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How will one write the history of Gaza going forward? Upon what sources will people rely? And what stories will such materials make possible? These are a few of the pressing questions raised by this latest @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay: "Historicized in Gaza." newlinesmag.com/essays/histo...

On top of these well-documented acts of violence, I would like to add another destruction inflicted on the people of Gaza: the loss of their history — not the heritage of their long archaeological and historical record that exists under the ground and in museums, but the history yet to be written, the archives that historians rely on to reconstruct life in the past. What we are witnessing is what could be called historicide: the attempted elimination of the possibility of future historical work. Just as the past 20 months of bombardment constitute a continuation of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, the destruction of history can be seen in a historical arc reaching back to Israel’s creation.
jul 1, 2025, 7:18 pm • 48 13

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