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10/7
10/7: 100 Human Stories | Lee Yaron
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The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home. On October 7, 2023the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkotthe Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air, militants indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in modern history, and the most lethal day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. A radically passionate work of investigative journalism and political critique by acclaimed Haaretz reporter Lee Yaron, 10/7 chronicles the massacre that ignited a war through the stories of more than 100 civilians. These stories are the products of extensive interviews with survivors, the bereaved, and first responders in Israel and beyond. The victims run the gamut from left-wing kibbutzniks and Burning Man-esque partiers to radical right-wingers, from Bedouins and Israeli Arabs to Thai and Nepalese guest workers, peace activists, elderly Holocaust survivors, refugees from Ukraine and Russia, pregnant women, and babies. At a time when people are seeking a deeper understanding of the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how internal political turmoil in Israel has affected it, they predominantly encounter perspectives from the powerfulfrom politicians and military officers. 10/7 takes a fresh approach, offering answers through the stories of everyday people, those who lived tenuously on the border with Gaza. Yaron profiles victims from a wide range of communitiesdepicting the fullness of their lives, not just their final momentsto honor their memories and reveal the way the attack ripped open Israeli society and put the entire Middle East on the precipice of disaster. Each chapter begins with a portrait of a community, interweaving history with broader political analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to provide context for the narratives that follow. Ultimately, 10/7 shows that the tragedy is much greater than the violence of the attacks, and in fact extends back through the entire Netanyahu era, which propagated a false image of Israel as a technologically advanced, militarily formidable powerhouse so essential to the region that it could continue to ignore and undermine Palestinian statehood indefinitely.
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I‘m not sure how to rate or review this. It didn‘t allow me to understand the Israel/Gaza conflict any more. The book is of course very graphic, because it is about the Hamas attack. The whole situation is just so fucked up. While I know imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism and nationalism all have a hand in it, I think that religion is the center of the problem in the conflict. The book is tragic, but I can see how it could be used as⬇️

JenniferEgnor a weapon at the same time, causing further damage. In the 2024 Election, I did not sit out the vote, nor did I vote 3rd party. I voted for Harris, and I knew what her loss would mean. I knew how much would be lost not just here in America, but around the world. It was not a one issue vote for me. We are feeling and witnessing those consequences from all those lost votes from others who made that choice, right now. Trump and Musk⬇️ 2w
JenniferEgnor have some very dark plans for Gaza and its people. It‘s vital to understand the real meaning of the Christian Right‘s thinly disguised ‘support for Israel‘. It is a twisted fantasy from Christian Nationalists that has everything to do with genocide and ethic cleansing, and nothing to do with Jewish people—(and these Nationalists are highly anti-Semitic…). (edited) 2w
TheBookHippie Yup. I tried to tell everyone. No one listened. 2w
JenniferEgnor @TheBookHippie someone who I hadn‘t heard from in two years recently contacted me to tell me how I was wrong about it, how his lack of a vote or his 3rd party vote had nothing to do with this, and that all of it would have happened anyway. Case in point: I chose not to respond—it‘s not worth my energy. FA, FO. 2w
TheBookHippie @JenniferEgnor I have about 30 of those…. They sit unanswered. 2w
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