Jews looting Palestinian books in 1948
Antony Loewenstein
(The Great Book Robbery (teaser) from Benny Brunner on Vimeo.)
Only a few years after the Holocaust, this reveals the depravity of many early Zionists:
The Great Book Robbery is a multifaceted cultural heritage project. It has two major components, a documentary film to be produced, broadcast and screened internationally and this very website which will grow into a multi-function platform.
Two European broadcasters already committed to air the film. Furthermore, we are in advance negotiation with various international broadcasters to join us as co-producers. Currently we are seeking strategic partners and public financial support for the film as well as the website.
60,000 Palestinian books were systematically looted by the newly born State of Israel during the 1948 war. The story of the stolen books is not only at the heart of our project but also the launching pad of a much bigger and wider endeavor: We intend on communicating the scope and depth of the Palestinian tragedy through the destruction of Palestinian culture in 1948.
This is all part of the ethnic cleansing process, more removal of the "footprint." It continues to this day, by the common colonial refusal to allow participation in the media and educational realm. It is supposed to make you think there was no scholarship, no culture of renown among the Palestinians - that they are savages, and backward. In turn this is supposed to make you think that the "West" or anyone from these regions is far advanced, and that they are the ones who have bought "civilization" to the region. This has not only happened in Palestine, but all over the world where people have been subjugated for exploitation or annihilation.
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