From the time that I woke up Tuesday morning, dressed my children, fed them breakfast, and sat down at my computer to write this article, three children died of starvation in Gaza.
In the afternoon, when I send a photo of my newborn son, only 2 months old, to my brother so he can see how his nephew is growing, starting to smile and coo, I must scroll through pictures I have taken screen shots of: a skeletal 2-year-old boy in Gaza, Yazan is his name, who will almost certainly die as he has no food to eat. Israel has refused to allow established relief networks like the Norwegian Refugee Council to bring supplies into Gaza for more than 142 days. Yazan’s mother holds him in her arms, herself shrunken from hunger, lifting his shirt so the world can see the fading heartbeat of her son. But the world has seen images of Israel’s holocaust in Gaza for over 650 days, and it has done absolutely nothing. …..more
