Gaza

An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-520-31833-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 606 g

"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."—Noam Chomsky

"No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza. is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book."
—The InterceptThe Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of thousands have been left homeless. In the meantime, Israel has subjected Gaza to a merciless illegal blockade.

What has befallen Gaza is a man-made humanitarian disaster.

Based on scores of human rights reports, Norman G. Finkelstein's new book presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza’s martyrdom. He shows that although Israel has justified its assaults in the name of self-defense, in fact these actions constituted flagrant violations of international law.

But Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law—from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council—ultimately failed Gaza. One of his most disturbing conclusions is that, after Judge Richard Goldstone's humiliating retraction of his UN report, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut.

Finkelstein’s magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza’s martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finkelstein, Norman

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART ONE
OPERATION CAST LEAD

1 • Self-Defense
2 • Deterring Arabs, Deterring Peace
3 • Spin Control
4 • Human Shields

PART TWO
THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

5 • A Zionist Bears Witness
6 • The Star Witness Recants

PART THREE
THE MAVI MARMARA

7 • Murder on the High Seas
8 • Whitewash I: The Turkel Report
9 • Whitewash II: The UN Panel Report

PART FOUR
OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE

10 • Stalled Juggernaut
11 • Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself
12 • Betrayal I: Amnesty International
13 • Betrayal II: UN Human Rights Council
Conclusion

Appendix: Is the Occupation Legal?
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate from the Princeton University Department of Politics. His many books have been translated into some fifty foreign editions. He is a frequent lecturer and commentator on the Israel-Palestine conflict.