State of Siege

State of Siege

Why They Prefer Us Starving

How the World Learned to Mourn Palestinian Death Without Naming Palestinian Murder

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Ahmad Ibsais
Aug 04, 2025
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The silence is breaking, but not because institutions have suddenly discovered their conscience. The shift in language comes not from moral awakening but from calculated safety: famine sounds like misfortune, genocide sounds like guilt. Famine lets them send aid without admitting harm, grieve publicly without calling out the inflictors. Genocide demands…

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