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The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappé

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challenging dark medium-paced

5.0

bibliophilekaitlyn's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

easyvisionary's review against another edition

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5.0

“(in a country where there is no rain in the summer, the only precipitation that one can expect are showers of F-16 bombs and artillery shells landing on the people of Gaza).”

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challenging informative

3.5

flowerycat's review against another edition

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5.0

Questo libro dovrebbe essere letto da tutti, specialmente visto l'intensificarsi del genocidio a Gaza.
Mi ha scioccata molto nonostante sapessi già delle tattiche usate da israele e dai sionisti per manipolare le persone e i media, delle conseguenze di ciò che è riportato in queste pagine...
Gli orrori, che fanno parte della vita dei palestinesi da quasi un secolo, insieme alla totale indifferenza del mondo intero sono presenti in ogni pagina e in ogni periodo analizzato da questo libro e, anche se è un libro di uno storico che racconta ciò che è avvenuto in modo distaccato, non si può che rimanere coinvolti emotivamente.
Potrebbe essere un libro pesante per i più, ma, anche se con molta fatica, io supplico le persone di leggerlo.

faliiza's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

lifeinsilver's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

desi48ree's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

frankied1's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.25

pensivemoose's review against another edition

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5.0

When it comes to learning about the history of Palestine, going as far back as 1948 is important. That being said, this book covers the history of the West Bank (Gaza not as much) from 1967, when the West Bank and Gaza were first occupied by Israel, and onwards. This is by no means an introductory book, but luckily I knew enough beforehand that everything made sense to me (for the most part). Although I did notice that since I am foreign to that region of the world remembering specific details of the historical narrative was difficult, I still gained a greater understanding of the history of the occupation that I am extremely grateful for. Israel's initial occupation of Gaza and the West Bank and their subjugate insidious annexation of the West Bank via Israeli settlement building and suppresion of Palestinian's civil rights reminded me of how America ethnically clensed our land of its natives slowly over the course of many decades. The major difference of course being that the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and Gaza continues to this day. The fact that the international community has done nothing to stop it for decades and America, in fact, directly funds it in many ways is discussed somewhat in this book but not fully fleshed out.