Today marks 12 months of a genocide that has shown no signs of coming to an end.
We are 12 months on, and rather than ending the war on Gaza and bringing the hostages home, Israel has now expanded its violent campaign to new frontiers, with the tacit approval of the US, endangering millions more across a whole region - perhaps even beyond. Israel's military campaign since October 7th has devastated the Gaza Strip. Palestinian health authorities say Israel's air and ground offensive has killed nearly 42,000 people, with another 10,000 feared dead and still unaccounted for under the rubble.
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner, TNR
As we approach this high holiday season, which in 2024 contains the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel and falls one month before the U.S. presidential election, I have never felt more alone, more upside down or more fearful for the next year.
To recognize Palestinians are human has become a flashpoint, a red line to not be crossed in Washington discourse, an invitation to be tagged as an antisemite, whether by your cousin at a Passover seder or by a network morning news anchor on live national television. — The Appalling Attack on Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Draws repeated links between Jim Crow and “the separate and unequal nature of Israeli rule.” When his group is blocked by soldiers from entering the Aqsa Mosque compound, he notices “the sun glinting off their shades like Georgia sheriffs.” — NY Times (Books)
Pres. Biden
No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None. None. None. And I think Bibi should remember that. And whether he's trying to influence the election, I don't know, but I'm not counting on that. — PBS News
Donald Trump
“When I return to the White House, I will fire the radical Left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist Maniacs and lunatics.” — Politico
Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Security Cabinet member
“As far as I'm concerned, Gaza should be hermetically sealed. We shouldn't provide them anything. Let them die of hunger, thirst, and malaria. I don't care, they are not my citizens, I owe them nothing”. — Drop Site News
James Stavridis, retired US Navy admiral, former supreme allied commander of NATO
A true regional war between Israel and Iran could crack the global economy, kill tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, wreak diplomatic chaos, and draw Washington into something it very much wants to avoid. — Bloomberg
North Carolina prisoners
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.” — Intercept
Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Security Cabinet member
“As far as I'm concerned, Gaza should be hermetically sealed. We shouldn't provide them anything. Let them die of hunger, thirst, and malaria. I don't care, they are not my citizens, I owe them nothing”. — Drop Site News
What? Not even provide a decent cremation?! (sorry- dark, dark ironic humor)