Hani Almadhoun
I keep waiting for someone to wake me up. As I witness the surreal and staggering devastation on the streets of Gaza, where my parents live, and the tragic loss of more than 10,000 Palestinian lives unfolding in real time, my heart keeps sinking.
I hold on to the hope that something, or someone, can end this nightmare. But that never happens. Instead, I find myself mourning every day for the families affected and grieving for the profound injustices that permit such a horrifying loss of life to persist.
My wife and I wake up each morning in Virginia knowing we won’t find any good news some 6,000 miles away in Gaza. The updates deepen our despair, leaving Palestinians to bear the weight of these atrocities, while the world watches. We find ourselves in an unsettling state, like waking up from surgery, still sedated. We know our surroundings, but meaningful action feels elusive.
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Dogs of war / New acronym in Gaza: WCNSF – Wounded Child No Surviving Family
Patrick Lawrence: Deeper Into Depravity
A Conspiracy of Silence / The Killing Floor of Gaza
Michael Brenner: Europe-Jews-Muslims
Palestine and Israel: Historical, Legal and Moral Issues
Israel-Hamas War: US arms industry stocks rocket (October 10)
No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied
Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
The Shame That Will Follow Netanyahu Will Be Far Greater Than the One He Attempted to Escape
We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza
Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself
Netanyahu’s deliberate extremism has failed
Haaretz Editorial: Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War
Israel imposing apartheid on Palestinians, says former Mossad chief
Gaza, trades unions, fascism & oppression
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
After the truth-shower 