الإبادة الجماعية في غزة: إسرائيل، حماس، والحرب الطويلة على فلسطين

Israel's brutal war on the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, officially known as Operation Iron Swords, was a milestone in the blood-soaked history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was the eighth Israeli military attack on Gaza since Operation Cast Lead in December 2008. It was also the most brutal, destructive and deadly, with the death toll far exceeding the total casualties of the previous seven attacks combined. In this book, Avi Shlaim analyzes Israel's policy toward the Gaza Strip with uncompromising precision. He argues that these repeated attacks - which Israeli generals crudely call “grass mowing” - are the inevitable result of Zionist settler colonialism aimed primarily at eliminating the indigenous population. However, in this war, Israel went beyond land seizure and ethnic cleansing to commit the crime of genocide. Providing Israel with weapons of mass murder, as well as providing it with diplomatic protection at the United Nations, makes America not only complicit, but an accomplice in Israel's heinous war crimes. Noam Chomsky has observed that “settler colonialism is the most extreme and brutal form of imperialism.” There is no better evidence of this eternal truth than Israel's long and cruel war against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "With its clear, frank, and compelling style, Genocide in Gaza is essential reading for anyone who does not understand much about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and for those who have followed its ongoing atrocities for decades. As a historian, Fashlaim is meticulous, thoughtful, and powerful. As someone who has lived in three worlds — Iraqi, Israeli, and British, with a Jewish faith and Arab ancestry — few people understand this conflict on a personal level as he does. His political vision is insightful, and his ideals are humane." Salma Dabbagh, novelist and human rights lawyer.