Tag: Gaza

  • Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says

    People are thinking that with the ceasefire the genocide has stopped, but this is not the case at all: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/27/israel-still-committing-genocide-in-gaza-amnesty-international-says

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  • A Thorough, November Update on Gaza

    By, A Friend Living in Palestine, November 16, 2025 The recent period of the war on Gaza, marked by the ostensible ceasefire of October 2025, has unfolded as yet another chapter in the devastation of the Palestinian enclave. Satellite analysis, humanitarian reports, and international observations paint a sobering picture of destruction, displacement, and a peace

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  • Starvation, Displacement, and Destruction: The Tragedy of Gaza

    By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, September 2025 The ongoing catastrophe in Gaza is not merely a conflict but a genocide devastating the Palestinian people. Since hostilities sharply escalated on October 7, 2023, Gaza has experienced the displacement of two million people. Over 65,174 martyrs have been recorded in hospitals, with a total of 166,071 injured

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  • Hearts Still Beating for Justice

    By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, August 2025 Here in Palestine, we feel the weight of the madness every day. The news is not something distant for us, it is our streets, our homes, our neighbors’ tears. Each morning, we wake to the echo of uncertainty, and each night we lie down with the heavy knowledge

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  • Staying Strong Right Now for Palestine

    We cannot deny that things are very bad right now in Palestine. They have been for over 100 years, and this is an extremely difficult chapter. During times of grief and pain and confusion, we need to put one foot in front of the other. When we do this, every step we take sends forth

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  • Palestine Book Club at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park

    A secular book club for people who want to learn about Palestine. This is not Christian affiliated or associated with Christian Minus Christianity. For more information, contact Marti Schmidt at martha@marthalschmidt.net or Diane Paul at dianepaul475@gmail.com. Join us as we discuss books on and about  Palestine rarely reviewed in the corporate media and hard to find in bookstores!

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  • Something Unfair Keeps Happening

    By Joy from Ghazza Something unfair keeps happening. Something—hot smoke—I don’t know where it comes from, but it burns my chest. I miss my home. Then I wake up. Then I miss my home. Then I walk on my feet for three hours straight, looking for flour. Then I miss my home. Then sometimes I

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  • Amnesty International Report on the Gaza Genocide

    I am just beginning to read over the Amnesty International Gaza Genocide report and, rather than write about it, I’m going to highly recommend you read it yourself. Here’s the link:

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  • How do we make Palestinian pain like our own here?

    The other day I wrote my friends in Palestine, “even though you’re on the other side of the world, I don’t speak your native language, we are different church denominations, and global powers are making everyone more and more paranoid, your wellbeing makes me more emotional than than things that happen here, which is what

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  • Book Review: Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians, Revised and Updated Ed.

    Gaza in Crisis (2010) is an crucial book that lays out the essential military and social engineering moves that have dominated the lives of Palestinians in Gaza, but also the West Bank, since 1948. The chapters are short and their style varied. What follows are some highlights from this essential book, but reading this masterful

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