We seem to be on the brink of significant changes in Israel's war against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are escalating their incursion into Gaza. This occurring while the deaths from famine rapidly increase. Children are dying from having no food.
Category: Palestinian solidarity
People’s Graduation
There is a sharp contrast between the usual college commencement ceremonies this spring and the need for an alternative 'People's Graduation'. Severe repression against pro-Palestinian activists has included withholding degrees for some who have been involved in efforts to bring attention to the increasingly dire situation for Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank.
Atomization of the people in Gaza
Starvation is a tool of colonization, weaponized to weaken bodies, fracture bonds, undermine social cohesion, fuel internal aggression, weaken resistance, and turn survival into an isolating struggle.
Hunger Strikes
Hunger strike means to go without food in solidarity with those suffering from hunger, from famine. It also means that hunger has striken the children, the people in Gaza and the West Bank.
You knew they were going to kill you
EVERYONE in Gaza seems to have a premonition of their death. How could they not as bombs continue to rain down on them as they try to shelter in tents or the rubble?
‘We cannot remain silent’
Gaza-based photojournalist Fatma Hassona was the main subject of the film "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk." She was killed with her family this week in an Israeli airstrike, just a day after the film was selected to premiere at Cannes.
US President visit to the Middle East
Gaza is starving from the complete obstruction of humanitarian aid by Israel.
Palestinian street art
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
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.
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.