Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé

6 reviews

voidboi's review against another edition

informative

4.0

I would definitely recommend this for people who don’t know much about Palestine/Israel and aren’t coming in with strong zionist bias. Pappé covers a lot of ground clearly and succinctly, persuasively and firmly rooted in fact. 

Personally, I saw a lot of spaces where I wanted to dig in deeper, especially when it came to arguments that zionists would contest. It’s fine that this isn’t that book, but wish there had been more detail or nuance in some places 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Racism

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

• This is a must-read if you’d like to learn more about Palestine, and especially if you were subjected to Western media propaganda about the history of Palestine.

• Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian who has written multiple books on Palestine and unveiled the truth behind the zionist propaganda. This book targets 10 of the most common myths that are often associated with Israel such as Israel being the “only democracy in the Middle East”, “Palestine was an empty land”, “Zionism is Judaism”…etc. I was shocked at how many of these lies are still being used to justify the Zionist’s fascist regime despite being proven false time and time again by historians.

• Every time I think I’ve read or seen the worst of it, there are even more examples of how evil the zionist government is. From massacres and mass graves to carpet bombings and the killing of innocent civilians to Nazi-like behavior, to every other evil and inhumane thing you can imagine.

• Although this was published years ago and documents the atrocities that have happened in Gaza throughout history, it’s still very relevant to current times and it’s heartbreaking how the same is happening now, only more violent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

bookwookie's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was immensely informative and I’m glad it exists, Papé is extremely knowledgeable and I liked getting this more scholarly side to the conflict. I think it works effectively as a tool to show the truth of Israel-Palestine, especially to those who lean more towards supporting Israel. No matter what level of knowledge you have about the “conflict,” you’ll get something out of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, and War

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A short, concise, not overly academic book that debunks several core myths about the state of Israel that are frequently peddled and parroted to justify the crimes committed against the Palestinian people.

If you read it front to back, some of it may feel repetitive as there are overlaps between chapters, but the myth-by-myth structure allows you to skip around which I appreciate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and War

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, and Police brutality

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Succinct, clear, well argued. Good starting point to learn more about Palestine and Israel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation