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Grim reminder of massacre of the innocents in Gaza
Jamie Johnson reviews Max Blumenthal's new book on Israel's 2014 massacre in Gaza
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The 51-Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza, by Max Blumenthal (Verso, £14.99)
THE ISRAELI military onslaught on Gaza in 2014 was a crime against humanity. A widespread, systematic and prolonged assault, it killed more than 2,100 people and wounded over 10,500.
Shamefully, it also marked a continuation of Israel’s relentless, almost ritualistic, violent collective punishment of Gazans.
Max Blumenthal’s book is at times a jarring account of the massacre of innocent people. He does not shrink from documenting the obscenity of the Israeli attack, interviewing survivors and graphically cataloguing many of the atrocities which took place across 51 days of intense violence that left no-one in Gaza unscathed.
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