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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

24 reviews

onegalonelife27's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

 I admit that I only started learning about the Palestine and Israel’s history due to the genocide going on. This book-though a bit dense to read-does illustrate how long Palestine has tried to free itself from Israel’s grasp. 

Seems like Zionism and Israhell was Britain's pet project to get Jews out their land, then after WWII the US adopted it and has been doting upon Israel ever since, omitting or softening the news so that Israel is the focus and the victim. 

Towards the end, there's the usual list of notes nonfiction has that expands on subjects-I think they are called footnotes but it's been forever since I took an English class so correct me if I'm wrong-discussed. I found a lot of interesting links, articles, books listed to be able to learn more about Palestinian history. There's always more to learn. 

I have one real complaint that if you only define an acronym once, and then use that acronym hundreds of times, it’s easy to forget what it stands for. After a while I forgot that PLO meant Palestine Liberation Organization, but context helped me follow along. I just started calling it “a force for Palestine” in my mind. 

I hope that one day, this ongoing genocide will be a thing of the past, something for future generation will learn from because it will be last and Palestine will be free soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Genocide, and Racism

Minor: Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Torture

t_m_loewenelofson's review

challenging dark hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Islamophobia, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, War, and Murder

julesadventurezone's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Occasionally a bit dense, but very informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy

drbealstod's review

informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Deportation, Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

mari1532's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I listened to this book through my library via Libby.

Brief Summary: A personal family story and a historical retrospective of the colonial establishment of Israel and its impact on Palestine.

Thoughts: This is a beautifully moving and important book to read. I learned a great deal about  Palestine's history. Khalidi's writing is informative and emotional. 

I would highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, War, Colonisation, and Violence

bellaw15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Genocide, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Suicide

tashtasher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence

smilagros's review

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

I listened to this on audio and I highly recommend reading it that way. I am very angry and very frustrated about how little I knew about what Israel and the United States did and is still doing to the Palestinian people. The United States has let Israel do whatever the fuck they want, no wonder they will never call for a ceasefire now. I wish that the Western media would stop trying to change the narrative about Israel and actually tell us the fucking truth instead of sugar coating everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, War, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Grief, and Genocide

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.5

Definitely think this is one I’ll need a physical copy of to reread and take notes. The narrator was fantastic, but it was very dense and without the ability to easily flip back and forth, I know I missed a lot of information. Still, highly recommend and believe this is an informative and necessary history for all to read and learn about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Death, and Genocide