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A Palestinian man watches on as a child breathes through a medical ventilator. (photo: Activestills.org)

What would Israelis say to families of civilian casualties in Gaza?

The personal losses of Al Mezan’s team are a microcosm of what Israel’s military operation is doing to Gaza’s population. If Israelis met them face-to-face, would they tell them the same excuses for those civilian deaths as they tell themselves and the world? On August 21, the father, step-mother and niece of Issam Younis, director-general…

By Amjad Iraqi August 22, 2014

The bodies of Palestinians lie in the Al Shifa Hospital morgue in Gaza City following an attack on an UNRWA school in Jabaliya, July 30, 2014 (photo: Activestills)

How journalists become complicit in Gaza’s suffering

Reporters seize upon the list of Gaza’s most recent victims, only to parse their death certificates for proof that they, too, did not deserve to die. “Journalism,” wrote the Swedish war correspondent Stig Dagerman, “is the art of coming too late as early as possible.” The dictum resounds in Gaza, where an eight-year Israeli siege –…

By Samer Badawi August 12, 2014