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By (author) Finkelstein Norman

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The world”s leading forensic scholar exposes international duplicity and complicity in theGazagenocide.

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The world’s leading forensic scholar exposes international duplicity and complicity in the Gaza genocide.

Methodically debunking the claims of its apologists, Norman Finkelstein has for decades laid bare the cynical politics behind Israel’s high-tech killing sprees in Gaza.

Since October 7, 2023, he has been a unique voice in not just condemning Israel’s onslaught but also providing original and acute insight into it.

Now, in Gaza’s Gravediggers, Finkelstein turns his critical lens to the global enablers of genocide—those who distort truth and manipulate justice as they prostitute themselves to power and privilege.

With meticulous research and razor-sharp analysis, he systematically dissects and dismantles the most influential arguments defending Israel’s actions. He exposes how a United Nations special representative lent credence to an Israeli smear campaign, how officials in the world’s highest court perverted international law in Israel’s defence, and how even Israel’s severe critics colluded in misrepresenting genocide as a war.

This is more than a book; it is a searing indictment of those who abused their authority to whitewash an unfolding horror. Gaza’s Gravediggers serves as a clarion call for accountability, reminding those in power: the world is watching, and History will not forgive. “It will not be forgotten,” Finkelstein admonishes. “It will no longer be business as usual, if you choose to do the Devil’s work.”

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Praise for Norman Finkelstein:

“As a modern-day Sisyphus, rolling the heavy boulder up the hill of disinformation, Norman Finkelstein does not waver in his determination to take it to the crest”

—Alfred de Zayas, Professor of Law, Geneva School of Diplomacy

“Probably the most serious scholar on the conflict in the Middle East”
—John Dugard, Emeritus Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University, and former Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

“[Finkelstein’s] place in the whole history of writing history is assured”
—Raul Hilberg, author, The Destruction of the European Jews

“No scholar has done more to shed light on Israel’s ruthless treatment of the Palestinians than Norman Finkelstein”
—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

“An incredible warrior for Humanity and Justice”

—Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for The Color Purple

Biographical note:

Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. His books have been translated into some fifty foreign editions. They include Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom; I”ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It: Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom; Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel Is Coming to an End; What Gandhi Says: About Nonviolence, Resistance, and Courage; Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History; and The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering.

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It might be wondered why Israel feverishly propagated the myth of mass rape on 7 October. On the one hand, even without this specious allegation, the UN Commission’s r