The Punishment of Gaza

The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy (Paperback) (ISBN: 9781844676019)

The story behind Israel's assault on Gaza, by acclaimed Ha'aretz journalist.

Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. The Punishment of Gaza shows how the ground was prepared for the assault and documents its continuing effects.

From 2005 - the year of Gaza's "liberation" - through to 2009, Levy tracks the development of Israel policy, which has abandoned the pretense of diplomacy in favor of raw military power, the ultimate aim of which is to deny Palestinians any chance of forming their own independent state. Punished by Israel and the Quartet of international powers for the democratic election of Hamas, Gaza has been transformed into the world's largest open-air prison. From Gazan families struggling to cope with the random violence of Israel's blockade and its "targeted" assassinations, to the machinations of legal experts and the continued connivance of the international community, every aspect of this ongoing tragedy is eloquently recorded and forensically analyzed. Levy's powerful journalism shows how the brutality at the heart of Israel's occupation of Palestine has found its most complete expression to date in the collective punishment of Gaza's residents.

Described by Le Monde as a "thorn in Israel's flank", Gideon Levy is a prominent Israeli journalist. For over twenty years he has covered the Israel-Palestine conflict, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz in his column "Twilight Zone."

 

ISBN	1844676013
ISBN13	9781844676019
Publisher	Verso Books
Format	Paperback
Publication date	01/05/2010
Pages	160
Weight (grammes)	177
Published in	United Kingdom
Height (mm)	198
Width (mm)	127

Described by Le Monde as a \"thorn in Israel\'s flank\", Gideon Levy is a prominent Israeli journalist. For over twenty years he has covered the Israel-Palestine conflict, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, for the Israeli newspaper Ha\'aretz in his column \"Twilight Zone.\"