Cuando el mundo duerme : Historias, palabras y heridas de Palestina

If there is a lucid, critical, and relentless voice against the apartheid policies that Israel has applied to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, if there is a voice that has been heard and continues to be heard throughout the world when it comes to defending the truth about the genocide—recognized as such by the United Nations—perpetrated against the Palestinian people by the Israeli army, it is the voice of Francesca Albanese, international jurist and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. We speak of a Palestinian-Israeli “conflict,” but we cannot speak in those terms when, as Albanese points out, the positions of both countries “are structurally and historically unequal, and when one side occupies, plunders, and oppresses while the other is occupied, plundered, and oppressed.” When the World Sleeps is a courageous testament to the stark reality of a people who have been illegally occupied, violated, and devastated. Ten stories, whose protagonists engage in dialogue with the author, prompt reflection and pose questions that demand answers: What are the consequences of the occupation? Where is a refugee's home? What are the living conditions of the Palestinian people? And now that peace seems ever closer, will there be a Palestinian state? Will Palestinians have the right to self-determination, which includes sovereignty and national independence, and will they be able to live in peace, finally free from Israeli coercion? These are questions we cannot ignore, and through the characters and places in this book, they will help us understand what Palestine was like before October 7, 2023, and what it is like now.