Source: In These Times
by Yousef Aljamal
“I was in Bellingham, Washington, when the attacks on Israel began a year ago on October 7. I had just finished giving a talk on the future of Gaza as part of a speaking tour for the book Light in Gaza, which was sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. During the talk, I stressed the need to connect Gaza, which has been under Israeli siege for 17 years, to the outside world. I noted that keeping Palestinians in cages is not sustainable — it will, one day, lead to an explosion. Although I grew up in Gaza and lived through many Israeli escalations — with some members of my family killed because of the occupation and siege — I never imagined an attack on the scale of October 7 could happen.” (10/07/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/gaza-one-year-israel-palestine-refaat