{"id":37602,"date":"2023-10-21T16:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T16:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=37602"},"modified":"2023-10-21T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T16:12:50","slug":"norman-finkelstein-gaza-an-inquest-into-its-martyrdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=37602","title":{"rendered":"Norman Finkelstein, \u201eGaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein’s study stands alone.”\u2014Noam Chomsky<\/strong>

“No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book.”
\u2014The Intercept<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 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 \u201coperations\u201d against Gaza\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2014from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council\u2014ultimately 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finkelstein\u2019s magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza\u2019s martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART ONE
OPERATION CAST LEAD

1 \u2022 Self-Defense
2 \u2022 Deterring Arabs, Deterring Peace
3 \u2022 Spin Control
4 \u2022 Human Shields

PART TWO
THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

5 \u2022 A Zionist Bears Witness
6 \u2022 The Star Witness Recants

PART THREE
THE MAVI MARMARA

7 \u2022 Murder on the High Seas
8 \u2022 Whitewash I: The Turkel Report
9 \u2022 Whitewash II: The UN Panel Report

PART FOUR
OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE

10 \u2022 Stalled Juggernaut
11 \u2022 Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself
12 \u2022 Betrayal I: Amnesty International
13 \u2022 Betrayal II: UN Human Rights Council
Conclusion

Appendix: Is the Occupation Legal?
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Norman G. Finkelstein <\/strong>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.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of California Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520318335\/gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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