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A review by heresthepencil
Podpalić Gazę by Ewa Jasiewicz
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5.0
i wish i could make everyone i know read this book.
it's roughly divided into four parts: 1) a brief history of isntreal and its numerous invasions on gaza before operation cast lead (wih a focus on the role of anders' army in the nakba); 2) a detailed account of operation cast lead, as seen by the author on the ground; 3) a number of personal stories about martyrs; and 4) a look at isntreal standing in the world, especially its relations with the us and with poland.
i spent the last few months watching videos of massacre after massacre committed by the iof, and yet some of the descriptions in this book still took me by surprise. but it's that last part that really shook me to my core. i was in middle school and high school when all those events were taking place, and anyway i don't imagine they were even talked about publicly in the way they should be. i always just thought our gov supports instreal out of shame caused by our antisemitism, but turns out it runs so much deeper than that & it's so much more disgusting. the poland-isntreal-us love triangle truly belongs in hell.
it's roughly divided into four parts: 1) a brief history of isntreal and its numerous invasions on gaza before operation cast lead (wih a focus on the role of anders' army in the nakba); 2) a detailed account of operation cast lead, as seen by the author on the ground; 3) a number of personal stories about martyrs; and 4) a look at isntreal standing in the world, especially its relations with the us and with poland.
i spent the last few months watching videos of massacre after massacre committed by the iof, and yet some of the descriptions in this book still took me by surprise. but it's that last part that really shook me to my core. i was in middle school and high school when all those events were taking place, and anyway i don't imagine they were even talked about publicly in the way they should be. i always just thought our gov supports instreal out of shame caused by our antisemitism, but turns out it runs so much deeper than that & it's so much more disgusting. the poland-isntreal-us love triangle truly belongs in hell.