In Gaza, we are seeing the normalisation of evil

In Gaza, we are seeing the normalisation of evil

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. A dire impact of Donald Trump’s dominance of the world news agenda is that the daily slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza is being largely ignored.Single atrocities – such as the Israeli strike in Khan Yunis on Thursday that killed at least 23 people including five children…

The Deafening Silence: Arab Complicity and the Normalization of Evil in Gaza - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Jamal Kanj* – CounterPunch The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment against a captive civilian population. As famine tightens its grip and American-made bombs rain from the sky, global leaders stand by—paralyzed, indifferent, or willfully complicit—while Israel renders Gaza uninhabitable. Earlier this week, Israel targeted the only fu…

Jamal Kanj - The Deafening Silence: Arab Complicity and the Normalization of Evil in Gaza - Brave New Europe

The concept of Ummah has become a parody of itself Jamal Kanj is the author of Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America, and other books. He writes frequently on Arab world issues for various national and international commentaries Cross-posted from Counterpunch The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment …

Eli Sharabi’s Account of Terror, and the Deafening Sound of Silence

The freed hostage Eli Sharabi briefs a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, March 20, 2025. Photo credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo via JNS. Israel Ellis I watched Eli Sharabi. An eyewitness to horror. A forced journey through hell. I have no right to claim understanding. How can anyone? Empathy is the only tool of the imagination to relate, but for these hostages, there is no precedent. Hearing him, I ask myself — could I remain…