b'LAW 1: BOOKS ARE FOR USEBooks exist to be read and shared, not to be locked away or destroyed (Ranganathan, 1931).Violations in Palestine:Libraries, archives, and bookstores have beendeliberately bombed and burned to the ground inGaza and the West Bank.The Diana Tamari Sabbagh Library and GazaMunicipal Library were obliterated by Israeliairstrikes, erasing access to tens of thousands ofbooks .Samir Mansour Bookshop, Gazas largestbookstore and library, has been destroyedtwicein 2021 and again in October 2023(Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, 2024)What This Means:Books cannot be used if they are burned, lostunder the rubble, or locked behind oppressivebarriers. The American Library Association(ALA, 2009) has condemned the destruction oflibraries in Gaza, calling for the protectionof knowledge as a fundamental right.'