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DESCRIPTION:"No scholar has done more to shed light on Israel's ruthless treatment of 
 the Palestinians than Norman Finkelstein. In "Gaza" he meticulously details 
 Israel's massacres of the Palestinians...while demolishing the myths Israel 
 and its supporters\nhave invented to disguise these shocking 
 events."—John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science, University of 
 Chicago\n\n"This is the voice I listen for when I want to learn the deepest 
 reality about Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians...There is no one like him 
 today, but in my bones I know this incredible warrior for Humanity and 
 Justice is an archetype that has always been."\n—Alice Walker\n\nSingle 
 ticket: $12\nhttps://kpfa.org/event/norman-finkelstein/\n\n--\n\nThe Gaza 
 Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than 
 two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, more than half are under 
 eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating 
 “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands 
 have perished.  Tens of thousands have been left homeless. Throughout all 
 of this, Israel has subjected Gaza to a merciless illegal blockade.\n\nGaza 
 has undergone a manmade humanitarian disaster.\n\nBased on scores of human 
 rights reports, Norman G. Finkelstein’s new book presents a meticulously 
 researched inquest into Gaza’s martyrdom. He shows that although Israel 
 has tried to justify its assaults in the name of self-defense, in fact 
 Israel’s actions constitute flagrant violations of inter-national law. 
 Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law—from 
 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights 
 Council—ultimately failed Gaza. One of his most disturbing conclusions is 
 that, after Judge Richard Goldstone’s humiliating retraction of his UN 
 report, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut. 
 Finkelstein’s magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza’s martyrs and an 
 act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history.\n\n“No scholar 
 has done more to shed light on Israel’s ruthless treatment of the 
 Palestinians than Norman Finkelstein. In Gaza, he meticulously details 
 Israel’s massacres… while demolishing the myths Israel and its 
 supporters have invented to disguise these shocking events.”\n\n — John 
 J. Mearsheimer, Distinguished Service Professor, University of 
 Chicago\n\nNorman Finkelstein has the moral gravity of an Old Testament 
 prophet, the scrupulous attention to detail of a Talmudic scholar, and the 
 mordant sense of humor of a Yiddish novelist. All these attributes are on 
 display in Gaza: An Inquest into its Martyrdom, an indictment of Israel’s 
 crimes in the overcrowded Palestinian territory from 2008 up to the 
 present.\n\nFinkelstein has been at the top of Hasbara Central’s 
 Enemies’ List for more than 3 decades. Over the years, the pro-Israel 
 forces have slandered him, tried to deprive him of his teaching career, and 
 even sought to prevent him from publishing. … The hasbarists will 
 certainly try to discredit his new book on Gaza. They should be daunted by 
 the fact that he has never once been successfully challenged on matters of 
 fact and hard evidence. Never once.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/17/18806793.php
SUMMARY:GAZA: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/17/18806793.php
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