective
5.0
This author has a nonfiction superpower: truly engaging writing. The words jump off the page and it feels like he’s sitting in the room, talking directly to you. I read this is one sitting and it even busted me out of a reading slump—something I NEVER thought I’d be saying about a nonfiction book.
It was very: “the idea made me think of this speech [quote]… which I thought a lot about while I was at this UN conference, where this person said [quote]… which I often compare to this news interview where someone said [quote]…” You know what I mean? It was personal and conversational. It was connecting ideas that that I’ve never seen connected. It gave a lot of commentary to events and ideas I’ve only seen discussed in a dry nonfiction-y way.
It was really cool. And really short. Also, it was published this year. And it literally just… answered the question in the title. I was very satisfied.
It was very: “the idea made me think of this speech [quote]… which I thought a lot about while I was at this UN conference, where this person said [quote]… which I often compare to this news interview where someone said [quote]…” You know what I mean? It was personal and conversational. It was connecting ideas that that I’ve never seen connected. It gave a lot of commentary to events and ideas I’ve only seen discussed in a dry nonfiction-y way.
It was really cool. And really short. Also, it was published this year. And it literally just… answered the question in the title. I was very satisfied.