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A review by flyingfox02
On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky
challenging
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.75
"There is a difference between a peace train that takes us all to a better destination, which is the peace process that we don't have, and the peace train that runs over everyone on the way to the so-called peace." - Ilan Pappé
"For those concerned with the rights of the brutalised Palestinians, there can be no higher priority than working to change US policies." - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé are two absolutely brilliant thinkers and activists. Their arguments are intelligent, well thought-out, and enlightening. The ideas collected in this book are so important in understanding the history behind the Israel-Palestine "issue". They also outline what must be done now and in the future to create a free Palestine state.
This book was published after the 2014 massacre on Gaza by Israel but the discussions within it are now more relevant than ever. Just change the 2014 to 2024, fifty day massacre to six month ongoing genocide, and 2200 Palestinians killed to 31000. In their discussion, Chomsky and Pappé were hopeful that "in the near future" things would get better. However here we are, a decade later, and Israel is still allowed to commit grotesque crimes with impunity. This made for a very depressing read.
I'm taking 0.25 off my rating because I felt the "dialogues" part of the book didn't work that well for me. It was essentially a transcription of conversations between Chomsky and Pappé, and I couldn't read their tone at times. It might've been better as an essay.
"For those concerned with the rights of the brutalised Palestinians, there can be no higher priority than working to change US policies." - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé are two absolutely brilliant thinkers and activists. Their arguments are intelligent, well thought-out, and enlightening. The ideas collected in this book are so important in understanding the history behind the Israel-Palestine "issue". They also outline what must be done now and in the future to create a free Palestine state.
This book was published after the 2014 massacre on Gaza by Israel but the discussions within it are now more relevant than ever. Just change the 2014 to 2024, fifty day massacre to six month ongoing genocide, and 2200 Palestinians killed to 31000. In their discussion, Chomsky and Pappé were hopeful that "in the near future" things would get better. However here we are, a decade later, and Israel is still allowed to commit grotesque crimes with impunity. This made for a very depressing read.
I'm taking 0.25 off my rating because I felt the "dialogues" part of the book didn't work that well for me. It was essentially a transcription of conversations between Chomsky and Pappé, and I couldn't read their tone at times. It might've been better as an essay.