Phalapoem editor, 07/10/25
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.