Media RoundupThe House – Hanan Habashi writes a eulogy for her house in Gaza, destroyed by Israel, and considers the genocide at the same time as a domicide: “Do our houses know a ritual for dying? Do they lock their ribs against the blast or kneel and cover our memories with their bodies? Do they cast our stories upwards like prayers, or do they wrap them close as they fall down?” Israel Seeks Redemption in the Gaza Ruins – Abdaljawad Omar describes Israel’s struggle to name its genocide in Gaza as symptomatic of how October 7 and its aftermath “has revealed the full extent of Israel’s capacity to destroy — sustained by the indulgence of its allies and amplified to the point of grotesque excess — but has also clarified its limits.” We Survived the War, We May Not Survive the Ceasefire – Sara Awad describes how the people of Gaza remain at the mercy of the Israeli occupation, which has proven that it will violate the ceasefire at random in order to continue its genocide. Thinking with Water in Palestine – Elisa Adami considers the politics of water in Palestine against the grain of Israel’s ecocidal violence to suggest how water’s “slow movement and regenerative cycles” across borders and underground interrupts the logics of colonialism and racial capitalism in Palestine. A Lynch Mob in the Olive Fields—and the State Behind It – Jasper Nathaniel offers an account of three weeks he spent in the Palestinian village of Turmus’ayya in the West Bank, documenting the escalating settler violence against villagers during the olive harvest along with the complicity of the IDF and the US Embassy. Interview: Annemarie Jacir on Palestine 36 – Hadani Ditmars interviews Annemarie Jacir about her new film, Palestine 36, which portrays the Palestinian uprising against British colonial rule and its collusion with the growing Zionist movement in Palestine. Weapons, Warlords, and Wasteland: Israel's Strategy for Post-War Gaza – Muhammad Shehada examines how Israel has been cultivating anti-Hamas gang militias across the Gaza strip in order to sow discord and instability. ‘Resistance Will Persist’: Q&A With Hamas Leader Mohamed Nazzal – Mostafa Hosny interviews Mohamed Nazzal, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, to discuss what has transpired since the putative ceasefire and what comes next for Gaza and Palestine writ large. As Israel Devours the West Bank, Abbas Clings on to a Sinking PA – David Hearst writes about how Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority have capitulated to the prospect of formal Israeli annexation of the West Bank, threatening to drag down Fatah and every other Palestinian institution with him. ‘Llegir Palestina’: Making a Space to Read About Palestine – ArabLit speaks to Danae Fonseca and Dana Dhailieh about a Palestine-centric book club that has taken off in the library system of Catalunya, offering models for creating similar book clubs elsewhere in the world. Plestia Alaqad: Western Media Language Is Enabling Genocide – Elias Feroz interviews the Gazan journalist Plestia Alaqad about the refusal of mainstream media institutions in the west to call the genocide for what it is. From Rubble to Rebirth – Islam Elhabil considers the sheer amount of debris and rubble in Gaza, more than Mosul and Haiti combined, before highlighting efforts at recycling and reconstruction that allow for the rubble to be repurposed. The Aftermath of a Massive Wave of Israeli Airstrikes that Killed Over 100 Palestinians – Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous report on the Israeli bombardment of Nuseirat refugee camp last week, in flagrant violation of the terms of the ceasefire, and the rituals of mourning that followed at Al-Awda Hospital. Pensions for Palestine – Lewis Backon writes about the Local Government Pension Scheme in the UK, which invests more than £12 billion in companies complicit in Israel’s genocide, occupation, and apartheid regime, as a leading boycott target for Palestine solidarity campaigners across the UK. Gaza, the Game the Elephant Swallows Every Time – Husam Maarouf shares some poetic observations on his return to Deir al-Balah: “Gaza ebbs and flows like the tide—changing nothing but the shape of the ruin. / Every return hurts. Each farewell kills.”
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