"My passport says I belong. But policy says otherwise," Diana Safieh writes from the UK. "Every day I try to feel at home. Every day, the bombs remind me I can’t. I live in London, but my heart is buried in Gaza’s rubble....I may not be worthless to this government, but I am definitely worth less. I live in the margins. Not erased. Just written smaller. They let me stay. But they do not let me stand up."

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"Lawlessness rules worldwide and, as we have been saying, the roots of that anarchy lie in the deference to Israel from so-called progressives without whom none of this would have been possible," according to Ian Williams. 

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"In southern Gaza, just outside Rafah, lies Mirage—once known as the vegetable basket of Gaza," notes Donya Abu Sitta. "This fertile area yielded vibrant red tomatoes, the earthy scent of freshly dug potatoes, the glossy purple of plump eggplants, and the sharp, clean smell of onions to homes across the besieged Gaza Strip. Mirage now lies barren. Israel destroyed everything: the land, the homes, even the vegetables. Heavy bombing and fires turned the lush, green farmland into a charred desert. Then the tanks rolled in, trampling the land to ensure that it would no longer be suitable for agriculture." 

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Egyptian American Ahmad El-Masry reflects on his participation in the Global March to Gaza: "I expected Egypt to be more sympathetic to the cause; that was my mistake. In Egypt I was afraid to even wear a keffiyeh or any pro-Palestine attire in public; I never felt that fear in the halls of Congress, but in Egypt such could be the reason I got detained or deported, which would mean I would no longer be able to see most of my family members, who live there." 

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