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Palestine Bookshelf

by Stephen Heiner

Reading and learning about what has really happened in Palestine since 1917. We review books, films, and reports as well as interview authors and directors to educate people about Palestine history, Israel, Zionism, and the Occupation. #endtheoccupation

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  1. Requiem for Gaza by Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco

    also viewable on Substack: TBD Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.w21irq3o66ov MAIN THESIS Hedges and Sacco present the post-October 7, 2023 Israeli military campaign as the culmination of a long colonial project of…

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  2. No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention by Mahmoud Khalil

    also viewable on Substack: TBD Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.53iwk88thyz0 MAIN THESIS Khalil argues that his detention was punishment for lawful political speech, not a conventional immigration violation. He...

  3. What Price Israel? by Alfred M. Lilienthal

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/what-price-israel-by-alfred-m-lilienthal Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.gws9mcgs6xrs MAIN THESIS If Israel is "the Jewish state,"…

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  4. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-biggest-prison-on-earth-a-history Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.n2f2aqj3vf1j MAIN THESIS Pappé is uneasy with the word...

  5. Gaza: Doctors Under Attack By Karim Shah

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/gaza-doctors-under-attack-by-karim Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.lsgvw3fyttbm MAIN THESIS The film argues that attacks on medical...

  6. Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/footnotes-in-gaza-by-joe-sacco Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.4gebhobkhrcu MAIN THESIS The Khan Younis and Rafah killings of…

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  7. On Palestine by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/on-palestine-by-noam-chomsky-and Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.mslzd2ns7v8a MAIN THESIS Dominant narratives treat 1948 and what...

  8. When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine By Francesca Albanese

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/when-the-world-sleeps-stories-words Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.ivcvg73lhvnr MAIN THESIS Albanese argues that the world has slept through…

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  9. Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/perfect-victims-and-the-politics Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.rscryk4gru0z MAIN THESIS Palestinians are required to pass endless...

  10. My Father Was a Freedom Fighter By Ramzy Baroud

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/my-father-was-a-freedom-fighter-gazas Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.x6it61j4bm1j MAIN THESIS The expulsion, occupation, and ongoing...

  11. The Bibi Files by Alexis Bloom

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/the-bibi-files-by-alexis-bloom Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.qpm8bcugqwp MAIN THESIS The film exposes Netanyahu's deep personal involvement…

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  12. All That's Left of You by Cherien Dabis

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/all-thats-left-of-you-by-cherien Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.f03p2swa1fet MAIN THESIS The film portrays the Palestinian…

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  13. Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/gaza-in-crisis-by-noam-chomsky-and Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.5nr1hdqdjeej MAIN THESIS Chomsky and Pappe argue that dominant...

  14. Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine by Jeff Halper

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/decolonizing-israel-liberating-palestine Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.3u5go4ccec7m MAIN THESIS Halper frames Zionism as a classic...

  15. Children of Shatila by Mai Masri

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/children-of-shatila-by-mai-masri Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.ddgr1zbd7jl8 MAIN THESIS The film offers an intimate, child-centered...

  16. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/palestine-peace-not-apartheid-by Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.nmb2t4a4r1ty MAIN THESIS Carter outlines three basic premises for peace...

  17. The Sabra and Shatila Massacres: Eyewitness Testimonials by Leila Shahid

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/the-sabra-and-shatila-massacres-eye Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.wcfu0dut35ef MAIN THESIS The massacres were not random violence but a…

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  18. The Settlers by Louis Theroux

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-settlers-by-louis-theroux Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.oky7g5mu95v MAIN THESIS The documentary reveals the extreme...

  19. The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine by Ghassan Kanafani

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-revolution-of-1936-1939-in-palestine Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.1uf2etlpbdgh MAIN THESIS The 1936-1939 revolution was a legitimate...

  20. Tantura by Alon Schwarz

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/tantura-by-alon-schwarz Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.ivzn7qfp701f MAIN THESIS The film uses the story of one Palestinian village —…

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  21. Palestine in Israeli School Books by Nurit Peled-Elhanan

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/palestine-in-israeli-school-books Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.7hrqnm29m80q MAIN THESIS Israeli school books actively rewrite history,...

  22. The Palestine Laboratory by Antony Loewenstein

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-palestine-laboratory-by-antony Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.va3t81ms2dlm MAIN THESIS Loewenstein's book is a damning exposé of how...

  23. Palestine '36 by Annemarie Jacir

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/palestine-36-by-annemarie-jacir-13b Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.l5ggdpsbcy6o MAIN THESIS Palestine Bookshelf presents Palestine '36 as...

  24. Israelism by Sam Eilertsen and Erin Axelman

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/israelism-by-sam-eilertsen-and-erin Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.tb4hm97c0utv MAIN THESIS The film and the host's commentary argue that…

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  25. The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-question-of-palestine-by-edward Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.mqezrtssm2c MAIN THESIS The video presents Said's work as a…

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  26. Our Narrative: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (2024) by Hamas

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/our-narrative-operation-al-aqsa-flood Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.dt5qs7uk25oy MAIN THESIS The document argues that Operation Al Aqsa Flood was…

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  27. Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/gaza-an-inquest-into-its-martyrdom Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.csups384zbj6 MAIN THESIS Finkelstein argues that Gaza has endured…

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  28. The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-occupation-of-the-american-mind Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.ji3qeguq19vq OVERVIEW This livestream focuses on the film's examination...

  29. Against Our Better Judgement by Alison Weir

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/against-our-better-judgement-how Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.b5m4ywn7v93 OVERVIEW The video presents the hidden history of how Zionist...

  30. The Eyes of Gaza by Plestia Alaqad

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-eyes-of-gaza-a-diary-of-resilience Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.v06zeiwl7ec0 OVERVIEW The book chronicles her experiences as a young...

  31. The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-by-kaouther Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.du7723b2pwf9 OVERVIEW The live stream serves as an installment of the "Film…

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  32. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited by Benny Morris

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-birth-of-the-palestinian-refugee Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.gzd7k1m1jyid Summary of The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee...

  33. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.qlcudpdxuuf Summary of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by…

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  34. The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-jewish-state-by-theodore-herzl Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?tab=t.9j8cl4u1u8zu OVERVIEW The episode discusses Theodor Herzl's book The...

  35. Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/ten-myths-about-israel-by-ilan-pappe Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?usp=sharing Summary of Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé OVERVIEW…

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  36. One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/one-palestine-complete-jews-and-arabs?r=4gjzh4 Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gwiMqFF05uXHzcs51gCVmunrAHC-vd1ffixlbqrmt5c/edit?usp=sharing Summary of One Palestine Complete by Tom Segev OVERVIEW…

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  37. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt

    also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/the-israel-lobby-and-us-foreign-policy Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4ryJ0Tv0O6Lrj5ZKKEFhn-OfDxpndKRRI9D13tNBIU/edit?usp=sharing Summary of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by John...

  38. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

    also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine-578 Copy of the summary below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12tuzM4YIAI59zKVE5yoSr0tpBD5-Urlhgyk00CUWALs/edit?usp=sharing Summary of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan…

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Reading and learning about what has really happened in Palestine since 1917. We review books, films, and reports as well as interview authors and directors to educate people about Palestine history, Israel, Zionism, and the Occupation. #endtheoccupation

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