{"product_id":"a-genocide-foretold-by-chris-hedges","title":"A Genocide Foretold by Chris Hedges","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat life is like in Gaza City and Ramallah in the midst of approaching bombs and gunfire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe history of the dispossession of Palestinians of their land in relation to the ideology of Zionism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA portrait of Amr, a 17-year-old highschool student who is forced to evacuate his village with his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ways in which the collective retribution against innocents is a familiar tactic employed by colonial rulers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA heartbreaking final chapter called “Letter to the Children of Gaza.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHedges, the Pulitzer Prize–winning former Middle East Bureau Chief for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWar is a Force that Gives us Meaning and The Greatest Evil is War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Genocide Foretold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a call to action, urging us to bear witness and engage with the ongoing humanitarian crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IHRC Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57712786932096,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0533\/8575\/6864\/files\/agenocideforetoldeimage.jpg?v=1774447291","url":"https:\/\/shop.ihrc.org\/products\/a-genocide-foretold-by-chris-hedges","provider":"IHRC Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}