This Time We Went Too Far: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion

209 Pages·2010·3.062 MB·English

by  Norman G. Finkelstein

“ This Time
We Went Too Far”
Truth and Consequences
of the Gaza Invasion

“ THIS TIME WE WENT TOO FAR”
Truth and Consequences
of the Gaza Invasion
Norman G. Finkelstein
or books
new york
First published by OR Books, New York, 2010
Copyright Norman G. Finkelstein
www.orbooks.com
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-9842950-3-6
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-9842950-4-3
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Printed by Book Mobile in the United States of America
To Carol and Noam,
for being there

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 9
Foreword 13
1/ Self-Defense 15
2/ Their Fear, and Ours 29
3/ Whitewash 53
4/ Of Human Shields and Hasbara 83
5/ Inside Gaza 97
6/ Ever Fewer Hosannas 103
Epilogue 127

Appendix 149

Notes 153

Index 201

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Colin Robinson was instrumental in the book’s conception
and Maren Hackmann in its execution. Cyrus Veeser lent his
golden touch during the fi nal stage of editing. I am grateful for
the Biosocial Research Foundation’s support, and for the assis-
tance of Rudolph Baldeo, Anna Baltzer, Regan Boychuk, Noam
Chomsky, John Dugard, Mirene Ghossein, Asma Ishak, Mike
Levy, Darryl Li, Sanjeev Mahajan, Frank Menetrez, Allan Nairn,
Mouin Rabbani, Sara Roy, Feroze Sidhwa, and Eugenia Tsao.
I also greatly benefi ted from references forwarded to me by
correspondents.

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