Desterrando : La arquitectura del genocidio

As director of the organization Forensic Architecture, architect Eyal Weizman and his interdisciplinary team of researchers document state crimes and human rights violations across the globe. *Desterrando* (Displacing/Uprooting) stems from the work they have been conducting since 2023—gathering evidence for the genocide case brought against Israel before the International Court of Justice. Weizman guides us on an illuminating journey through time and the "deep cartography" of the region—from the tunnels of Gaza to its militarized topography, its unique terrain, its settlements, and its barriers. With forensic rigor and an unsparing gaze, he catalogs the Israeli campaigns of violence and displacement that have reshaped the region, rendering Gaza and its surrounding areas uninhabitable. Tracing events from the 1948 Nakba to the present day, *Desterrando* demonstrates that architectural and territorial analysis is essential to understanding the relationship between colonizer and colonized. It shows how Israel’s actions following October 7, 2023, resulted in violence so extreme and far-reaching that, the author argues, it meets the definition of genocide. Insightful and deeply moving in the breadth and precision of its analysis—and illustrated with dozens of original images, maps, and diagrams—this book serves as an essential document regarding one of the great atrocities of our time.