Some of the first images to appear following the Al Qassem brigades’ October 7th invasion of ‘Israel’ showed dozens of destroyed vehicles around the site of the Nova Sukkot festival, without any explanation of why they were crashed and abandoned or who was in them. Later these cars were collected together as seen above in… Continue reading Collateral Genocide
Category: Gaza
A Drop in the Ocean
Following Israel’s “Leap year massacre”, when tanks and troops opened fire on thousands waiting for a food aid convoy for Northern Gaza, the stage was set for more ‘Air Drops’ onto the strip, and into the sea. As I suggested in my previous article, ‘On Gaza Beach’, this joint operation by the US and its… Continue reading A Drop in the Ocean
On Gaza Beach
On the very day when Israel was ordered by the ICJ to submit a report on the measures it had taken to avoid acts of genocide since the court’s ruling on January 26th, Israeli tanks and soldiers opened fire on crowds gathered on Gaza’s ‘corniche’ – Al Rashid street – close to the heavily damaged… Continue reading On Gaza Beach
Time to Choose a Side
Never have the words of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu been more appropriate: “To remain neutral in a situation of injustice is to choose the side of the oppressor”. Following the ICJ’s unanimous decision to accept South Africa’s case that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, those who support international law and human rights… Continue reading Time to Choose a Side
Jabaliya Flood
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Anas Al Sharif sent this report from Jabaliya, where heavy rain had led to a new disaster – flooding. What might have simply been a transient problem is turned into a disaster because Israel has destroyed all the municipal vehicles, and power supplies for pumps, as well as sewage treatment facilities… Continue reading Jabaliya Flood
Kidnapping Rules
Everyone knows the rules of kidnapping. Both in real life and in film, those rules are unquestioned and brutal – the kidnapper’s demands must be met or there will be consequences worse than paying the ransom, which will often be the death of the captive, preceded by torture. This period, between the taking of the… Continue reading Kidnapping Rules
The Rough Beast
Fourteen years ago, and in the wake of “Operation Cast Lead” – the first of Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza, I created the scene pictured above. It was a pictorial representation of WB Yeats famous poem “The Second Coming”, which seemed to me to relate to the terrible events in Gaza and the people who… Continue reading The Rough Beast
Witness to Genocide
It was on this day that the world was witness to a crime against humanity almost without precedent – the forced clearance of a whole community from their land by a country’s army. After weeks of deprivation, thousands of terrified people were finally forced to leave their ruined homes and shelters, and marched south with… Continue reading Witness to Genocide