Humanity is being buried in Gaza. We must rise up to save our collective future.

from Mondoweiss

“Where do you stand on the question of evil?” That question has echoed around my mind ever since interviewing Palestinian author and Nakba survivor Dr Ghada Karmi last June. She told me that her own childhood experiences—being ethnically cleansed from Jerusalem in 1948—almost feels like “nothing” compared to what’s unfolding in Gaza today. 

This weekend, we woke to the news that Israel had incinerated 33 more Palestinians—mostly children—as they sheltered in a school in Gaza City. A video shows a six-year-old child, named Ward (“flowers” in English), running in desperation. Her small silhouette was etched against the raging inferno consuming the night sky. 

We also learnt that Israeli forces bombed the home of Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar while she was at work, killing nine of her children and injuring her husband. One child survives, clinging to life in intensive care.

And as if Israel’s actions could get any more depraved, news breaks that Israeli forces have killed at least ten starving Palestinians queuing for aid in the newly established US-backed distribution site on the outskirts of Rafah...

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