Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

“In its complete sweep, deep probing and acute important evaluation, Finkelstein’s examine stands alone.”—Noam Chomsky

“Nobody who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to take action with out considering the proof on this ebook.”
—The Intercept

The Gaza Strip is among the many most densely populated locations on the planet. Greater than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and greater than half are below eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating “operations” towards Gaza’s largely defenseless inhabitants. 1000’s have perished, and tens of 1000’s have been left homeless. Within the meantime, Israel has subjected Gaza to a cruel unlawful blockade.

 

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

 

Primarily based on scores of human rights reviews, Norman G. Finkelstein’s new ebook presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza’s martyrdom. He reveals that though Israel has justified its assaults within the title of self-defense, in reality these actions constituted flagrant violations of worldwide regulation.

 

However Finkelstein additionally paperwork that the guardians of worldwide regulation—from Amnesty Worldwide and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council—in the end failed Gaza. One in all his most annoying conclusions is that, after Choose Richard Goldstone’s humiliating retraction of his UN report, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut.

Finkelstein’s magnum opus is each a monument to Gaza’s martyrs and an act of resistance towards the forgetfulness of historical past.