Gaza In Context: A Pedagogical Project

It has been two years since Israel launched one of its most brutal attacks on the Palestinian people of Gaza. For 51 days, Israel waged a ground and aerial attack on a besieged population and killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 1462 civilians, of whom 551 were children; orphaned 1,500 children; left 370,000 children in need of psychosocial treatment; completely destroyed 18,000 homes; and, at the height of the onslaught, displaced half a million Palestinians. During the onslaught, 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians were killed.

For decades, the mainstream narrative has cast Gaza as the problem, even as Israel has engaged in excessive and brutal force and collective punishment in the form of occupation, siege, and frequent military assaults. This conversation has led to the treatment of Israel’s assaults on the coastal enclave as a national security issue, exceptional and distinct from the broader question of Palestine.

Now, a new pedagogical project, Gaza in Context, aims to correct the biases and misrepresentations reproduced, again and again, in mainstream media and educational coverage. The project provides historical context, situating Gaza within the larger narrative of Israeli settler-colonialism. Its lesson: Israel does not have a Hamas problem; it does not have a Gaza problem; it has a Palestine problem.

The project’s components include a teaching guide for instructional purposes, a bibliography for research purposes, and a compendium of Jadaliyya articles featured in what we call a Jad Mag.

The 20-minute film is available in four five-minute parts, and each part is accompanied by a teaching guide that can be used in the classroom and beyond.

Full Article
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-real-reason-israel-attacks-gaza/

Website
www.gazaincontext.com

Research & Resources
http://www.gazaincontext.com/research-and-resources.html

Film takes aim at media coverage of 2014 Gaza attacks
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/film-takes-aim-media-coverage-2014-gaza-attacks

Gaza in Context says root of conflict is quest for Palestinian land, without Palestinians 
http://mondoweiss.net/2016/07/conflict-palestinian-palestinians/

Campaigns against Gaza are a continuation of a campaign against all Palestinians http://www.salon.com/2016/07/19/campaigns_against_gaza_are_a_continuation_of_a_campaign_against_all_palestinians_the_directors_of_gaza_in_context_on_their_new_film/