Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010 - Couverture rigide

Breaking The Silence Group

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805095373 ISBN 13 : 9780805095371

Editeur : Metropolitan Books (imprint of Henry Holt & Company), 2012

Synopsis

"Israeli soldiers speak out for the first time about the truth of the Palestinian occupation, in "one of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation." ("The New York Review of Books"). The very name of the Israel Defence Forces - which many Israelis speak of as "the most moral army in the world" - suggests that its primary mission is the defines of the country's territory. Indeed, both internationally and within Israel, support for the occupation of Palestinian territory rests on the belief that the army's actions and presence in the West Bank and Gaza are essentially defensive and responsive, aimed at protecting the country from terror. But Israeli soldiers themselves tell a profoundly different story. In this landmark work, which includes hundreds of soldiers' testimonies collected over a decade, what emerges is a broad policy that is anything but defensive. In their own words, the soldiers reveal in human and vivid detail how the key planks of the army's ostensibly protective program - "prevention of terror," "separation of populations," "preservation of the fabric of life," and "law enforcement" - have in fact served to accelerate acquisition of Palestinian land, cripple all normal political and social life, and ultimately thwart the possibility of independence.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

The soldiers in Our Harsh Logic have come forward to rouse the conscience of their fellow citizens....Anyone who thinks the IDF limits itself to confiscating weapons and punishing terrorists when patrolling the occupied territories would do well to consider what its own members say.-- The Nation. Random brutality, Kafkaesque bureaucracy, hatred, and dehumanization: that's the face of Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza as described by disaffected soldiers in this troubling oral history....Our Harsh Logic conveys a truth about the inescapable ugliness of Israel's military rule over its neighbors.--Publishers Weekly. Humanitarian activists and opponents of illegal Israeli settlements will find much ammunition in these pages. --Kirkus Reviews

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Metropolitan Books (imprint of Henry Holt & Company)
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805095373
• ISBN 13: 9780805095371
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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