Where Are We Headed Now?

The silence from our leaders and media is deafening, and the diminishing flow of news from inside Gaza tells its own chilling story—one that speaks louder than words. Reports still trickle in, revealing horrific accounts: drones and snipers targeting children, mothers, and desperate individuals searching for food to sustain their families. Water wells have been deliberately destroyed. Food trucks are barred from entry. Medical and aid workers are being shot, while medicine supplies dwindle by the day.

And yet, the Western powers are busy debating semantics. What shall we call this? They argue that if intent cannot be proven, it’s not genocide.

Intent.

Does the intent behind a sniper’s bullet alter its trajectory when it pierces the skull of a child? Does intent change the reality of looming starvation, sickness, and death for over one million children trapped in Gaza?

But no, let’s not call it genocide—heaven forbid we hurt the feelings of the pro-Israeli powers of the world. Perhaps we should settle for "Hitler-esque mass murder"? That sounds about right.

This is a moment of reckoning. If what is happening right now doesn’t compel you to act, what will? Get up. Speak out. Do something before it’s too late. Don’t wait until the atrocities are relegated to history books, when your inaction will be as glaring as the crimes themselves.

Tear Out the Weed, But Don't Forget the Roots.

Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, all accused of crimes against humanity. Many have celebrated this as a significant victory, and while it is undoubtedly progress to see international institutions affirm that the actions in Palestine constitute war crimes and genocide, I remain cautious when the focus shifts from the crimes themselves to the criminals. Accountability is essential—perpetrators must face justice, including leaders of Hamas. Yet, this emphasis on individuals risks obscuring the systemic oppression and societal frameworks that enabled these figures to rise and act unchecked. It’s a pattern we’ve seen throughout history, from Adolf Hitler to Donald Trump: casting a single individual as the embodiment of evil oversimplifies the issue and lets the underlying systems of power escape scrutiny. By giving the devil a face, we inadver...

Bending Greed Out of the Equation

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The Imagined Rock Leaves No Ripples

2024 has brought about a tectonic shift in how many perceive the world. Many of the foundations we've taken for granted for most of our lives have been shaken and shattered. The inefficacy of International law, the lack of morals in our peers, the silence and apathy of our friends and family, the corruption of our world leaders, and the complicit gaslighting of the media. Like many, I have experienced a profound disappointment in humanity. It's been a year of awakening to not just an ongoing genocide but to the systematic injustices that have allowed the cataclysmic events in Palestine to unfold. The system has been revealed for how broken it is and how the unrestrained avarice that fuels the Western world. For me, it's been a year of realizing the power of change and action. Opening up from seemingly nowhere, discovering the world's horrors could have broken me. It should have. Seeing the images of dead children daily for the last six months, seeing their parents in ut...

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