Literature won't stop genocide in Gaza
Mairi
Children are dying. Children are being killed. That isn't complicated to grasp. It isn't morally ambiguous. People. Lives. Families. Civilians. Obliterated by the Israeli war machine with the vociferous support of our government.
Books will not end this war. Literature will not stop genocide in Gaza. No novel will return a parent to an orphan and no poem will end the thirst, hunger or pain of a people under total blockade. The words Palestinians need are yours:
End the siege.
End the occupation.
End collective punishment.
Stop the genocide in Gaza.
Say it louder, call for it with conviction:
End the siege.
End the occupation.
End collective punishment.
Stop the genocide in Gaza.
And again. And again and again to anyone who will listen and especially those who wont until they stop killing our babies and shredding our humanity: End the siege. End the occupation. End collective punishment. Stop the genocide in Gaza.
Books will not end this war. Just like they didn't stop it from happening in the first place. They may help us understand it and how to fight it, they may be the weapons of empathy that shore up the fractures in our discourse. So yes, if you need books, we have books.
Linked Books
![Image for Palestine +100 : Stories from a century after the Nakba : 2](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819109/9781910974445.jpg)
- title
- Palestine +100 : Stories from a century after the Nakba : 2
- author
- Ghalayini, Basma, Maarouf, Mazen, Dabbagh, Selma, Masoud, Ahmed, Hamed, Anwar, Shawish, Talal Abu, Y
![Image for Minor Detail](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819130/9781913097172.jpg)
- title
- Minor Detail
- author
- Shibli, Adania
![Image for A Blade of Grass : New Palestinian Poetry](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97809957/9780995767539.jpg)
- title
- A Blade of Grass : New Palestinian Poetry
- author
- Foyle, Naomi
![Image for The Parisian](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817847/9781784705701.jpg)
- title
- The Parisian
- author
- Hammad, Isabella
![Image for The Sea Cloak](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819055/9781905583782.jpg)
- title
- The Sea Cloak
- author
- Qarmout, Nayrouz, Richards, Perween
![Image for In The Presence Of Absence](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819357/9781935744016.jpg)
- title
- In The Presence Of Absence
- author
- Mahmoud Darwish
![Image for Palestine : A Four Thousand Year History](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97807556/9780755649426.jpg)
- title
- Palestine : A Four Thousand Year History
- author
- Masalha, Nur
![Image for Justice for Some : Law and the Question of Palestine](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815036/9781503613577.jpg)
- title
- Justice for Some : Law and the Question of Palestine
- author
- oura Erakat
![Image for The Hundred Years' War on Palestine : A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817812/9781781259344.jpg)
- title
- The Hundred Years' War on Palestine : A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance
- author
- Khalidi, Rashid I.
![Image for The Biggest Prison on Earth : A History of the Occupied Territories](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817860/9781786073419.jpg)
- title
- The Biggest Prison on Earth : A History of the Occupied Territories
- author
- Pappe, Ilan
![Image for On Palestine](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802419/9780241973523.jpg)
- title
- On Palestine
- author
- Chomsky, Noam, Pappe, Ilan
![Image for A Half Century of Occupation : Israel, Palestine, and the World's Most Intractable Conflict](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805202/9780520293502.jpg)
- title
- A Half Century of Occupation : Israel, Palestine, and the World's Most Intractable Conflict
- author
- Shafir, Gershon
![Image for The Drone Eats with Me : Diaries from a City Under Fire](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819055/9781905583713.jpg)
- title
- The Drone Eats with Me : Diaries from a City Under Fire
- author
- Abu Saif, Atef
![Image for Pay No Heed to the Rockets : Palestine in the Present Tense](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97808635/9780863569807.jpg)
- title
- Pay No Heed to the Rockets : Palestine in the Present Tense
- author
- Di Cintio, Marcello
![Image for Writings on the Wall : Palestinians tell in their own words of life under Israeli apartheid](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819110/9781911072409.jpg)
- title
- Writings on the Wall : Palestinians tell in their own words of life under Israeli apartheid
- author
- Suarez, Thomas
![Image for A Map of Absence : An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97808635/9780863569906.jpg)
- title
- A Map of Absence : An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba
- author
- Alshaer, Atef
![Image for Gaza : An Inquest into Its Martyrdom](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805203/9780520318335.jpg)
- title
- Gaza : An Inquest into Its Martyrdom
- author
- Finkelstein, Norman
![Image for Shell-shocked : On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816084/9781608465132.jpg)
- title
- Shell-shocked : On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault
- author
- Omer, Mohammed
![Image for The Book of Ramallah : A City in Short Fiction](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819126/9781912697427.jpg)
- title
- The Book of Ramallah : A City in Short Fiction
- author
- Abu Al-Hayat, Maya, Abu Rhama, Anas, Badr, Liana, Hamad, Ameer, Hourani, Khaled, Jaber, Ahmad, Khada
![Image for A Child in Palestine : The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818446/9781844673650.jpg)
- title
- A Child in Palestine : The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali
- author
- Naji Al-Ali
![Image for Exhausted on the Cross](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816813/9781681375526.jpg)
- title
- Exhausted on the Cross
- author
- Darwish, Najwan, Abu-Zeid, Kareem James
![Image for Screaming Olives](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818381/9781838198800.jpg)
- title
- Screaming Olives
- author
- Bitar, Farid
![Image for A Land with a People : Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815836/9781583679296.jpg)
- title
- A Land with a People : Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism
- author
- Farmer, Esther, Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack, Sills, Sarah
![Image for Erasing Palestine : Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818397/9781839769023.jpg)
- title
- Erasing Palestine : Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom
- author
- Gould, Rebecca Ruth
![Image for Greater than the Sum of Our Parts : Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97807453/9780745347479.jpg)
- title
- Greater than the Sum of Our Parts : Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine
- author
- Elia, Nada
![Image for Going Home : A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817881/9781788163071.jpg)
- title
- Going Home : A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation
- author
- Shehadeh, Raja
![Image for Taking Sides : Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818493/9781849352321.jpg)
- title
- Taking Sides : Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism
- author
- Milstein, Cindy
![Image for Weaponising Anti-Semitism](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816821/9781682193815.jpg)
- title
- Weaponising Anti-Semitism
- author
- Winstanley, Asa
![Image for Friends of Israel : The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817866/9781786637659.jpg)
- title
- Friends of Israel : The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity
- author
- Hil Aked
![Image for We Are Palestinian : A Celebration of Culture and Tradition](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818007/9781800783287.jpg)
- title
- We Are Palestinian : A Celebration of Culture and Tradition
- author
- Eilouti, Noha, Kassis, Reem