The Israel - Hamas Gaza Poker Game of Death: High - Stakes, Human Chips, No Winner

by Brian Frydenborg

Overview

Both sides deserve a lot of blame in this ugly conflict, but the contributions of Israel's structural violence should not be eclipsed by Hamas' physical violence; both must be given full treatment in any discussion of this conflict. The following pamphlet will attempt to demonstrate this reality, and is pound-for-pound the most thorough, complete, and well-cited short treatise on the Israel-Gaza conflict available.

Much media coverage lacks context, and this pamphlet attempts to fill that gap. By looking at the longer-term context, assessing the violence of the parties, and looking at the shorter-term context, the reader will understand the troubled history between Israel and Gaza, what is wrong with the current violence, and how and why this latest round of fighting erupted. Only then will it be possible to assess where to place responsibility in this conflict and to engage in productive exploration and meaningful discussions regarding one of the most pressing and intractable issues of our times.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150392670
Publisher:	Lulu.com
Publication date:	08/13/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	848,156
File size:	534 KB

About the Author

Brian Frydenborg has a cross-disciplinary background in humanitarian aid/relief, international development, international affairs, government, public policy, writing, journalism, research, andconsulting. He grew up in in a suburb of New York City called Weston, Connecticut, and attended Canterbury School in New Milford, CT. As an undergraduate at Washington and Lee University, he engaged in a rigorous double major program of Politics and History. His main abroad experience in college was in Japan, but he also had more minor experiences in Cuba and Europe. Upon graduation, he volunteered for several political campaigns in Boston, including the 2004 Democratic National Convention, where a chance meeting with then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and his Chief-of-Staff eventually led to an internship in the Senator's Washington, DC, office in 2006.
After doing substantive work in the United States Senate while just an intern, and after some time in the private sector, he began his graduate studies at George Mason University's School of Public Policy. While also working part-time, he completed his Master of Science (M.S.) in Peace Operations, with his program defining a peace operation “as an intervention into a complex contingency [due to conflict and/or natural disaster] for the purpose of maintaining or restoring peace.” The completion of his degree included studying abroad in Liberia—evaluating the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)—and also included studying abroad in Israel and the West Bank, examining the conflict there.
He is now currently freelancing—a role in which he recently had dozens of articles published—and is based in Amman, Jordan. Brian can be found on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (where you can follow him at@bfry1981).