We stand firmly against injustice in all its forms. Nothing can justify the current war crimes committed by Israel in occupied Palestine. Equally, nothing can excuse the continued support offered by other nations to this apartheid regime. If you believe in human rights, dignity, and justice, then we urge you to boycott this rogue state. Silence is complicity, do what’s right.
The zoo, part of the Al-Bisan recreational park in Jabalya, was hit multiple times during Israeli airstrikes. The three monkeys were some of the few lucky animals to survive the blitz in Gaza as many were killed in explosions or starved to death.
Al-Bisan’s zoo, a battlefield’s cruel feast, Explosions echo, innocence released. Species shattered, haven obliterated, Occupation’s rain, where anguish is narrated.
Rare lives extinguished, a tragic lore, A lion’s hunger, a cage of war. Colors drained, sorrow etched, A plea for rescue in a world wretched.
Palestinians walk past a mural of George Floyd, a black American who died after being restrained by police officers, in Gaza City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020.
(Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)
In Gaza, the unthinkable has become daily life. Reports indicate that approximately 100 Palestinians are being killed by Israeli occupation army every day, yet this staggering loss of life seems to barely ripple the consciousness of the wider world. Over 67,000 people have perished in Gaza by the Israeli occupation forces and each a human story cut tragically short, yet Western governments remain largely silent, their empathy muted or absent altogether.
The scale of this genocide is hard to comprehend. Families are torn apart, children are growing up amidst ruins, and entire neighborhoods vanish in a haze of violence. Hospitals were demolished and food and water are scarce, and the constant threat of Israeli bombardment leaves no space for normalcy. Yet in diplomatic corridors and media headlines, Gaza’s agony is often reduced to numbers, statistics, or geopolitical footnotes.
This normalization of death is deeply disturbing. When the world grows accustomed to genocide, the humanity of the victims is erased. The absence of strong condemnation or meaningful action by governments that champion human rights elsewhere speaks volumes. It is a chilling reminder that selective empathy often dictates which lives are valued and which are dismissed.
We must remember that behind every number is a life: a mother, a father, a child, a teacher, a doctor. Each loss weakens the moral fabric of our shared humanity. It is imperative for individuals, organizations, and governments to confront this reality, to speak out against injustice, and to demand accountability for the war criminals. Silence in the face of genocide, ethnic cleansing and starvation is complicity.
The world cannot let the daily delicate Israeli killing of Gaza children become a mere statistic. We must resist the normalization of genocide and insist that empathy, justice, and human rights are universal, not selective.
There is only one way to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It is not through bilateral negotiations. Israel has amply demonstrated, including with the assassination of the lead Hamas negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, that it has no interest in a permanent ceasefire. The only way for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians to be halted is for the U.S. to end all weapons shipments to Israel. And the only way this will take place is if enough Americans make clear they have no intention of supporting any presidential ticket or any political party that fuels this genocide…
If we do not hold fast to moral imperatives, we are doomed. Evil will triumph. It means there is no right and wrong. It means anything, including mass murder, is permissible. Protestors outside the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago demand an end to the genocide and U.S. aid to Israel, but inside we are fed a sickening conformity. Hope lies in the streets.
A moral stance always has a cost. If there is no cost, it is not moral. It is merely conventional belief…
The question is not whether resistance is practical. It is whether resistance is right. We are enjoined to love our neighbor, not our tribe. We must have faith that the good draws to it the good, even if the empirical evidence around us is bleak. The good is always embodied in action. It must be seen. It does not matter if the wider society is censorious. We are called to defy — through acts of civil disobedience and noncompliance — the laws of the state, when these laws, as they often do, conflict with moral law. We must stand, no matter the cost, with the crucified of the earth. If we fail to take this stand, whether against the abuses of militarized police, the inhumanity of our vast prison system or the genocide in Gaza, we become the crucifiers.
Zack Polanski is such a good communicator. This is a perfect response to the people who are blaming anti-genocide protesters for the Manchester attack.
Background The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when around 130 fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi killed at least 107 Palestinian Palestinian villagers, including women and children, in Deir Yassin, a village of roughly 600 people near Jerusalem, despite having earlier agreed to a peace pact. The massacre occurred while Jewish militia sought to relieve the blockade of Jerusalem during the civil war that preceded the end of British rule in Palestine.
In Deir Yassin’s silent streets, a tale of sorrow weaves, Where history recalls a haunting, tragic eve. April’s breath held heavy, 1948’s embrace, As shadows cast by conflict darkened this sacred space.
Irgun, Lehi, peace defied, Deir Yassin, where innocence died. Covenant decayed, memories shred, Silence echoes, hearts in dread.
Palestinians in fear, homes betrayed, Arab resolve stirred, intervention displayed. Deir Yassin’s wounds, echoes remain, Hadassah convoy, sorrow’s relentless bane.
78 lives lost, truth exposed, In secrecy’s folds, haunting disclosed. Stories told, illuminate peace’s gains, A history where sorrow refrains.
For decades, Israeli apartheid has been a country of sharp political divisions, and has always been captured by a radical majority . Under the iron grip of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition of ultra-nationalist, religious-right ministers, the state itself now appears more like the private property of extremists who are willing to gamble the nation’s future for their own survival.
Power for Power’s Sake
The ongoing war in Gaza—prolonged well beyond the point of any strategic necessity—has become the ultimate instrument of political leverage. While families of Israeli hostages plead desperately for a deal that would bring their captured soldiers home, Netanyahu and his far-right allies stonewall negotiations and reject ceasefire proposals.
Instead of prioritizing life, the government prioritises genocide and political optics: projecting “strength,” appeasing settler movements, and clinging to office amid corruption trials and collapsing public trust.
The War That Serves the Religious Lunatics
Ending the war would mean confronting hard truths—about the government’s failures on October 7, about the genocide and starvation Gaza, and about the need for a political settlement.
For Netanyahu, ending the war also means facing the music at home: a corruption trial, protests that once filled Tel Aviv’s streets, and a fractured Likud party ready to unseat him.
For the terrorist ministers—Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich—war is the perfect distraction and a vehicle for their twisted messianic and racist agenda: deepening settlements, expanding military control over the West Bank, and crushing any path toward Palestinian statehood.
Mediators Targeted, Hope Undermined
The recent assassination of key mediators in Qatar—a move widely interpreted as a deliberate sabotage of ongoing prisoner-exchange talks—exposes the government’s true extermination priorities.
Killing those trying to build bridges is not just reckless; it is a calculated act to keep the flames of conflict burning, ensuring that no deal can threaten the coalition’s grip on power.
A Nation in Chains
Israeli apartheid has never been democracy, but always held hostage by leaders who treat the state as a personal fiefdom. The terrorists from far right controls key ministries: finance, security, and justice. Policies of genocide, starvation, annexation, ethnic clean sing , are now simply the government doctrine.
Meanwhile, Palestinians bear the main cost: fascist occupation, starvation, ethnics cleansing, demolition of houses, hospitals, schools and universities, prisoners remain in captivity, tens of thousands of children and women die in an endless war, and global isolation of the apartheid regime deepens.
The Way Forward
Breaking this stranglehold will require courage from within—from Israeli civil society, opposition parties, and military leaders who recognize that Netanyahu’s survival strategy is not Israel’s survival strategy.
It will also demand unflinching pressure from allies, particularly the United States and Europe, to make clear that support for Israel does not mean support for endless war or authoritarian drift.
Until then, Israeli apartheid will remain what it has tragically become: a nation owned by its most extreme leaders, a property of fear and ambition, while the dream of peace grows ever more distant.
