On July 30, Israeli forces fired on this group of Palestinians, as they awaited the arrival of a UN convoy delivering parcels of food and water. 71 Palestinians were killed at other food aid sites that same day. (Still from video shot by OCHA.)

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The Scourging of Gaza: Diary of a Genocidal War

Jeffrey St. Clair

August 2, 2025

Living in Gaza now requires a choreography of absence. We don’t walk; we drift. We don’t eat; we search. We don’t sleep; we remain alert, ears tuned to the sound that will send us running. Survival is a ritual of adaptation in a world that offers none…And yet I persist. I speak. I write. Because […]

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Jeffrey St. Clair is co-editor of CounterPunch. His most recent book is An Orgy of Thieves: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents (with Alexander Cockburn). He can be reached at: sitka@comcast.net or on Twitter @JeffreyStClair3.

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