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Operation Defensive Shield : witnesses to Israeli war crimes

Title: Operation Defensive Shield : witnesses to Israeli war crimes / edited by Muna Hamzeh and Todd May.
Publication: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2003.

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xiii, 199 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

On March 29, 2002 the Israeli army launched Operation Defensive Shield, the largest military offensive against Palestinian civilians since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. During the operation, the military used the most advanced weaponry at its disposal: Merkava tanks, Apache attack helicopters and F-15 fighter jets. When the operation ended on April 21, 2002 Israel had destroyed the Palestinian economic and social infrastructure, levelled large swaths of residential area, killed 220 people, injured hundreds more and arrested thousands.This book documents these events through a collection of electronic witness narratives written by Palestinians who were under attack and by Israeli and international peace activists who witnessed the results of these attacks. Deeply moving and courageous, these narratives offer a uniquely powerful and intimate account of the daily reality for Palestinians who endured Ariel Sharon's military strategy, and the death and destruction that strategy has caused throughout the Occupied Territories. Most importantly, the witnesses' voices bring to life the aggressive nature of this strategy -- they belie the noble motives ascribed to Sharon and those in his government and military who designed and carried it out. The editors argue that Operation Defensive Shield is a prelude to Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. They provide historical context, a chronology, and an analysis of the conflict that situates the horror of these days in their proper perspective. "Operation Defensive Shield: Witnesses to Israeli War Crimes" is an essential record for those who want to understand what happened in the West Bank in the spring of 2002, and what it portends for thefuture of the region.

Subject

Genre/Form

Personal narratives – Israeli
Personal narratives – Palestinian Arab
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.

Contents

Origins of an Israeli Military Strategy -- Witnesses to Operation Defensive Shield -- From "The Apocryphon Arcane" / Jack Hirschman -- The Israelis Took Over My House / Maha Sbitani Abu Sharif -- International Activists to Act as Human Shields in Dheisheh Refugee Camp / Nancy Stohlman -- Too Many Images to Process Now / Catherine Cook -- The Auschwitz Logic / Ran HaCohen -- When Malek Called / Salam Rahal -- IDF Attack Humanitarian Aid Convoy / Yehudith Harel-Rabinowitz -- "Pray for the Israelis Too" / Rev. Marthame Sanders, Elizabeth Mary Sophia Sanders -- An Encounter We Will Never Forget / Dr. Majed Nassar -- An Israeli View from Arafat's Compound / Neta Golan, Ian Urbina -- In the Eye of the Storm / Jennifer Loewenstein -- "There's a Terrorist Coming!" / A.K. Becker -- Will Someone Please Stand Up? / Susan Brannon -- "We Don't Kill Innocent People" / Jeff Guntzel -- Convoy to Nablus: "This is OUR Land!" / A.K. Becker -- "We Are Stronger Than You" / Beth Daoud -- Jad was Found, but Dead / Islah Jad -- As Though We Are Slowly Dying / Toine van Teeffelen -- Massacre in Jenin, Deir Yassin Relived / Mark Frey -- Detention at Ofra Military Camp / Ziad M. Al Tarafi -- What Happened at the British Council Building in Ramallah? / Lesley Whiting -- Cries of the Heart / Susan Brannon -- In Times of War Crimes: The Banality of Evil / Ran HaCohen -- Searching for the Truth in Jenin / Kathy Kelly -- Jara Asks Whether the Soldiers Shoot at Birds / Toine van Teeffelen -- Effects of Operation Defensive Shield.

ISBN

0745320643
9780745320649
0745320635
9780745320632

LCCN

2002156327

OCLC

ocm51281024
51281024
SCSB-14415368

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library