Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CLXXXIII: "baby's mud-stained arm"
written on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba ("the catastrophe")
smoky rubbles
a baby's mud-stained arm
gathering crows
NeverEnding Story, May 15 2025
Nakba of 1948 and Today Are Not Separate Events, but Ongoing Process of Palestinian Displacement, Replacement, Speakers Tell Panel, Urging Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza ...
The Nation, May 15, "2025:" (Israel's War on Gaza, Day 587) The Nakba Has Never Ended
In Gaza, the boundary marking past and present has become indistinct. Nineteen forty-eight is not over—it is unfolding again, and in more violent and destructive ways.
And Haaretz, May 9 2025: How Did Israelis Become So Indifferent to Children Killed in Gaza?
We must ask ourselves, how did we become so indifferent? How have our hearts become hardened to the deaths of children? Why are we silent in the best case, and even rejoicing in the worst, most horrible case? We must view this indifference as a sign that we are undergoing serious deterioration, a process that has affected our central moral nerve. This is a process that requires us to get help.
If nothing can justify what was done to us on October 7, how can it be that what we have been doing to them for more than a year and a half now – actions that have cost tens of thousands of people their lives and destroyed their lands – does seem justified to us?
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CLXXXIV: "grinning and finger-gunning"
smoky ruins
after smoky ruins
a soldier
grinning and finger-gunning
at the TV camera
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CLXXXV: "covered in blood"
covered in blood
a mother holds her dead children ...
with news on mute
this Israeli expat shouts
we won't forget; they won't escape
FYI: Haaretz, May 15: Trump's Sanctions on ICC Prosecutor Have Halted Tribunal's Work
The sanctions, that followed the arrest warrants filed for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, will 'prevent victims from getting access to justice,' said a senior director at Human Rights Watch
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.
The Hague-based court's American staffers have been told that they risk arrest if they travel to the U.S. Some non-governmental organizations have stopped working with the ICC. The leaders of one won't even reply to emails from court officials.