The Plight of the Palestinians : A Long History of Destruction

"The Plight of the Palestinians: a Long History of Destruction is a collection of voices from around the world that establishes in both theoretical and graphic terms the slow, methodical genocide taking place in Palestine beginning in the 1940s, as revealed in the Introduction. From Dr. Francis A. Boyle's detailed legal case against the state of Israel, to Uri Avnery's "Slow Motion Ethnic Cleansing," to Richard Falk's "Slouching toward a Palestinian Holocaust," to Ilan Pappe's "Genocide in Gaza," these voices decry in startling, vivid, and forceful language the calculated atrocities taking place, the inhumane conditions inflicted on the people, and the silence that exists despite the crimes, nothing short of state-sponsored genocide against the Palestinians"--Provided by publisher. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Introduction....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Israel’s Slow-Motion Genocide in Occupied Palestine....Pages 29-38 Ongoing Palestinian Genocide....Pages 39-42 The Lessons of Violence....Pages 43-46 This Brutal Siege of Gaza Can Only Breed Violence....Pages 47-49 The Olive Trees of Palestine Weep....Pages 51-53 Slouching toward a Palestinian Holocaust....Pages 55-61 Gaza Is a Jail: Gaza Is Dying....Pages 63-65 The Shame of Being an American....Pages 67-70 Israeli Immunity for Genocide....Pages 71-80 Palestinian Misery in Perspective....Pages 81-90 A Slow, Steady Genocide....Pages 91-98 Front Matter....Pages 99-101 Gaza’s Holocaust....Pages 103-108 Big Bang or Chaos: What’s Israel Up To?....Pages 109-111 Israel Plots Another Palestinian Exodus....Pages 113-118 America’s Armageddonites....Pages 119-122 Does It Matter What You Call It? Genocide or Erasure of Palestinians?....Pages 123-133 The Problem with Israel....Pages 135-158 Genocide Hides behind Expulsion....Pages 159-162 Palestine: The Final Solution and Jose Saramago....Pages 163-166 Front Matter....Pages 99-101 The British in Palestine, 1945–1948: A Conveniently Forgotten Holocaust....Pages 167-169 Front Matter....Pages 171-172 The Russell Tribunal on Palestine....Pages 173-176 The Necessity of Cultural Boycott....Pages 177-180 European Collusion in Israel’s Slow Genocide....Pages 181-184 The Israeli Agenda and the Scorecard of the Zionist Power Configuration for 2008....Pages 185-200 Genocide in Gaza....Pages 201-205 Genocide among Us....Pages 207-212 Bleaching the Atrocities of Genocide....Pages 213-218 Looking from the Side, from Belsen to Gaza....Pages 219-220 Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: The Rape of Palestine....Pages 221-232 Relative Humanity: The Essential Obstacle to a One-State Solution....Pages 233-254 Slow-Motion Ethnic Cleansing....Pages 255-257 Israel’s Crimes against Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide....Pages 259-262 Back Matter....Pages 263-275 Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 List of Graphs and Tables 12 Foreword 14 Acknowledgments 18 Authors’ Biographies 20 Introduction 30 Part 1 The Human Tragedy 56 One Israel’s Slow-Motion Genocide in Occupied Palestine 57 Two Ongoing Palestinian Genocide 67 Three The Lessons of Violence 71 Four This Brutal Siege of Gaza Can Only Breed Violence 75 Five The Olive Trees of Palestine Weep 78 Six Slouching toward a Palestinian Holocaust 81 Seven Gaza Is a Jail: Gaza Is Dying 88 Eight The Shame of Being an American 91 Nine Israeli Immunity for Genocide 95 Ten Palestinian Misery in Perspective 105 Eleven A Slow, Steady Genocide 115 Part 2 Propaganda, Perception, and Reality 123 Twelve Gaza’s Holocaust 126 Thirteen Big Bang or Chaos: What’s Israel Up To? 132 Fourteen Israel Plots Another Palestinian Exodus 135 Fifteen America’s Armageddonites 141 Sixteen Does It Matter What You Call It? Genocide or Erasure of Palestinians? 145 Seventeen The Problem with Israel 156 Eighteen Genocide Hides behind Expulsion 180 Nineteen Palestine: The Final Solution and Jose Saramago 184 Twenty The British in Palestine, 1945–1948: A Conveniently Forgotten Holocaust 188 Part 3 Rule by Law or Defiance 191 Twenty-One The Russell Tribunal on Palestine 193 Twenty-Two The Necessity of Cultural Boycott 197 Twenty-Three European Collusion in Israel’s Slow Genocide 201 Twenty-Four The Israeli Agenda and the Scorecard of the Zionist Power Configuration for 2008 205 Twenty-Five Genocide in Gaza 221 Twenty-Six Genocide among Us 226 Twenty-Seven Bleaching the Atrocities of Genocide 232 Twenty-Eight Looking from the Side, from Belsen to Gaza 238 Twenty-Nine Hope Destroyed, Justice Denied: The Rape of Palestine 240 Thirty Relative Humanity: The Essential Obstacle to a One-State Solution 252 Thirty-One Slow-Motion Ethnic Cleansing 274 Thirty-Two Israel’s Crimes against Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide 277 Bibliography 281 Subject Index 283 Name Index 290