Palestinians displaced by the war are trying to return to where they used to live, in Jabaliya, in the north of the Gaza Strip, after the announcement of a cease-fire in mid-January 2025. But Israel resumed bombing on March 18. (Credit: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)
While the United States, Israel and Hamas all speak of an imminent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, the future remains deeply uncertain. Israel has made no secret of its intention to depopulate the enclave. For nearly two years, the war of extermination it has waged there has drawn little response from its Western allies to match the gravity of the situation.How can we make sense of the chain of events that began on Oct. 7? Is there still room for politics when faced with the unspeakable? And how can we imagine a future when the present resembles a mass grave?As Israel seeks to complete its colonial conquest of historic Palestine, Palestinian intellectual, philosopher and jurist Raef Zreik speaks with L’Orient-Le Jour about the current state of the Palestinian question. Beyond the headlines Diaries from Gaza: I realized that Squid Game...
While the United States, Israel and Hamas all speak of an imminent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, the future remains deeply uncertain. Israel has made no secret of its intention to depopulate the enclave. For nearly two years, the war of extermination it has waged there has drawn little response from its Western allies to match the gravity of the situation.How can we make sense of the chain of events that began on Oct. 7? Is there still room for politics when faced with the unspeakable? And how can we imagine a future when the present resembles a mass grave?As Israel seeks to complete its colonial conquest of historic Palestine, Palestinian intellectual, philosopher and jurist Raef Zreik speaks with L’Orient-Le Jour about the current state of the Palestinian question. Beyond the headlines Diaries from Gaza: I realized that Squid...
