On Palestine Paperback – 1 January 2015

Understanding the age old cycle of voilence is imperative to even begin to formulate any opinion on Palestine. This book is a must read.

Reads like an interview.

This book is smaller in size than regular Penguin books, I am yet to read the book. Delivery was good, one day delivery with prime. Purchased Rs. 278

The recent massacre in Palestine and ensuing debates and arguments of both the sides pushed me to read more on the subject.If I may put it in one word, it was an enlightening read.

'... the truth, only the truth nothing but truth.... ' has been laid bare by the duo, which only a few could reach it overshadowed by the powerful mainstream media..

You might have a clear opposition to whatever is happening to Gaza right now, but how to explain this to the larger group of people surrounding you who have no idea about the history of dispossession? If this question troubles you, then this is the book which will answer all these, as well as many other important questions. It will also map how the resistance against colonisation of Palestine has developed over time and despite all the gloom and sad atmosphere of the reality of genocide, attempts to keep up the hope of people expecting to find justice in a loveless world.A must read!

Human rights activist and coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine Frank Barat has brought together Noam Chomsky and the Israeli dissident historian Ilan Pappe for a follow up to their 2010 collaboration Gaza in Crisis. This time Barat has decided to change the format from being a collection of essays to a mix of interviews with both Chomsky and Pappe as well as individually authored essays.Im not the greatest fan of the use of the interview format in book form (it works on radio/television: unfortunately places, bar marginal stations, where Pappe and Chomsky don't get much if any airtime). Even for two authors as articulate and knowledgeable as Chomsky and Pappe undoubtedly are, the need to adlib produces a less direct and articulate text than the more studied and concise essays. Having both formats side by side in this edition clearly underlines that. Having said that the exchanges are still worthwhile reading with the differences in the two interviewees opinions on the merits of the one/two state solution, and the limitations of using the Apartheid experience to describe relations between the Israelis and the Palestinians, keeping it interesting.Amongst the essays the highlight is Chomskys address to the United Nations General Assembly last year which is a succinct account of developments in Palestine/Israel between the so called Israeli withdrawl from Gaza and last years brutal assault on Gaza, and the US's role as the perinally dishonest broker. Both writers also make strong cases for their view of how things can be moved forward with Pappe embracing the one state solution using the defeat of Apartheid in South Africa as inspiration, while a cautious Chomsky maintains that the two state solution is the realistic option for ending Palestinian suffering at the hands of a rapacious and brutal Israeli state. In short "On Palestine" is worth reading for those who are interested in the future of the Palestinians.

The media could not be loaded. I've received a damaged product. The book is missing most of the pages. Also the cover is damaged, have something stuck on it