Saturday, January 16, 2010

JOE SACCO FOOTNOTES IN GAZA



November 1956, The Israeli army conducted two massacres. In Rafah
the 1956 massacres at Rafah and Khan Yunis from oblivion

In 2001, he travelled in Gaza with Chris Hedges, the American journalist, to research an article about the 1956 massacres for an article for Harper’s magazine.

When the article finally appeared, the history of the massacres had been editorially expunged; not all histories are treated equally

http://mondoweiss.net/2009/12/exclusive-excerpt-from-joe-saccos-groundbreaking-new-book-footnotes-in-gaza.html

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