Catastrophe: Nabka II – Fintan Drury & Justine McCarthy in conversation
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We are pleased to present an evening with Fintan Drury in conversation with journalist Justine McCarthy to discuss his book Catastrophe: Nabka II on Thursday 2nd October at 6.30pm. Catastrophe: Nabka II is Fintan Drury’s urgent new book, offering an insightful and moving analysis of the decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people by Israel. Fintan will discuss his book with Justine McCarthy and take questions from the audience. Admission is free but booking is essential. Please complete the form at the bottom of this page to reserve a place.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
‘This is an essential book. One that should be read and understood today, before the horror becomes history, and that history is repeated.’ – The Irish Examiner
‘A must read’ – Kneecap
‘Drury’s contention that the genocide in Gaza will be a second Nakba is persuasive’ – The Irish Times
‘A deeply researched analysis with extensive references’ – Pat Kenny, Newstalk
‘A superb book’ – Matt Cooper, The Last Word
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Nakba or ‘Catastrophe’ (1947-1949) saw 15,000 Palestinians massacred and more than 700,000 expelled from their homeland by Israel. Today, a second Nakba is being played out in front of our eyes. In Catastrophe – Nakba II Fintan Drury argues that the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 was the inevitable result of almost eight decades of violent oppression of Palestinians by Israel. He says Israel’s response was totally disproportionate; a genocide facilitated by the active sponsorship of major Western powers. Provocative, eye-opening and unapologetically direct, this book is a call to understand the unique suffering of the Palestinian people.
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
FINTAN DRURY was a journalist with RTÉ in the 1980s. Before co-anchoring Morning Ireland for its first three years, he was a correspondent in Northern Ireland and reported from Britain, Europe, Africa and the USA. In 1985 he volunteered in the then largest refugee camp in the world, in Darfur, with GOAL. A longtime activist on migration, he’s written extensively on the subject. In 2016 he volunteered in a refugee camp in Athens, which led to a fifteen-part series in The Irish Times on the diary of a Syrian refugee. Fintan now lives and works in Dublin; he is chair of SARI (Sport Against Racism Ireland).
JUSTINE MCCARTHY is a journalist, author and a columnist with The Irish Times. She has won numerous awards for her journalism, including the Broadsheet Columnist of the Year three times. Her book titles are Mary McAleese, The Outsider (1999); Deep Deception: Scandals in Irish Swimming (2009); and An Eye an Ireland: New and Selected Journalism (2023). She is currently writing a memoir.
