"Kirkus Reviews" described the book as being "Explosive, pull-no-punches reporting that is certain to stir controversy." "The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza" was awarded a Palestine Book Award that year by the "Middle East Monitor". Avi Benlolo CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center told "The Canadian Jewish News" in 2016: "While shunned by conventional media outlets, the book is popular on major anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi and conspiracy theory websites such as Stormfront and David Duke's Rense, where his work is used to promote anti-Jewish hate."