Phalapoem editor, 01/02/2025

A British writer, David Hearst, published an article on Middle East Eye discussing the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza after 15 months of Israel’s war of extermination.
Hearst stated that “the historic return of Palestinians, after fifteen months of Israeli destruction, is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit over systematic oppression.”
He added that “the images of destruction in Gaza will burn a historical hole in Israel’s founding narrative as a state born from the Holocaust and built on the backs of its victims.”
He continued, “The lifting of the siege on northern Gaza will be remembered in Palestinian history just as the lifting of the siege on Leningrad (which also took place on January 27) is remembered in Russian history from World War II. It is no less significant.”