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Nonfiction

Date Published: 08-28-2025

Publisher: Tellwell




Ambiguity has been the story of our era since Operation Cast Lead. The author found herself in the middle of ambiguous theme, dialogue, plot, and portrayal while engaging with a love story on General Hospital in 2008/2009. There was the question mark about the female character: Was she going to be humiliated?

Operation Cast Lead ensued as a mechanism to decide the fate and resolution of this question. The author was conflicted as her tendency to humiliate herself in her fantasies interfered with how she interpreted the story and how she responded to it while Operation Cast Lead unfolded, a war that took place between Hamas and IDF at the climax of the story of Sonny and Kate.

What was the truth of this connection? Why has Gaza been held hostage to this story ever since? What’s the way forward for Israelis and Palestinians? What’s the way forward for humanity?

The book argues that Operation Cast Lead was a design, and attempts to place the case within the current framework of international law while acknowledging that there are fundamental flaws in this framework and that there should be transformation at the foundation of international law for humanity to have a breakthrough and realize true freedom.

This book reveals a secret about history. A secret that would explain why the conflict in the Middle East has not met its resolution. As well as the conflict at the core of humanity.





Review

Reading this felt less like going through a typical history book and more like listening to someone carefully lay out an argument. The book focuses on explaining and defending the reasoning behind Israel’s military operation in Gaza in 2008–2009, and it does so in a very structured, almost step-by-step way. Even without a deep background in politics or international law, it’s fairly easy to follow because the author takes time to explain the situation leading up to the conflict and why the operation happened.

What stood out most was how strongly the book sticks to its point of view. It clearly aims to make a case rather than just tell the story. There’s a lot of focus on security concerns, the challenges of dealing with ongoing attacks, and the legal side of military decisions. That made it interesting, especially when it explained how complicated modern warfare can be, particularly in crowded areas where civilians and fighters are close together.

It gives more insight into how people justify and interpret military decisions.


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