Phalapoem editor, 16/10/25
For seventy-seven years, Palestinians have lived — and died — under the shadow of an occupation that refuses to end. Not a single day has passed since 1948 without Palestinian blood being spilled, homes being demolished, or families being driven from their land. The killing never stops because the system itself depends on it — a machinery of control that feeds on fear, humiliation, and the denial of basic human rights.
The Israeli occupation government continues to claim it seeks peace, yet its actions reveal a brutal truth: this is not self-defense, it is domination. The illegal occupation has become permanent. The blockade of Gaza — the world’s largest open-air prison — turns daily life into slow suffocation. Food, medicine, and clean water are withheld as tools of punishment. Starvation is used as a weapon, collective suffering turned into political leverage.
Even during declared ceasefires, the violence does not truly end. Palestinians continue to die — from sniper fire, from airstrikes, from the collapse of hospitals and homes, from the deliberate strangling of aid. Israel’s military control has become inseparable from Palestinian despair. It cannot stop because it has never been held accountable.
To speak of “returning to the status quo” before October 7, 2023, is to speak of returning to occupation, blockade, and humiliation — the very conditions that breed endless conflict. Real peace will never come from rebuilding walls or deepening segregation. It will come only when Palestinians are treated not as enemies to contain but as human beings with equal rights to safety, land, and dignity.
The world must stop accepting endless war as inevitable. It must stop funding and excusing apartheid policies that create starvation and displacement. Gaza does not need more bombs or empty promises — it needs open borders, aid, and the freedom to live.
The killing of Palestinians must end — not paused, not reduced, but ended. Justice, equality, and accountability are the only foundations on which Israelis and Palestinians can ever share true peace.