It is difficult to write these words of gratitude to my wonderful friends and family in the midst of the attack on Gaza, when Palestinians are living in, dying in, challenging and surviving the settler colonial death zone. But I feel that in spite of all the dispossession around me, what I have learned from those to whom I owe this book is that we must engage with love, as thanking, acknowledging and loving is the only way to challenge the political economy of war. Throughout the four years that I have worked on this book, I have learned a tremendous amount and have been supported by wonderful people. I am grateful to many Palestinian children, women and men who trusted me and shared their ordeals, hardships and resistance with me. I am also grateful to friends, colleagues, organizations and family who supported me throughout my research. I am profoundly grateful to a family member by choice, ProfessorMichael B. Preston, a man who is more than a scholar, friend and partner, a man to whom I am indebted. Professor Preston supported my work with a passionate commitment to critical race theory and critical engagement with issues of social justice in the context of accumulation of oppression. Our joint readings and discussions, and his phenomenal energy and discerning eye were the utmost power behind this book. I dedicate my work to his memory, as he passed the day this manuscript was submitted.