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andabookortwo's review against another edition
5.0
It’s heartbreaking and informational and a must read to understand a fraction of the history of Palestine since Israel settled and colonized.
Graphic: Murder and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Torture, and Xenophobia
emilyb84's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War
princxporkchop's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
abeplaut's review against another edition
5.0
This book is extremely informative about a massive historical and ongoing harm that has not been properly acknowledged by Israeli public officials or institutions. I especially recommend this book for Jews like myself who are trying to untangle Zionism from Judaism, or for anyone trying to understand why there might be Jews demanding a Free Palestine.
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
m4rtt4's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
megnut's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gaslighting
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
library_gremlin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment
curtiswastaken's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
biobeetle's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual violence