Title: Disgusting
Product review: Sure, there's plenty of fascinating material on Levantine popular culture in this book. But I think that too much of it is simply a disgusting paean to racist attacks on human rights, with sneering taunts directed at any attempts by Israelis to protect their rights.Yes, there are discussions of Israelis being thrilled by the prospect of finally being allowed to visit nearby Petra, on the Jordanian side of the border. And there is even an admission that it is "preposterous" for an Egyptian video to imply that European Jews "deserved to suffer genocide" and that Arab suffering is the result "of Jewish existence."Yes, there's quite a bit of material that a scholar could find useful. And there has to be a place even for books that support racism and attack human rights. But the place for my copy of this one is my trash can.
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