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xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition
4.75
"Since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000 over 2,500 children have been arrested."
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."
"The Jewish soldiers who took part in the massacre also reported horrific scenes: babies whose skulls were cracked open, women raped or burned alive."
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.
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
crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
I only wish the writing was a bit more accessible, this was an extremely hard book to get through because of how detailed it was - the majority of the book was a repitition of stats and events that jumbled together in my mind and made it hard to follow. That being said, I do think the detail is incredibly important in remembering the Palestinian people whose stories have been lost to history and propaganda.
An important book in understanding the Palestinian struggle for liberation that I'm glad I read.
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War
jiao_li's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Torture, and War
almostqualified's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Rape and Torture
matcha_cat's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture
kirstym25's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Rape, Murder, and War
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Police brutality
siasprout's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
proletecario's review against another edition
4.5
Es, sin lugar a dudas, un libro completamente necesario de leer por más desgarrador; es imposible seguir ocultando una realidad irracional y desaforada como la que pretende reescribir el movimiento sionista.
A pesar de la trepidación que supo generar esta lectura (y la actual situación en Palestina), me incitó a priorizar el estudio del caso que engloba Israel y sionismo, judaísmo, cristianismo, capitalismo, colonización, etc. Y si bien me quedo con un mal gusto en la boca al terminar el libro, no es por nada en absoluto culpa de Pappe, más bien, me da un poco de alivio y, a la vez, me hace sentir peor cuanto supo humanizar a los palestinos nativos, reconocer y honorar sus historias, aunque a eso le siguiera la tragedia.
Espero que muchísima más gente se digne a leer este libro de una buena vez y sepan reconocer la ilegitimidad ética de un Estado colonial tanto como fue y sigue siendo en las historias de todos los continentes y países invadidos, explotados y genocidados del mundo.
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Islamophobia
Minor: Police brutality
murve's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide and Islamophobia
Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, and War
mmcloe's review against another edition
This is also a great read: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/no-human-being-can-exist/
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, and War