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Anyone who believes in freedom needs to stand with the Palestinian people. Because today it is Palestine, but tomorrow it will be another country. This is not just about Zionism or
about Palestine. This is about capitalism and colonialism. That is why we have to stay on our land and fight until our last breath. We have two choices: to give up and leave the land, or
save our dignity. We choose to die standing upright.

The soldiers work with the settlers; the soldiers are settlers.

They don’t see how the war in Gaza is also being used as a cover for the soldiers and settlers to attack freely in the West Bank. It’s a chance for them to do what they want.

… Only later did I learn that one of my husband’s cousins had taken a video of the shooting. I’ll never be able to wipe the image from my mind. As my husband was leaving the mosque
after Friday prayers, an armed settler approached him on the main street of Tuwani. He pushed his rifle into Zakariyah’s chest. Then he took a step back and fired one bullet into his
stomach. …

7. Dispatches from the West Bank

… No one can sleep at night; we are afraid that the settlers will come and burn down our homes.

There are likewise patients who, in normal
circumstances, we would resuscitate, but now we don’t because we don’t have enough beds. It’s disgusting. It’s such a hard decision to make.