My seventh book, titled “Il Pelecidio, perché è moralmente giusto criticare Israele”, has finally been released.
It is an essay that tackles head-on, and with sharp clarity, the theme of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, tracing the entire historical arc of the Jewish people: from the persecutions following the rise of Christianity to the present day, with the State of Israel now facing international courts for genocide, confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity. A journey through testimonies, intersecting interests and financial flows used to shape public opinion.
A strong, complex and divisive subject, addressed with courage and supported by the documentary strength of over 250 bibliographic and visual sources, as well as extensive press reviews from the last ten years.
Il Pelecidio can be purchased on the publisher Multimage’s website (the human rights publishing house) at:
https://multimage.org/autori/luca-sciacchitano/and on major online retailers: Mondadori, Feltrinelli, IBS, Amazon.
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War crimes, crimes against humanity, suspected genocide.
It would be easy to criticize Israel by simply looking at the list of atrocities committed by its state apparatus.
Yet the accusation of “antisemitism” whispers within us—persistent, accusatory—able to silence us in the face of the ongoing pelecidio.
This book aims to dismantle our guilt-inducing biases and pull criticism of Israel out of the troublesome realm of antisemitism and into the clear waters of legitimate anti-Zionist political critique.
To understand how we were made to feel guilty for so long, how much money fuels Western favoritism, and what Israeli interests lie behind the extermination of the Palestinian people.
Ultimately: why it is morally right to criticize Israel.
Pelecida – noun (masculine and feminine) and adjective.
From Hebrew “Peleshet” (Philistine, Palestinian), referring to inhabitants of the southwestern region of Palestine, combined with the suffix “-cida”.
A killer of Palestinians.
By extension, someone who opposes Palestinians and their rights over the territory of Palestine.
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