Genocide bad : notes on Palestine, Jewish history, and collective liberation / Sim Kern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kern, Sim, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel-Hamas War, 2023-.

October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023.

Kern, Sim, 1986---Political activity.

Kern, Sim.

Gaza Strip--History.

Gaza Strip.

Israel--Politics and government--21st century.

Israel.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Notes on Palestine, Jewish history, and collective liberation

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2025.

Summary:

"Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays. Drawing connections between Biblical promises and exploding pagers, medieval dress codes and modern-day apartheid, Kern sketches a sweeping history of imperialism with their characteristic blend of far-ranging research, pop-culture insights, and scathing humor. Kern, a former teacher, journalist, novelist, and book influencer, gained international recognition as an anti-Zionist Jewish activist in the days after October 7th, 2023. At a time when social media was flooded with 'I Stand with Israel' posts, Kern started sharing content encouraging their followers to read Palestinian books, learn Palestinian history, and question Western reporting on Palestine--videos which went viral into tens of millions of views. Despite facing hate messages, death threats, and exile from the Zionist Jewish community, Kern has remained steadfast in their advocacy over the past year. They've posted daily videos on Palestinian, Jewish, and colonial history, and they've raised over $500,000 in direct aid for families in Gaza--all while navigating the challenges of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting a newborn. In Genocide Bad, Kern reflects on the life experiences that led them to anti-Zionist activism, while capturing and expanding upon their online educational content. Kern doesn't flinch when confronting the horrors of genocides past and present, but there is also tremendous hope contained in these pages--hope that springs from examples of courage and resilience in the face of extreme violence, and from the kinds of resistance that might just lead to our collective liberation."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. How I became a reluctant influencer for a Free Palestine

Part II. Answering Hasbara

Part III. Towards a collective liberation

What does "Free Palestine" even mean?

Notes from the families of babies born during the Genocide of Gaza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-241).

ISBN:

9781623716363

1623716365

9781623716356

1623716357

OCLC:

1517560702

Publisher Number:

90104772662