Israeli security forces neglected the defense of communities near the Gaza Strip because they have been preoccupied with defending the settlers in the West Bank, their land seizures, and their rites of stone and altar worshiping.
The pandemic's arrival threatens to make Gaza even more unlivable under Israeli siege. Humanitarian aid is not enough. The specter of the coronavirus haunts the strip's 2 million Palestinian residents, half of whom are children,
Robin D. G. Kelley's "Open Letter," "in the style of Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail, directed at the best known African-American lobbyist organization for Israeli policies - the Vanguard Leadership Group," prompted by the recent Portside post - Alice Walker's Open Letter to Alicia Keys, and the resulting responses from Portside readers.
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