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People take part in a rally marking the first anniversary of the killing of Palestinian journalist Yousef Abu Hussein by Israeli forces during the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza city on May 19, 2022. An Israeli warplane bombed the top floors of the Gaza City apartment building where Abu Hussein, a reporter and news anchor for the Hamas-affiliated radio station Voice of Al-Aqsa, lived with his family, in May 2021. (Photo: Mahmoud Nasser/APA Images)

May has always been a month marked by tragedy, anger, tension, and revolution for Palestinians since we were expelled from our lands on May 15th, 1948. This year has sadly been no different, as we still struggle the process the events of May a year ago.

Relatives of journalist Yousef Abu Hussein mourning after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, on May 19, 2021. (Photo: Bashar Taleb/APA Images)

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is reportedly preparing to introduce a resolution on Thursday to the Senate “disapproving” the planned sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel. This comes as the Gaza death toll reaches 230, including 65 children. In addition, 1,760 have been injured and 50,000 families have been displaced due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes.