Brett Wilkins: Israeli Genocide Causing ‘Complete Psychological Destruction’ of Gaza Children
“Five months of violence, displacement, starvation, and disease on top of nearly 17 years of a blockade have caused relentless mental harm to children in Gaza,” said Save the Children.
Abby Zimet: Biden=Genocide
It is a cruel irony to drop food when at the same time the U.S. is funding the dropping of bombs.
Olivia Rosane: What a Leaked US Cable Says About Israel’s Looming Assault on Rafah
An invasion would have “catastrophic humanitarian consequences, including mass civilian casualties, extensive population displacement, and the collapse of the existing humanitarian response,” the cable warned. . An Israeli invasion of … Continue reading
Richard Krawiec: Looking at Gaza
In the Israeli siege of Gaza there are so many photos and videos of horror it’s difficult to keep track of them. Every day we see more and more atrocities on social media. We are overloaded with evidence of innocents being killed, maimed; neighborhoods left in rubble.
Chard deNiord: Grief is the River with a Foreign Name
Grief is the river with a foreign name
that floods your heart, pulling you in
with a musical force you can’t resist
Brett Wilkins: Children Dying of Starvation, Dehydration in Gaza Hospitals
The international community is facing a moral and humanitarian test to stop the genocide in Gaza,” said a Gaza Health Ministry official.
Lisa Suhair Majaj: What She Said
She said, go play outside,
but don’t throw balls near the soldiers.
When a jeep goes past
keep your eyes on the ground.
Abby Zimet: Ironclad Support For Starving, Blinding, Shattering Children
Gaza’s horrors grow. Israel kills 250 people a day, attacks hospitals, bombs survivors in tents, blocks over 75% of humanitarian aid from reaching a place where “every single person is hungry,” a quarter are starving, most are cold, 60,000 are maimed.
Pascale Petit: A Mother Sings
I will rebirth her on banks of the river of life.
Only I have to wade through the river of thorns
while she sleeps.
I am her country and her lagoon.
Charles Davidson: Rachel Weeping at Bethlehem
“Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor. . . . As her soul was … Continue reading
Letter from South Gaza, 12/13/2023
Dear [Name Withheld]: The situation in the North is getting worse and worse day by day. They manipulate the news. They play with the scenes. The Israeli forces break into … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: A Hand Here, A Head There | Israel’s Tremendously Positive War In Gaza
The “systematic effort to empty Gaza of its people,” warns Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, “will haunt this region (and) define generations to come.”
Penny Rosenwasser: A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!”
On my desktop is a photo of seven Palestinian babies at Al-Shifa Hospital, lying next to each other on a bed. Lacking fuel, nurses had moved 36 babies from their … Continue reading
Rebecca Gordon: The Hamster Wheel of War
On Ending Dreams of Revenge in Israel, Palestine, and Elsewhere
