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Searching
Jenin - Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli
Invasion 2002
edited by Ramzy
Baroud / Preface by Noam Chomsky
A searing
testament to Israeli brutality and Palestinian
resilience, spirit, and grace under pressure.
Why is it that the US, Israel, the UN, and
every news organization on earth has expressed
their views on the Jenin invasion yet the
Palestinian victims have never been allowed
to speak?
Searching
Jenin explains what happened and how
it affected the residents. It includes forty-two
testimonies of Jenin survivors gathered
by Palestinian journalists.
One testimony
is that of 9-year-old Rund al-Shalabi who
complains that the Israeli soldiers smashed
her toys. Also, it develops, they shot and
killed her father.
Another testimony
is that of the Red Crescent ambulance driver
Ihab Ayadi who tells how Israeli soldiers
held him at gun point to prevent him from
rescuing gunshot victims until they had
a chance to bleed to death.
Um Muhammad
is a mother who was hiding in her basement
with the rest of her family when the Israeli
soldiers ordered them out, separated the
men and took them away to an unknown location.
The soldiers swept through the house, throwing
all the belongings out the upper windows
as sport. They found the family's life savings
in a cloth bag hidden in the bedroom and
stole the money. After eleven days they
forced the women to walk to another section
where they took shelter in a vacant house.
When they returned, the top floor was completely
burned out.
Searching
Jenin includes testimony that has never
before appeared in the international or
even in the Palestinian media. One testimony
is with Samah Tawalbe, the wife of martyred
resistance leader Mahmud Tawalbe. Another
testimony is that of Mahmud Tawalbe's mother.
Another interview is with Amani Abu al-Raaab
who witnessed the execution of captive resistance
leader Abu Jandal.
Includes
a preface by Noam Chomsky, introduction
by Palestinian-American journalist Ramzy
Baroud, testimonies by international observers,
timeline of events, list of “known
dead”, 38 photos by Palestinian photographer
Mahfouz Abu Turk, calligraphy by Mamoun
Sakkal.
About the
Author
Ramzy Baroud
is a Palestinian-American journalist. He
is the editor of Palestine Chronicle, a
leading Palestinian online publication.
His columns were published, translated or
reviewed in world renowned newspapers such
as the Guardian (Britain), Le Monde (France),
the International Herald Tribune, Washington
Post (USA), Al Quds (Palestine), and others.
He received the excellence in journalism
award from the US National Arab and Muslim
Journalists Association in 2002. He was
born and raised in a refugee camp in the
Gaza Strip and currently works with Al-Jazeera
english website.
Related Links
The
Palestine Chronicle
Searching
Jenin (book's official website)
Reviews
"This is a must, albeit a very difficult,
reading. The campaign against the continued
dehumanization of the Palestinians in the
occupied territories can not be based on
slogans and general accusations. There is
a need for indictments such as one provided
here, which will hopefully very soon arise
enough public indignation so as to vie governments
around the world to take acting to save
the Palestinian people before it is too
late."
- Ilan Pappe (read
full review here)
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