[bksvol-discuss] Submitted/nonfiction
- From: "Deborah Murray" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:07:43 -0500
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "Method And Madness: The Hidden Story of
Israel's Assaults on Gaza" by Norman G. Finkelstein.
It's been read and spell-checked. All headers stripped, page numbers/chapter
titles present/protected, fonts adjusted, footnotes formatted.
220 pages.
Description:
In the past five years Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8
million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken
together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pillar of Defense (2012),
and Operation Protective Edge (2014), have resulted in the deaths of some
3,700 Palestinians. Meanwhile, a total of 90 Israelis were killed in the
invasions.
On the face of it, this succession of vastly disproportionate attacks has
often seemed frenzied and pathological. Senior Israeli politicians have not
discouraged such perceptions, indeed they have actively encouraged them.
After the 2008-9 assault Israel's then-foreign'minister, Tzipi Livni,
boasted, "Israel demonstrated real hooliganism during the course of the
recent operation, which I demanded."
However, as Norman G. Finkelstein sets out in this concise,
paradigm-shifting new book, a closer examination of Israel's motives reveals
a state whose repeated recourse to savage war is far from irrational.
Rather, Israel's attacks have been designed to sabotage the possibility of a
compromise peace with the Palestinians, even on terms that are favorable to
it.
Deborah
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