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Using its incomparably superior military might and US support, the Israeli Army in the service of Netanyahu’s far-right government used retaliation for the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack as a pretext to kill, starve, and forcibly displace Palestinian civilians in Gaza. They destroyed their homes, schools, hospitals, and infrastructure at a scale unprecedented in recent history. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) about 100,000 Palestinians have left the enclave, 11,000 are missing while more than 55,000 are presumed to have lost their lives. Over the past year, Palestinian life in Gaza, the West Bank, and the Occupied Territories has been upended, and the conflict has bled into Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria with the threat of escalation to Iran ever present. The reaction has been global with Palestine at the forefront of the geopolitical stage. South Africa’s case, which brought Israel before the International Court of Justice, is now being supported by 14 countries, mostly from the global South, accusing Israel of committing the crime of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Despite the horror being inflicted on Gaza, we have seen the continuing inspirational fighting resistance of the Palestinian people, as well as an unprecedented movement of global solidarity with Gaza.