A review by readingwithcoffee
On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

informative medium-paced

2.75

It’s honestly not a horrible introduction but it’s so many writers especially Jewish American Chomsky and Israeli Brit Pappé discussing what is Palestines past then present and what should be it’s future and defining terms and making comment on Palestinian lead movements it becomes incredibly grating especially if you’re going into the book with a lot of knowledge. Through i was not surprised that Chomsky criticized BDS wanting divestment in Israeli academics and institutions vs the Israeli who had to leave his country supported with and talked about how it can serve as a reality check for Israeli ivory towers. Which speaking of, I respect chomskys work on propaganda and he’s an intelligent man but god he is so obviously an academic in an ivory tower that comments on movements and groups versus really actively involved in the things he discusses. I think he gets more credit then necessarily due and I’m saying that aware he’s wrote wonderful for words for some books by Palestinians. 

Not a horrible book but I do think there’s much better ones about Palestine made by actual ones 
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