Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Le nettoyage ethnique de la Palestine by Paul Chemla, Ilan Pappé

29 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

informative tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Police brutality, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Antisemitism

zawium's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Despite being considered inaccurate or highly 'biased' by some, Pappe's history review from the Palestinian point-of-view is shocking yet well-written description on the Zionist persecution of Palestinians. Although being a highly disputed book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine is an eye-opening read to start unraveling the hidden history. I value highly that Pappe at least aimed to include many Palestinian sources (though perhaps discarding others) and challenged the status-quo of Israeli history writing.
Regardless whether one considers Pappe a reliable writer and historian or not, this book is a great start to finding the truth. It's probable, nevertheless, the truth is still hidden to a great extend, thus more high-quality research is needed. I hope to find some truly objective history reviews that include wide range of sources concerning the subject. Yet Pappe's work was an alright 'first introduction'.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

abeplaut's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The author (part of the so called “New Historian” group of Israeli intellectuals rejecting Zionist founding myths) makes extensive use of primary source material from Jewish Israeli archives including Ben-Gurion’s own journals, to present a clear analysis of the very specific intentions of Zionist political and military leaders to target and depopulate Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. That Zionist leaders knew about reports of Jewish settlers and soldiers sexually assaulting Palestinians. That Zionist leaders themselves were using words like “colonize,” and “cleanse’”. 

This book is extremely informative about a massive historical and ongoing harm that has not been properly acknowledged by Israeli public officials or institutions. I especially recommend this book for Jews like myself who are trying to untangle Zionism from Judaism, or for anyone trying to understand why there might be Jews demanding a Free Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

niksnook's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Well written and well researched. It a great non-Western perspective on Palestine, especially amidst all the Israeli and US propaganda.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

walkingcha0s's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

megnut's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gaslighting

aliciawithoutkeys's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

So much important information that is shared pretty quickly. It was clear to follow how the ethnic cleansing began and cited many sources. I found some of the people and cities sometimes difficult to keep track of but a great resource to hold accountable the atrocities 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Gore and Pedophilia

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

I can't put into words how disturbed I am. I just don't think anything I could say would suffice. These quotes really epitomise just how inhumanely these innocent civilians were treated and still are treated to this day.

"Since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000 over 2,500 children have been arrested."

Official Declaration by the Arab League, 9 January 2006
I also just learned that the Israeli military has arrested over 13,000 minors between 2000 and 2024. Given what I've been reading, I sincerely doubt that these children are treated well. To grow up in an open air prison and then to suffer from further unlawful detainment, I cannot even begin to imagine what the long-term effects are.

"The biological unit he (Ephrahim Katzir) led together with his brother Aharon started working seriously in February. Its main objective was to create a weapon that could blind people. . . Katzir suggested using it on human beings."

This quote in particular reminded me of experiments conducted in Nazi concentration camps and within Unit 731. 

"The Jewish soldiers who took part in the massacre also reported horrific scenes: babies whose skulls were cracked open, women raped or burned alive." 

this quote describes the Massacre in Dawayima. 
Innocent babies and children oppressed under such a horrific regime that they are unable to survive it.

The final quote which is the very worst of all, recounts the rape, torture and murder of an innocent twelve year old child. 

"On 12 August 1949, a platoon of soldiers in the Negev. . . captured a twelve-year-old Palestinian girl and locked her up for the night in their military base near the Kibbutz. For the next few days she became the platoon's sex slave as the soldiers shaved her head, gang-raped her and in the end murdered her. . . On 29 October 2003, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz publicised the story based on the testimonies of the rapists: twenty two soldiers had taken part in the barbaric torture and execution of the girl."

What I've read over the last few days has turned my stomach. These people and their descendants get to live a life of privilege, serving little to no time for their crimes against innocent civilians and it is high time that justice is served.  Free Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War