Norman Finkelstein Discusses Gaza as a Concentration Camp and Genocide
Norman Finkelstein describes Gaza's history as a concentration camp since 1948, with Israel expelling Palestinian Arabs and Egypt controlling Gaza. He argues that the targeting of children in Gaza, as documented by the UN, raises questions about whether this constitutes a war or a genocide.
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Norman (ad) Finkelstein argues that the situation in Gaza could be considered a genocide due to the high number of child casualties and the targeting of civilians. He highlights the historical context of Gaza, starting from the 1948 expulsion of Palestinian Arabs by Israel, which led to Gaza becoming a concentration camp under Egyptian control.
Finkelstein points out that Gaza was described as a concentration camp even under Egyptian control in the 1950s. By 1967, the situation worsened with the Israeli and U.S. imposed blockade on Gaza, which aimed to keep the Gaza economy (ad) on the brink of collapse, targeting the civilian population.
The blockade imposed by Israel and the international community (ad) led to a humanitarian crisis, with the UN humanitarian chief, Mary Robinson, describing Gaza as a whole civilization being destroyed. Finkelstein argues that the targeting of children in Gaza, as documented by the UN, raises questions about whether this constitutes a war or a genocide.
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Finkelstein (ad) criticizes the lack of protest from Jewish organizations against the Trump administration's actions against supporters of Gaza. He argues that the Jewish supremacist billionaire class spearheaded these actions and did not register a single word of dissent, despite their cultural power being used for sinister purposes.
Finkelstein emphasizes the importance of academic freedom and the Red Scare, where alleged communists were persecuted and lost their jobs. He notes that three Ivy League presidents were ousted, with two being women of color, highlighting the suppression of dissent within the Jewish community (ad).
While Finkelstein acknowledges the positive contributions of the Jewish community (ad) to cultural institutions, he argues that this power was used for sinister purposes, including the targeting of Gaza. He questions the ethical implications of this power and the lack of protest from Jewish organizations against the Trump administration's actions.
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Norman Finkelstein argues that the situation in Gaza could be considered a genocide due to the high number of child casualties and the targeting of civilians.
The evidence provided supports and contradicts the claim that Norman Finkelstein argues the situation in Gaza could be considered a genocide. The book review by Mondoweiss supports Finkelstein's argument by detailing his indictment of those in high places for enabling the genocide. However, the Washington Examiner article contradicts the claim by providing evidence that the situation in Gaza does not meet the legal definition of genocide and that the charges are a hoax.
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Finkelstein needs no introduction. He’s now in his 70s, the son of Holocaust survivors, and he’s spent 50 years chronicling Israel’s murderous apartheid policy toward Palestinians. He’s written 17 books, most of them about Israel/Palestine, and he sacrificed his academic career as the penalty for telling hard truths. He has never been successfully challenged on his major findings of fact. He is first and foremost a scholar, rigorous in his attention to detail, and this latest book is stuffed with evidence: hundreds of references and long, detailed, numbing-but-important documents. In Gaza’s Gravediggers, he focuses not on the Israelis who actually carried out the mass killings, but on those “in high places” around the globe who enabled and continue to enable the genocide.
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