[Peace-discuss] Follow-up on Carter Book

[David Green]

The Book Jeff Bezos doesn't want you to read, January 13, 2007
        Reviewer:  Mobby Dick (NYC, USA) - See all my reviewsCarter's depiction of the horror of life under Israel's brutal occupation is not news except in the U.S. In Israel, for example, a few Knesset members have already described the situation as Apartheid, including former Education Minister Shulamit Aloni. In many ways, as Carter's book shows, things are worse in the Occcupied Territories than they have ever been under Apartheid in South Africa. Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak said he would have become a suicide bomber had he been born Palestinian. 

So why has Carter's book generated so much controversy in the U.S.? 

How many books are there that Amazon.com is actively seeking to discourage you from reading? Look at the "editorial reviews" section. Why did the editors decide to include in full a hostile review of the book (and a review written by an Israeli soldier)? You'd think they are trying to sell books. 

Apparently not. Whether it is of their own initiative or under pressure from the American Israel lobby, which savaged Carter's book and character in the media, Amazon decided that the right thing to do is to take a position against Carter and dissuade you from reading it. 

Do you need another reason to read this book?

 
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