{"product_id":"genocide-in-gaza-israel-hamas-and-the-long-war-on-palestine","title":"Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvi Shlaim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781739090227\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimes Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brutal war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip in in response to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, or Operations Swords of Iron to give it its official name, was a major landmark in the blood-soaked history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was the eighth Israeli military offensive in Gaza since Operation Cast Lead of December 2008. It was also the most savage, destructive, and lethal attack with a death toll that exceeded by far the combined total of the previous seven offensives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book Avi Shlaim places Israel’s policy towards the Gaza Strip under an uncompromising lens. He argues that these recurrent attacks – what Israeli generals chillingly call “mowing the lawn” – are the inevitable result of Zionist settler colonialism whose basic objective is the elimination of the native population.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish Pages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40740472258595,"sku":"9781739090227","price":39.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_1546.jpg?v=1740394565","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/genocide-in-gaza-israel-hamas-and-the-long-war-on-palestine","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}