Dear President Donald Trump,

You have a son almost my age. I am sure he lives the nicest life any young man desires and passionately and ambitiously pursues his dreams. I wish eternal peace and happiness for him and every young man around the world. Nonetheless, have you ever told him how the young men of Gaza, like me, are living? Have you once mentioned the staggering death toll among students of his age in Gaza?

During the last 16 months, Gaza was turned into an abattoir where we were immolated, starved, bombed, and displaced into the streets and tents, freezing to death. We have also been kept hostages for over 17 years, but you, with millions of people around the globe, haven’t cared a whit about us. We are indeed still hostages. If the lives of some hundred Israelis, many of whom were soldiers, are important, the lives of over 2 million people – half of whom are children – also matter……more

I witnessed worse horrors in Gaza than in Ukraine

Resuming life in the ruins of Gaza