{"product_id":"a-genocide-foretold-reporting-on-survival-and-resistance-in-occupied-palestine-paperback","title":"A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith intimate and harrowing portraits of the human consequences of oppression, occupation, and violence experienced in Palestine today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges issues a call to action urging us to bear witness and engage with the ongoing humanitarian crisis. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHedges wrote the first section of the book when he was in Ramallah in July 2024, and he draws from his experience doing extensive reporting from the Middle East, including Gaza, for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the stark realities of life under siege in Gaza and the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are waging to resist and survive. Weaving together personal stories, historical context, and unflinching journalism, Chris Hedges provides an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation, and violence. The book includes chapters on: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat life is like in Gaza City and Ramallah in the midst of approaching bombs and gunfire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe history of the dispossession of Palestinians of their land in relation to the ideology of Zionism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA portrait of Amr, a 17-year-old highschool student who is forced to evacuate his village with his family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsychoanalysis of the state of permanent war that has led to the destruction of hospitals, telecommunications centers, governmental buildings, roads, homes universities, schools, and libraries and archaeological and heritage sites in Gaza.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ways in which the collective retribution against innocents is a familiar tactic employed by colonial rulers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA heartbreaking final chapter called \"Letter to the Children of Gaza.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Middle East Bureau Chief for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, is an Arabic speaker who spent seven years covering the conflict. He wrote the first section of the book when he was in Ramallah in July 2024. A Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, he is also the author of two bestselling books, \u003ci\u003eWar is a Force that Gives us Meaning and The Greatest Evil is War\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e he writes with an emotional depth that can only be achieved from spending many years on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank. \u003ci\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action, urging us to bear witness and engage with the ongoing humanitarian crisis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Hedges is the former Pulitzer Prize-winning Middle East Bureau Chief for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. An Arabic speaker, he spent seven years covering the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, much of that time in Gaza. Author of 14 books, his most recent are \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Evil Is War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has also taught for over a decade in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system. He holds a B.A. from Colgate University in English Literature and a Master of Divinity from Harvard University. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52689283875149,"sku":"9781644214855","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/fjbyg5l41q9781644214855.webp?v=1761963645","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-genocide-foretold-reporting-on-survival-and-resistance-in-occupied-palestine-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}