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From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine by Sai Englert, Rosie Warren, Michal Schatz
4.0
A multi-faceted collection of first-person testimonies and essays connecting the ongoing killing of Palestinian civilians with respect to its history and context. It opens with brutal accounts from Gazans; one of the more bone-chilling (read until the final line) I'll include below.
This interview with Khalil Abu Yahia, a Gaza-based student, teacher, and activist for the Palestinian right of return, was conducted by Maya Rosen via WhatsApp voice messages, on 16 October. Rosen's last question for Khalil:
What is your message for the world?
"Don’t leave us alone. We are making history now. What would you like your children to read about you? That you justified this oppression? Or that you stood on the side of the oppressed people? Every single action counts. Don’t forget us. We are human beings who are losing our family members and our neighbors and our friends. If you believe in the equality and freedom of the Palestinian people, exert the maximum effort to ensure that your government stops supporting the colonial government. When every government boycotts this colonial system, it will be isolated. And that’s how it will end."
On 30 October, Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
This interview with Khalil Abu Yahia, a Gaza-based student, teacher, and activist for the Palestinian right of return, was conducted by Maya Rosen via WhatsApp voice messages, on 16 October. Rosen's last question for Khalil:
What is your message for the world?
"Don’t leave us alone. We are making history now. What would you like your children to read about you? That you justified this oppression? Or that you stood on the side of the oppressed people? Every single action counts. Don’t forget us. We are human beings who are losing our family members and our neighbors and our friends. If you believe in the equality and freedom of the Palestinian people, exert the maximum effort to ensure that your government stops supporting the colonial government. When every government boycotts this colonial system, it will be isolated. And that’s how it will end."
On 30 October, Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike.