"The present catastrophe has been decades in the making" — DELUGE editor Jamie Stern-Weiner interviewed by Jadaliyya

Jadaliyya (J): What made you edit this book?

Jamie Stern-Weiner (JSW):

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The book emerged from a conviction that any serious attempt to understand the significance and causes of the 7 October bloodshed, as well as the genocidal Israeli offensive that followed, had to begin by placing them in historical context. Few Western observers had followed the conditions in Gaza over the past decade—it apparently takes Israeli suffering to command that kind of attention—while much media coverage reinforced the resulting impression that the Hamas assault erupted out of the blue.

When UN Secretary-General António Guterres observed that 7 October “did not happen in a vacuum,” even this banal commonplace attracted controversy. In truth, it was an understatement: the present catastrophe has been decades in the making, while its architects have prominently included leading US and European institutions. The book presents an authoritative yet accessible guide to these critical contexts and uses them to explain the current crisis.

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