"It is too early to reach sweeping conclusions regarding the outcomes of this unprecedented war," Ramzy Baroud writes. "But what is crystal clear is that the fundamental relationship between the Israeli occupation and occupied Palestinians after October 7, 2023 is likely to be altered, and permanently so."

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"Israel wants to intentionally cause a blackout so that we can’t report on the massacres it’s committing in Gaza," Tareq Hajjaj writes from Gaza. "They’re preparing for something huge, and without a way of telling the world, no one will know until it’s too late."

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Alice Rothchild reflects on her trip to Gaza to meet with the staff of We Are Not Numbers weeks before the current war began. 

"I was struck by this combination of vibrant youthful enthusiasm mixed with an undercurrent of frustration, pain and yearning for a more hopeful future," she says. "I left Gaza understanding that the secret to survival in such a difficult, hopeless place is a commitment to joy, celebration and connection." 

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"Entire families find themselves homeless, their neighborhoods flattened. Across the Gaza Strip, plumes of smoke haze the skyline," Mohammed Mhawesh notes. "Even in the schools where the people of Gaza are taking shelter, their lives are marked with deprivation amid a humanitarian catastrophe." 

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