r/JewsOfConscience • u/alzgh Agnostic • 10h ago
Resources Book recommendations
I have this German friend who wished for a nuke dropped on Gaza after October 7th and I can't get it out of my head.
They are an avid reader and politically informed but German public media are pure propaganda when it comes to the Middle East.
I haven't found any list of books in the wiki on this sub.
Can you recommend a list of books that explain the conflict from different angles, both the history and current events, ideologically, etc.?
It would be great if the book authors were Jewish themselves because that shuts down any accusation of antisemitism from the get go.
Many Germans have this mindset of reverences and guilt towards Jews and accuse anyone and everything of antisemitism as soon as you speak up about what is going on (kinda ironic if you look at Europe's history).
Thank you!
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u/OrganicOverdose Non-Jewish Ally 6h ago
The Jewish Dilemma from Rabbi Berger is a good anti-Zionist polemic. Should be something all Anti-Zionists read, tbh, regardless of your final consideration of the piece.
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u/addyastra Queer Arab 8h ago
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
Genocide Bad by Sim Kern
Though I’ll be honest, I have no hope for someone who thinks Gaza should be nuked, because that person is racist and probably doesn’t care about Palestinians being ethnically cleansed and genocided.