Long Reads: The Gaza Massacre w/ Bashir Abu-Manneh

<p>The estimated number of Palestinians killed or missing in the occupied territories since this war began is now 24,000 people — twenty times as many Israelis as were killed on October 7th. US government officials claim to have privately told Israel that it “must do more to limit civilian casualties” as the focus of the operation moves south. However, there is no evidence of any change in Israel's approach as the focus shifts from northern to southern Gaza and the relentless bombardment of civilian targets continues.</p><br /><p>Palestinian academic Bashir Abu-Manneh joins for another special episode of <em>Long Reads</em> to discuss the latest developments in Israel's war on Gaza. Bashir is a reader in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Kent and the author of <em>The Palestinian Novel: From 1948 to the Present</em>. He’s also a contributing editor at <em>Jacobin</em> who’s written many articles for us about Palestinian politics, including, most recently, "Israel Can’t Win Peace Militarily. Palestinian Democracy Is the Solution." <a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/11/israel-us-gaza-postwar-plan-nakba-palestinian-democracy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobin.com/2023/11/israel-us-gaza-postwar-plan-nakba-palestinian-democracy</a></p><br /><p>Other articles and videos mentioned in the podcast:</p><br /><p>Josh Paul on CNN: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5106v4b05I" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5106v4b05I</a></p><br /><p><em>Washington Post</em>, "White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza" by Yasmeen Abutaleb and John Hudson: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/26/biden-white-house-divisions-israel-gaza/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/26/biden-white-house-divisions-israel-gaza/</a></p><br /><p><em>+972</em>, "‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza" by Yuval Abraham: <a href="https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/</a></p><br /><p>Al-Shabaka, "An Inevitable Rupture: Al-Aqsa Flood and the End of Partition" by Tareq Baconi: <a href="https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/an-inevitable-rupture-al-aqsa-flood-and-the-end-of-partition/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/an-inevitable-rupture-al-aqsa-flood-and-the-end-of-partition/</a></p><br /><p><em>Long Reads</em> is a <em>Jacobin</em> podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.</p>