State of Siege

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This is not ‘Netanyahu’s war’, it is Israel’s Genocide

The catastrophe we are witnessing in Palestine cannot be blamed on a single bad leader.

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Ahmad Ibsais
Jul 07, 2025
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I do not blame Benjamin Netanyahu. I do not blame the Israeli prime minister for what is happening to my people. I do not blame him today, as Israeli bombs destroy every corner of Gaza, and children die under the rubble. I did not blame him back in 2013, when I had to watch the slaughter of my people in Gaza on the evening news, either.

My mother did not…

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