Phalapoem editor, 15/11/25
In a genocide where humanity is already hanging by a thread, one side continues to trample on every fragile hope for peace. Ceasefires—a sliver of relief for civilians—are being shattered, and the cost is horrendous: 246 innocent lives brutally extinguished, families ripped apart, and communities left in terror.
Even more horrifying is the deliberate blockade of humanitarian aid. Two million displaced people, starving, sick, and exhausted, remain trapped with no escape. Borders promised to be reopened for relief supplies remain shut, turning the most basic human right—access to food, water, and medical care—into a cruel illusion. Children grow weaker with each passing day, parents watch helplessly as hope dies, and entire communities face the slow agony of neglect.
This is not collateral damage. It is a conscious choice: to violate ceasefires, to ignore international law, to deny the desperate pleas of those who have already lost everything. Every broken promise by the apartheid is a betrayal not just of agreements, but of humanity itself.
The world cannot stay silent. Aid must flow. Lives cannot wait for diplomacy to catch up to morality. Accountability is urgent. Those who exploit ceasefires as mere political tools, while civilians starve and die, must face the full weight of international scrutiny.
For the two million displaced, for the children who go to bed hungry, for the families crushed under the weight of violence and broken promises—this is not a war over politics. This is a genocide over life itself. And humanity demands that it end.