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A review by aebrossbooks
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
This book was more about policy than anything else, but served as a primer/introduction to the politics surrounding Palestine and the pressure it faces from colonial forces.
It illuminated the (ridiculous) expectations that the Israeli government (with US backing, at times covert and at others obvious, but always present) has placed on Palestinian leadership. Expectations that no other entity in the world has had placed on it.
It also went into the Zionist belief that Israeli citizens deserve better treatment (and Palestinian worse) because they ARE better. The insidious tendrils of supremacy (even white supremacy) are at the core of this belief and make themselves known in shocking detail.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone coming fresh to this. While this focuses almost completely on policy aspects and not the history of the conflict, it's quite useful to have an idea of the decisions that surround Palestine and why they have been so detrimental to its people.
It illuminated the (ridiculous) expectations that the Israeli government (with US backing, at times covert and at others obvious, but always present) has placed on Palestinian leadership. Expectations that no other entity in the world has had placed on it.
It also went into the Zionist belief that Israeli citizens deserve better treatment (and Palestinian worse) because they ARE better. The insidious tendrils of supremacy (even white supremacy) are at the core of this belief and make themselves known in shocking detail.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone coming fresh to this. While this focuses almost completely on policy aspects and not the history of the conflict, it's quite useful to have an idea of the decisions that surround Palestine and why they have been so detrimental to its people.