Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine
The struggle of Palestinians did not begin on October 7th, 8th, 9th, or 31st, 2023, or any other date before May 14, 1948, but every day, year, month, and week since that time. The founding of the State of Israel, from this day forward was a profound gift to the Jewish people but forced more than three quarter of a million people, 750,000, Palestinians from their native land to neighboring countries and far-off lands to make room for the new immigrants, mostly from Europe returning to what was deemed, their religious home. That new land would subject the people that were already there, Palestinians and descendants of Palestine to live under new rules for the security of Israel and unequal treatment that increased over time.

The people in the West would never really recognize the humanity of the Palestinians, let alone understand the trauma associated with loss that continues to this day. Perhaps it's deliberate, a kind of selective amnesia, a protective mechanism of the masses to justify the "not" of knowing how it feels to live in a perpetual sense of loss in a newly created state formally their own. The "choice" to forget is enabled on some level and facilitated through media messaging, information, and storytelling. This combines with a generally accepted train of thought that supports the failure of the public to look deeply into this situation, "it's complicated" we're told when in fact, it's really not complicated at all. Britain and the United States, with the help of the United Nations, designated a land that was occupied and gave it to another group of people that over time, became increasingly powerful and took more and more of their land and subjugated its people.
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Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine
The struggle of Palestinians did not begin on October 7th, 8th, 9th, or 31st, 2023, or any other date before May 14, 1948, but every day, year, month, and week since that time. The founding of the State of Israel, from this day forward was a profound gift to the Jewish people but forced more than three quarter of a million people, 750,000, Palestinians from their native land to neighboring countries and far-off lands to make room for the new immigrants, mostly from Europe returning to what was deemed, their religious home. That new land would subject the people that were already there, Palestinians and descendants of Palestine to live under new rules for the security of Israel and unequal treatment that increased over time.

The people in the West would never really recognize the humanity of the Palestinians, let alone understand the trauma associated with loss that continues to this day. Perhaps it's deliberate, a kind of selective amnesia, a protective mechanism of the masses to justify the "not" of knowing how it feels to live in a perpetual sense of loss in a newly created state formally their own. The "choice" to forget is enabled on some level and facilitated through media messaging, information, and storytelling. This combines with a generally accepted train of thought that supports the failure of the public to look deeply into this situation, "it's complicated" we're told when in fact, it's really not complicated at all. Britain and the United States, with the help of the United Nations, designated a land that was occupied and gave it to another group of people that over time, became increasingly powerful and took more and more of their land and subjugated its people.
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Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine

Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine

by S. J. Manders
Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine

Catastrophe in Gaza and the Complicity of the West: Cousins in Palestine

by S. J. Manders

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The struggle of Palestinians did not begin on October 7th, 8th, 9th, or 31st, 2023, or any other date before May 14, 1948, but every day, year, month, and week since that time. The founding of the State of Israel, from this day forward was a profound gift to the Jewish people but forced more than three quarter of a million people, 750,000, Palestinians from their native land to neighboring countries and far-off lands to make room for the new immigrants, mostly from Europe returning to what was deemed, their religious home. That new land would subject the people that were already there, Palestinians and descendants of Palestine to live under new rules for the security of Israel and unequal treatment that increased over time.

The people in the West would never really recognize the humanity of the Palestinians, let alone understand the trauma associated with loss that continues to this day. Perhaps it's deliberate, a kind of selective amnesia, a protective mechanism of the masses to justify the "not" of knowing how it feels to live in a perpetual sense of loss in a newly created state formally their own. The "choice" to forget is enabled on some level and facilitated through media messaging, information, and storytelling. This combines with a generally accepted train of thought that supports the failure of the public to look deeply into this situation, "it's complicated" we're told when in fact, it's really not complicated at all. Britain and the United States, with the help of the United Nations, designated a land that was occupied and gave it to another group of people that over time, became increasingly powerful and took more and more of their land and subjugated its people.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798881156879
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 03/26/2024
Pages: 146
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

S. J. Manders holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from West Chester University, a Master of Arts in Public Administration, and is a PhD. candidate from Nova Southeastern University. She has been a longtime advocate for social justice and seeks to promote awareness of structural inequities that work against vulnerable communities both locally and around the world. She is one of five siblings, the mother of four adult sons, and the grandmother of three. She currently works with the differently-abled population from her home in West Palm Beach, Florida, and enjoys an active lifestyle of tennis, swimming, and walking.
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