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A moving report on the very dire circumstances in which the Palestinians in the Gaza strip are forced to live. Israel's policy of occupation marked by daily harrassment, house arrest, detention, torture, home destruction frequent and prolonged curfews is said to be guided by the ultimate objective to clear out the land by strangling the people and forcing them to expatriate. (DÜI-Asd)

Klappentext: Das Buch Jude sein nach Gaza ist ein ethischer Aufschrei der renommierten jüdischen Professorin Esther Benbassa anlässlich der Leiden der Zivilbevölkerung Gazas während des letzten Feldzuges Israels. Für sie führt das Angedenken an die durch den Holocaust vernichteten Juden zu der Verpflichtung Israels sich human und ethisch zu verhalten. Sie zeigt, wie die Shoah das israelische sowie das jüdische Selbstverständnis prägt und leitet aus dem Gedenken an den Holocaust das Gebot ab, auch die Leiden der Palästinenser anzuerkennen. Zugleich vergibt sie palästinensischen Politikern weder verpasste Friedensmöglichkeiten noch den Terrorismus. Sie verteidigt Israels Existenz, tritt für einen palästinensischen Staat ein und analysiert die Gründe ungenutzter Friedenschancen. Dieses Buch löst in Frankreich intensive Diskussionen aus und ist dort ein Bestseller.

Argues that Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" in Gaza will neither provide strategic outcomes beyond a temporary ceasefire nor restore deterrence by punishment. Israeli & Palestinian leaders appear to be either unable or unwilling to think strategically about how to resolve the issues that divide them. Suggestions are offered for steps each side can take to move toward peace, along with the potential contribution of the US to peace diplomacy. Adapted from the source document.

Violence against Palestinians over the last few weeks has been so horrific that it has come to the attention of those who were previously blind to it. Over two hundred dead in Gaza alone, fifty-nine of them children. Media offices bombed, thousands injured and tens of thousands displaced. Palestinians in Israel have been killed by lynch mobs while the police stand by. As a result, the usual taboos are being broken. Six US Congress members condemned the attacks on Gaza from the House floor, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged Israel as an 'apartheid state'. Yet the US is far from rescinding its support for Netanyahu. On three occasions during the latest bombardment it has blocked the UN Security Council's call for a ceasefire, greenlighting the merciless campaign against the Gaza strip. If Trump was the most brazen supporter of Israeli aggression, his successor is not much different.

SINCE THE GULF WAR'S END, THE UNITED STATES HAS MOUNTED A VIGOROUS INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO BRING ISRAEL AND THE ARABS TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THIS INITIATIVE DIFFERS FROM OTHERS THAT HAVE SOUGHT RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON A BROAD INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS AND ITS EMPHASIS IS ON THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION INSTEAD OF THE END RESULT. PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOR PEACE PROSPECTS. ISRAEL ALSO MAY BE MORE AMENABLE TO COMPROMISE. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE NEGOTIATING AGENDA, THE RATIONALE FOR FOCUSING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ON GAZA, THE ISSUES OF BOUNDARIES AND LAND, WATER AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR A GAZA SOLUTION.