All young Omar wanted for his birthday was for his father to come home with some meat for a simple celebratory meal. Almost a year later, his father is still missing after being abducted by Israel, and his birthday wish is yet to come true.
Residents of Jabalia refugee camp recount their harrowing experience during the latest Israeli assault on northern Gaza.
The Biden Administration has done more damage to the international norms of humanitarian law and food security than any other U.S. government in recent history.
The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide.
Israeli lawmakers are urging the military to intensify the genocide in Gaza by destroying any possible sources of energy, food, and water in the territory.
A recent Haaretz editorial claimed, “Israel Is Losing Its Humanity in Gaza,” but this ignores the brutal history of the Zionist colonization of Palestine, of which the Gaza genocide is just the latest chapter.
For many of us, the idea of leaving Gaza feels like a quiet betrayal. But how do you stay when the weight of loss grows heavier each day?
Even now, in moments of joy, all we think about are the things we lost, like celebrating a child’s birthday, celebrating the new year, or even the simple pleasure of gathering as a family without fear of the Israeli death that hovers around us.
The shame of Israel’s genocide in Gaza will haunt the international moral conscience and the Israeli psyche for the coming century. Though Israelis, accustomed to the perpetual shaming of Germany, are unprepared for the shame they must now confront.
As my family huddled around a fire to protect ourselves from Gaza’s bitter cold we each shared our hopes for the new year. While we each had our own special wish one thing is clear: none of us can endure another year like this one.