12-12-2014 Review of Method and Madness: Israel’s Rational Madness - Alex Doherty Normanfinkelstein.com

12-12-2014 Review of Method and Madness: Israel's Rational Madness   - Alex Doherty Normanfinkelstein.com

http://normanfinkelstein.com/2014/12/12/review-of-method-and-madness/

…Norman Finkelstein's new book, Method and Madness: the Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza is focused…on where the conflict has in recent years been most visible – the Gaza strip. The book details Israel's three 'wars' in Gaza [1] – Operation Cast Lead (2008-09) Operation Pillar of Defense (2012) and Operation Protective Edge (2014). The book includes substantial material on the 2009 report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (more commonly known as the Goldstone report). And judge Richard Goldstone's partial retraction of its conclusions in April 2011. The book also provides analysis of the Israeli assault on the Mavi Marmara of the Freedom Flotilla in 2010.

The 'Madness' of the title refers to Israel's deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the course of its assaults on Gaza…

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