Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé
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This "succinct and eye-opening collection of recent interviews and essays [presents] sober and unflinching analysis" of Gaza's humanitarian crisis (Publishers Weekly). While numerous books address Israel-Palestine conflict, Gaza in Crisis brings together two renowned thinkers-American activist Noam Chomsky and Israeli historian Ilan Pappé-to examine why this conflict has lasted so long, who can stop it, and how. Israel's Operation Cast Lead, a 2008 military assault on the Gaza Strip, thrust show more the region to the center of the discussion. With expert knowledge and deep insight, Chomsky and Pappé survey the fallout from Israel's conduct in Gaza and place it in historical context. This revised and expanded edition includes a new essay by Pappé called "The Ten Mythologies of Israel," originally written for the New York session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. Also included is Chomsky's incisive essay "'Exterminate All the Brutes': Gaza 2009" and a dialogue between the two writers on "The Ghettoization of Palestine.". show lessTags
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Great compilation of recent articles by two prodigious commentators on the crisis in the Gaza Strip. Very good selection of writings, and a good primer for those who would like a better picture of what's happened in Gaza and Palestine in general in the past 10 years as well as the situation's historical roots. The only thing I found lacking was the interview of the authors - Chomsky and Pappe have some points of contention between them on issues such as the one-state versus two-state solution and BDS as a tactic (not to mention Pappe's insistence that effective change in Palestine will come through the form of a political party), but the questions asked are answered by each in turn and never in the form of a dialogue. Books such as show more these - and there are a number - also make me ask why we so often turn to authors who are not Palestinian to talk about and analyze the conflict. I think the analysis presented in this book is sharp and accurate, but I will be adding more books by Arab authors to my reading list in the future. show less
A series of articles by the U.S. political analyist, Noam Chomsky and the Israeli historian, Ilan Pappé, documenting the Israeli strategy regarding Gaza.
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Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1928. Son of a Russian emigrant who was a Hebrew scholar, Chomsky was exposed at a young age to the study of language and principles of grammar. During the 1940s, he began developing socialist political leanings through his encounters with the New York Jewish intellectual show more community. Chomsky received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy. He conducted much of his research at Harvard University. In 1955, he began teaching at MIT, eventually holding the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics. Today Chomsky is highly regarded as both one of America's most prominent linguists and most notorious social critics and political activists. His academic reputation began with the publication of Syntactic Structures in 1957. Within a decade, he became known as an outspoken intellectual opponent of the Vietnam War. Chomsky has written many books on the links between language, human creativity, and intelligence, including Language and Mind (1967) and Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use (1985). He also has written dozens of political analyses, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), Chronicles of Dissent (1992), and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (1993). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Ultima fermata Gaza: dove ci porta la guerra di Israele contro i palestinesi
- Original title
- Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
- Original publication date
- 2010-01-01
- Important places
- Palestine; Israel
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 956.94054 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan The Levant Israel and Palestine
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- DS119.76 .P368 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews
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