nae’s Reviews > The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 > Status Update

‘This is especially true in places as overcrowded such as THE GAZA STRIP,

where people have NO WHERE TO FLEE, EVEN IF they are given prior notice that their HOMES are about to be destroyed

Beyond the HORRIFIC injuries they inflict on HUMAN flesh, air bombardment and heavy artillery on this scale cause UNIMAGINABLE DESTRUCTION …..’

American generals described the israeli bombardment over a gaza neighborhood as “absolutely disproportionate”


“lethal area fire…. while [israeli] air strikes drop 2,000 lb bombs in built in dense neighborhoods/areas, [especially]
In places as heavily crowded as the Gaza Strip [ and Rafah] Will inevitably cause massive civilian casualties and damage..”

although “it was understood by all that Israel was intentionally punishing civilians to alienate them from the Palestinians … there was nevertheless much bitterness against the PLO as a result” (p. 153). For these key groups, defiance of Israel was “all well and good, but not at the cost of the avoidable destruction of their homes and property” (p. 153-154)

protest at Yale Law School (4 protesters total)

“that scene accurately represented the balance between israel and Palestine in american opinion ; the Zionist narrative enjoyed complete dominance, while the very word, ‘Palestine’ was almost unmentionable…”