97% of Gaza's water was unsafe to drink even before the most recent Israeli military assault, which has devastated water infrastructure. Now, a dire situation has become catastrophic.
Water is life. The denial & destruction of it is genocide.
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In Gaza, there are 1.7M Palestinian refugees from 190+ villages across historic Palestine. They have been confined to 1% of their homeland for 75 years.
This map shows the villages of origin of refugees in Gaza, who are once again experiencing a catastrophe.
#StoptheGenocide
Like any other community, Palestinians will not accept oppression in perpetuity. To help put the events of the last few days in context, here are a few resources you can use from Visualizing Palestine:
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I think it all serves as a gentle reminder that the “comfort” we seek isn’t going to come from apps or VCs, because innovation in technical spaces doesn’t address the deeper social and political problems that prop these systems up in the first place.