Susan Abulhawa:
I thought I understood the situation on the ground. But I didn’t.
Nothing can truly prepare you for this dystopia. What reaches the rest of the world is a fraction of what I’ve seen so far, which is only a fraction of this horror’s totality.
Gaza is hell. It is an inferno teeming with innocents gasping for air.
But even the air here is scorched. Every breath scratches and sticks to the throat and lungs.
What was once vibrant, colorful, full of beauty, potential and hope against all odds, is draped in gray-colored misery and grime.
The destruction is so massive and persistent that the fine particles of pulverized life don’t have time to settle. The lack of petrol made people resort to filling their cars with stearate – used cooking oil that burns dirty.
It emits a peculiar foul smell and film that stick to the air, the hair, clothes, throat and lungs. It took me a while to figure out the source of that pervasive odor, but it’s easy to discern others.
The scarcity of running or clean water degrades the best of us. Everyone does their best with themselves and their children, but at some point, you stop caring.
At some point, the indignity of filth is inescapable. At some point, you just wait for death, even as you also wait for a ceasefire.
But people don’t know what they will do after a ceasefire.
They’ve seen pictures of their neighborhoods. When new images are posted from the northern region, people will gather to try to figure out which neigh…
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this is beyond disgusting,
Netanyahu must be held to account for this
@Sw1ngStateDunbirdSocialist3mos3MO
Netanyahu needs to send his kids to do the same mission that he is asking from his nation. in this case the mothers of very young soldiers will believe his sincerity..
@AmnestyBasmatiGreen3mos3MO
USA Biden/Harris must be held responsible for this
When there is no international law enforcement, the oppressor has a carte blanche to do whatever they want.
@DinosaurKenWomen’s Equality3mos3MO
There’s really never been any such thing as “international law enforcement.”
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
If witnessing the struggles of others in places like Gaza doesn't directly affect you, should it still impact your sense of humanity and why?
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
Should the international community intervene when people use the term 'holocaust' to describe current events, and if so, how?
@9KN3HM53mos3MO
No, if it is anything like the holocaust then the term should be used
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
Can the suffering and indignity faced by people in conflict zones like Gaza change the way we value our daily comforts and security?
@9KN387K3mos3MO
Yeah it can make us value our safety and the military power we have here in the u.s.
@9KNKLQ53mos3MO
We need world peace. There needs to be a ceasefire and an ensuring that this will not happen again. There needs to be more action brought to especially helping innocent civilians get to safety.
@9KNGDM4Republican3mos3MO
The Palestinian Conflict is not a holocaust
@9KN9DZW3mos3MO
I believe we should be doing more to help the people of Palestinian as they should not be going through such horrific times.
@9KNJ72S3mos3MO
My opinion is that there is too much death and fighting going on in Palestine that needs to be stopped.
@9KN6PN4Independent3mos3MO
I feel we give far too much leniency to the Israeli government and should hold them to a higher standard while prosecuting them for their war crimes
@9KN57363mos3MO
It broadcasted to the world the reality of this war that other countries are mere bystanders of. I agree with the writer in sharing the other side of the story.
@9KNHSLG3mos3MO
Palestine needs help. Innocent lives are being lost every second. I feel guilty that I'm here, alive, and others in Palestine and Gaza are watching their loved one starve to death in front of them.
My opinion on this news topic is that it should be addressed more widely. It is important to all of us, especially now that communication between countries is quick and can be done easily. What is happening in gaza should be everyone’s issue, even if we don’t necessarily take physical action. It is a serious issue, and pertains to all people across the world.
@9KN29SW3mos3MO
Ceasefire for humanitarian aid. Pressure Israel to delay war efforts. Negotiate release of hostages.
@9KNL2ST3mos3MO
Heart breaking to see innocent individuals die and lose their loved ones.
@9KN9W82 3mos3MO
It is tragic, the genocide happening there is right under all of our noses. Yet, as the world tried to do in WW2, we bury our heads in the sand until we are forced to act
@9KN5CSC3mos3MO
Gaza is showing the decline of the American Empire in real time.
@R3d1strictingBaboonDemocrat3mos3MO
Truce is needed not only to provide continuous food supplies and medical aid to stop deaths because of hunger, starvation and malnutrition, but also to develop and improve confidence-building measures to transform the areas into no-war and no-conflict zones and to secure and protect the future of humankind, especially children. Food is needed for surviving in the present, food plus education are needed for survival in the future.
@9KN5KRJ3mos3MO
The past is happening all over again and we need someone to do something about it
@9KNC4BSRepublican3mos3MO
I think that the Holocaust was globally one of the worst events in history, and the hardest part about it was that nobody knew what was going on or the extent of it until after it was over. This is why if something like that is happening we need to be hyper aware.
@9KNC8PH3mos3MO
Palestine are the victims and the U.S should stop funding to Israel.
@9KNC4T73mos3MO
I believe that The US should immediately stop funding for Israel's military weapons and supplies, Because Israel is using it for the wrong cause. It is clear that there is a genocide going on in Palestine, There are millions of innocent souls dead and no food, water, and shelter and minimum health care. Israel has gone too far.
@9KNGJ3F3mos3MO
if we stop supplying them and they win we will be in the news for genocide nothing as these guys don't play fair they will drop bombs on your house next
@9KN79T43mos3MO
Palestine deserves to be freed from the genocide that they are currently being put through by the state of Israel
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