The Israeli occupation has besieged us in this area, which includes Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and the Jabalia refugee camp, for the past eight days. Since October 1st, they have stopped all food, water, and medical supplies from entering. They have threatened hospitals to shut down, stopped fuel from entering in order for hospitals to operate, and are targeting anyone who moves. So far, 400 people have been killed. People are bleeding in the streets, and we can’t reach them.
Israeli settlers have been rampaging across the West Bank this week, burning down homes and attacking Palestinians. The U.S. has called for calm on “both sides” and has applauded the Israeli army, despite documentation of soldiers standing by, or participating during the attacks.
Homelessness isn’t a fact of nature. It’s a social fact with social causes. As long as housing remains a commodity in a capitalist system where people must sell their labor to survive to a tiny class that hoards the wealth produced by the many, there will be homelessness.
After Israel kills 43 Palestinians over a weekend in Gaza, including 15 beautiful children, Palestine Action strikes back in England, shutting down the Tamworth factory of the company which packages the hardware of Israel's largest arms company, Elbit Systems.
There is no possible ‘better’ version of Israel that doesn’t massacre Palestinian children & families. It’s not possible for an ethnocratic settler colonial entity to exist without commiting continuous acts of violence against the indigenous population it has displaced/occupied.
If you are basically ok with the idea that your government uses your taxes to kill people, just as long as those being killed don't look like you, then maybe it is you that isn't very civilised.