[3] The book rose in Amazon.com's best-selling titles in the category of "Israel and Palestine History", reaching second place[a] before it was pulled from sale by Amazon.

[4] The incident has been said to signify "the continued vitality of a more enduring political, social and cultural impulse to abrogate Palestinian history and identity – on the part of Israel, and by extension, among its Western allies.

[12][8][13][14] Positive reviews appeared on Jewish Voice, Channel 20 (Israel), Arutz 7, Hamodia, "Kipa" and "Srugim".

[22] In a separate review on Haaretz it was claimed that "The author's argument that the Palestinians are not a people because they are void of history isn't new – it's a mainstay of the Israeli right".

[23] Ahmed Dabesh in the Lebanese daily newspaperAl Akhbar wrote that Voll didn't mention that the "Zionist entity" was born out of aggression against the Palestinians and the rape of their land, attacked the Zionist Archaeology policy, and asserted that the Palestinians have roots dating back at least to the Stone Age.

[24] Conversely, on Arab News Network it was claimed the Palestinians have Canaanite roots dating back at least 4500 years, and that the book is an unsuccessful response to the Occupied Palestine Resolution in UNESCO.

[25] A review in Al-Modon said that Israel is empty as the book is empty, that the book is part of continuing Zionist methodology of claiming that Palestine is a land without a people, the same methodology that led the Zionists to steal the Palestinian cuisine and claim worldwide that hummus and falafel are Israeli inventions.

[28] The Bosnian newspaper Oslobođenje, in an article on the Palestinian-Israel anniversaries marked in 2017, said that the book is not just a distant echo of Golda Meir's statement "there is no such thing as Palestinians", but also the attitude of the current right-wing Israeli politicians, despite Palestine gaining recognition by the United Nations.

[30][31][32] Amazon in a letter to Voll said: During a quality assurance review of your CSP catalogue, we found that your book(s) are resulting in a disappointing customer experience.