These four books show how Israeli-American savagery is on the losing side of history

by HAMID DABASHI

A woman holds a sign while stepping on an image of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tehran on 8 June 2018 IMAGE/AFP

The powerful words of Shaul Magid, Peter Beinart, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Pankaj Mishra are at the forefront of the global battle against colonial deceit

The publication in recent months of four books on the IsraelPalestine conflict has given the world a solid moral platform to begin holding genocidal Zionism accountable for the mass killing and annihilation that has unfolded in Gaza

These books could prove even more important than the judgements of international courts.

While they are preceded by countless publications on the subject by Palestinian thinkers in multiple languages and on multiple platforms, these four books have two particular features in common: none were written by a Palestinian, Arab or Muslim, and all were published in the shadow of the Gaza genocide. 

To be sure, Palestinians themselves remain the principal spokespeople for their cause, providing the most eloquent case against the historic savageries they have endured for generations. 

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