The Gates of Gaza: Critical Voices from Israel on October 7 and the War with Hamas / / ed. by Lihi Ben Shitrit.

• MitwirkendeR: Aburabia, Rawia,; Al-Awar, Ali,; Amir, Merav,; Arieli, Shaul,; Ausinheiler, Jessica,; Bartov, Omer,; Cohen-Kedem, Galit,; Correm, Tal,; David, Assaf,; Fakhoury, Ameer,; Hani, Ghadir,; Illouz, Eva,; Jones, Meirav,; Kamir, Orit,; Kotef, Hagar,; Kretzmer, David,; Kristof, Nicholas,; Landau, Idan,; Mhajne, Anwar,; Noy, Orly,; Ronen, Yaniv,; Safran, Hannah,; Shilon, Avi,; Shitrit, Lihi Ben,; Shuster-Eliassi, Noam,; Tirosh, Yofi,; Tzidkiyahu, Eran,; Zion-Waldoks, Tanya,
• HerausgeberIn: Ben Shitrit, Lihi,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Disruptions , 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 202 p.)

Following the horrific attack on October 7, support for a devastating military retaliation and resolution has taken center stage. Nevertheless, within Israel, numerous critical voices cast doubt on the sustainability of such approaches. They champion the principles of morality, legality, and common sense as the true keys to a lasting solution. This book focuses on these voices which are critical of Israeli government policies. They are deeply grieving and affected by the October 7 attack, while also able to hold both Palestinian and Israeli pain and aspirations not as mutually exclusive, but as an impetus for creating a better and more equitable future for all who inhabit the land. It chronicles the reactions of intellectuals and scholars to unfolding events. All the pieces in this volume were written within a few days to a few months of October 7 and comprise an archive of a particular discourse taking shape in Israel at this historical juncture. The book is dedicated to the memory of Vivian Silver, who devoted her life to waging peace through valiant activism, and was murdered in her home on October 7. The editor’s royalties will go to support an annual lecture in her memory on the themes of peace and democracy. Read the interview with Lihi Ben Shitrit on De Gruyter Conversations and learn more about the book and the editor! With contributions by Shaul Arieli, Eva Illouz, Idan Landau, Yaniv Ronen, Yofi Tirosh, Assaf David, Ameer Fakhoury, Ghadir Hani, Eran Tzidkiyahu, Orit Kamir, Orly Noy, Noam Shuster-Eliassi, Jessica Ausinheiler, Meirav Jones, Tal Correm, Anwar Mhajne, David Kretzmer, Omer Bartov, Rawia Aburabia, Hannah Safran, Tanya Zion-Waldoks, Galit Cohen-Kedem, Avi Shilon, Hagar Kotef, Merav Amir, Ali Al-Awar, and Nicholas Kristof.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Gates of Gaza -- II. How Did We Get Here? -- Chapter 2: Thirty Years Since the Oslo Accord: You Can’t Cross a Ravine in Two Jumps -- Chapter 3: Can Israel Wake Up from Its Worst Nightmare and Do the Right Thing? -- Chapter 4: The State’s Betrayal of Its Citizens -- Chapter 5: The Failure Is the Result of Netanyahu’s False Reality -- Chapter 6: What Is Hamas? Facts and Analysis -- III. Notes from the War -- Chapter 7: A War Chronology -- Chapter 8: Flashes from the Life That Was -- Chapter 9: I’ll Write While I Can Still Breathe -- Chapter 10: The Arab Community Is Still in Shock from Hamas’s Massacre -- Chapter 11: Comments on the Current Moment -- Chapter 12: Fighting on Two Fronts: Between Hamas’s Atrocities and Israel’s Extremist Government -- Chapter 13: Listen to Israeli Survivors: They Don’t Want Revenge -- Chapter 14: Picking Up the Pieces of Our Grief -- Chapter 15: Child Loss: A Mother’s Reflection -- Chapter 16: From the River to the Sea -- Chapter 17: The Imperative of Thinking in Dark Times -- Chapter 18: Silencing Dissent: Suppression Tactics in Israel Since October 7 -- IV. Going Forward: Questions of Morality and Hope -- Chapter 19: Reflections on International Law -- Chapter 20: What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide -- Chapter 21: On the Need for Moral Clarity and Political Complexity -- Chapter 22: If Not Now, When? Time for a Feminist Peace Vision -- Chapter 23: On Hope I: In Search of Generational Hope -- Chapter 24: On Hope II: Hope in Days of Despair -- Chapter 25: On Hope III: Terms of (Dis)engagement—Critique and Solidarity After October 7 -- V. Epilogue -- Chapter 26: A View from Gaza -- Chapter 27: Do We Treat Palestinians as Lesser Victims? -- References