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Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Cultures edited by Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller

Saqi Books, pp.256, 14.99

I have been reviewing for decades and this is by far the most difficult book I have taken on: difficult to read because it relates to what Israel has done in Gaza over the last year, and difficult to write about because the subject is so divisive. But whether you think Palestinians deserve what is happening to them or that Israel is a rogue state, please read to the end.

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