Operation Defensive Shield

Muna Hamzeh is a Palestinian-American journalist whose work on the Palestinian question has appeared in The Economist, Ha'aretz, The Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Report, and Middle East International, among others. Hamzeh was born in Jerusalem to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, both of whom were half-Palestinian, half-Lebanese. She lived in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem from 1988-2000. She is currently based at the University of Texas.Professor Todd May is Class of 1941 Professor of the Humanities at Clemson University and has been active in the Palestinian rights movement since 1988. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994), Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2001), Operation Defensive Shield (Pluto Press, 2003), The Political Thought of Jacques Rancière (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), and Death (Routledge, 2009).

'A harrowing and tragic report on the continuing destruction of Palestine by the state of Israel. I am grateful for the witness of this book and its clarion call to act for justice in Israel and Palestine before it is too late'

• Introduction1. Origins of an Israeli Military Strategy2. Witnesses to Operation Defensive Shield3. Effects of Operation Defensive Shield4. US, European and Arab Responsibility5. Epilogue: A Prelude to Ethnic CleansingAppendix I: Selected WebsitesAppendix II: Selected Peace Groups and Associations.Reference Documents: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 8, War CrimesConvention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideSelected Bibliography