The problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained is the inexplicable. What needs to be explicated is the silence in the face of horror. Jeffrey St. Clair
Category: genocide
Gideon’s Chariots
"Gideon's Chariots" refers to a new Israeli military strategy and operation plan for the Gaza Strip. Approved unanimously by Israel's Security Cabinet on May 5, 2025, it is described as an expansion of military operations that would include the occupation of the Gaza! The plan requires mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists and aims to flatten any buildings left standing and destroy tunnel networks.
Israeli aid distribution plan
While the world looks on in horror, Israel continues it's two month long blockade of any humanitarian aid, preventing hundreds of aid trucks from entering Gaza. And now the Israeli government has the audacity to propose that they should be in charge of the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Israel, land grab and starvation
Multiple sources indicate that the Israeli government has approved plans to expand military operations in Gaza, including a potential long-term occupation of territory and the displacement of a significant portion of the population to designated "humanitarian areas." Concurrently, Israel intends to take control of aid distribution, utilizing private security contractors, a move heavily criticized by aid agencies as insufficient and potentially violating humanitarian principles.
Kent State Massacre
I was a Senior at Scattergood Friends Quaker boarding school when the Kent State massacre happened, May 4, 1970. I took this photo on October 15, 1969, when the entire student body walked from the school twelve miles to the University of Iowa.
All part of the same genocide
The drone attack on a ship in international waters carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in the early hours of Friday has been widely condemned, with human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber saying it was “all part of the same genocide.” “The attacks on the humanitarian flotilla, on Gaza & the West Bank, on Lebanon & Yemen, on Palestinians & human rights defenders in the US, UK, Germany, and elsewhere in the West, on cyber-space & the high seas, are all part of the same genocide,” Mokhiber posted on X.
CJNV and Tent of Nations
When Daoud was asked how Jews around the world could support his family, he replied: come replant the trees with us in a show of solidarity, to demonstrate that the Israeli Army’s bulldozers don’t represent your Jewish values.
Pro-Palestinian solidarity Spring 2025
"Once I started to learn, in conjunction with the videos that were coming out of Palestine, something happened in me. There was an awakening and a remembering of what actually matters in this world." Macklemore
Masafer Yatta and Center for Jewish Nonviolence
The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV) is supporting the Masafer Atta community. Masafer Yatta is the home of Basel Adra, one of the filmmakers of "No Other Land." Basel speaks of the importance of the support from CJNV
Support Masafer Yatta
The Academy Award Winning movie "No Other Land" is about the Palestinian community Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Even with the achievement of the award, the message of the movie has continued to be silenced in this country because of the fear of distribution companies of the backlash that continues to occur against any sign of Palestinian solidarity.