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Jehad Abusalim
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Writer. Executive Director of Institute for Palestine Studies-USA
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · Jun 1
This is a long read. But if you’re trying to understand what is happening in Gaza—not just the horror but its history, roots, and meaning—this piece I wrote for @inthesetimes.com explains how we got here and what Gaza is, not just as a place but as an idea.

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"It Is Neither Death, Nor Suicide"
Gaza’s Declaration of Life—and Living
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Gaza Is Liberating the World — Even Before It’s Fully Liberated
I’ve written many times about the universal nature of the battle in Gaza—how it transcends the Palestinian struggle for national liberation, emancipation, and freedom.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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From olive groves seized behind the wall to murals in Bethlehem and youth football in Aida refugee camp, Palestinians resist erasure through land, art, and community. Dalal Radwan writes on life, creativity, and defiance under occupation.

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To Resist is to Exist: Living and Creating Under Israeli Occupation
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August 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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In this interview, Asem Alnabih, spokesperson for Gaza Municipality, describes the devastation of Gaza City and the collapse of civic life, while insisting that any reconstruction must be led by Gazans themselves.

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Gaza’s Unbroken Spirit: Asem Alnabih on Destruction and the Dream of Reconstruction
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August 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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In Gaza, Areej Almashharawi teaches kids English words like “tent” and “warplane” while starving herself. Her essay Gaza’s Last Call is a plea for justice, not pity.

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Gaza’s Last Call
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August 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Quadcopters bomb grazing donkeys. Soldiers shoot them for sport. Others are stolen and sent abroad. Israel calls this “rescue.” In Gaza, it’s the destruction of the last threads of mobility. Report by Mohammad al-Naami.

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Israel Kills and Seizes Gaza’s Donkeys Under the Pretext of "Liberating Them from Slavery"
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August 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Two years of genocide have stolen Gaza’s time. For Ghada Abu Muaileq, youth was spent between rumors of peace and the reality of famine, bombings, and aid lines that end in blood.
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Suspended Between Hope and Airstrikes
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August 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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In conversation with @laythco.bsky.social, Dr. @yipengge.bsky.social exposes Israel’s “choreography of destruction,” a campaign that besieges and empties Gaza’s hospitals, turns them to rubble, and targets the doctors who keep them alive.

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Choreography of Destruction: Inside the War on Healthcare in Gaza
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August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I don't know what's going on in this world but I posted yesterday on "X" that a relative of mine was killed while seeking aid and a zionist account accused me of lying to make Israel look bad...
August 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"Children are not starving because food is scarce. They are starving because the borders are closed. Because aid is blocked. Because food convoys are targeted...

Gaza is not starving. Gaza is being starved. And the world is watching."

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Starvation as a Weapon: Gaza’s Slow Death Under Siege
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August 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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“When a student falls unconscious, we just assume they have not eaten for two days. And we move on.”

Eman Basher spoke to Dr. Izzedin Shahin, who works while starving, stitching wounds that won’t heal for lack of protein.

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Starvation as a Weapon: Gaza’s Slow Death Under Siege
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August 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Gaza’s high school students prepare for final exams by candlelight from shelters, under bombardment, grief, and blackout. Others shoulder family burdens after loss. For many, education is not just learning. It is survival.

Suha Sami’s full report:
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Tawjihi in Gaza: The High School Exam That Hangs over the Rubble
Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان
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August 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This week we hosted @yara-asi.bsky.social and Bushra Khalidi for a webinar on how Israel's famine is unfolding in Gaza, how it was enabled, and what must be done to address the disaster and its lasting effects. Watch here:

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Israel’s Famine in Gaza: What the World Must Know
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August 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Professor Rashid Khalidi has withdrawn his fall course at Columbia in protest of the university’s deal with the Trump administration & adoption of the IHRA definition. He calls it a surrender of academic freedom and complicity in genocide.

His open letter: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
I Spent Decades at Columbia. I’m Withdrawing my Fall Course Due to Its Deal With Trump
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August 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Urgent letter to Pope Leo XIV from Palestinian journalist Hind Shraydeh, writing from occupied Palestine. She pleads for action as Gaza faces mass death, hunger, and the destruction of churches and lives. “Gaza is betrayed by everyone it once trusted.”

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The Final Cry: "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Us?"
Palestine Square
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August 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Amid bombs and blackout, Malak Hijazi finds refuge in books. From Simone de Beauvoir to Muin Bseiso, she reads to endure, to resist, and to remember. A moving account of life, loss, and literature under siege.

Read Malak's diary: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Gaza Diary: Reading to Resist
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August 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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@nadinebahour.bsky.social examines how Israel has used hunger as a central tool in its campaign against Gaza, blocking aid, targeting farms and food warehouses, and creating deadly aid sites. Starvation is a calculated weapon of war.

Read the policy paper: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
August 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Palestinian cultural life in Jerusalem faces censorship, raids, and erasure. In this new policy paper, Rania Elias documents how Israel targets art, history, and memory while Palestinians continue to resist with creativity, courage, and community.

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August 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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This is the Abusalim Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in my hometown, Deir el-Balah. A beautiful landmark; serene, quiet, peaceful. It was built by my grandfather’s brother and stood tall for years. Today, the genocidal and deranged Israeli regime bombed it with a suicide drone.
July 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Zohran Mamdani has never shied away from speaking out for Palestine. In a climate where most stay silent, his victory in the NYC mayoral primary marks a major shift. His campaign proves that standing for Palestinian rights can be a winning stance.

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Zohran Mamdani Won’t Be Silent on Palestine—Even If His Party Is
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July 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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In Gaza, even language is weaponized. Israeli soldiers leave behind graffiti that degrades, mocks, and haunts. Donya Abu Sitta reflects on how words, like bombs, can wound and occupy the ruins of homes and minds.
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Graffiti of Control
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July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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She once studied poetry under Refaat Alareer. Her mother made her egg sandwiches every morning. Her home and university are now rubble. Her mother and professor were taken in the war. In Gaza, Shahad Ali writes about all that was lost, and what survives.

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Candies, Poetry, and Love: Memories of a Life Lost to War
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July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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When the classroom is a tent and the dream is survival. In Gaza, students study by flashlight, under bombs, and through grief. This powerful essay by Taqwa al-Wawi honors their defiance and asks: how do you dream when your school no longer exists?

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When the Classroom Is a Tent and the Dream Is Survival
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July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This week on Palestine Square: voices from Gaza that refuse to be silenced. From the grief and memory of a student writer, to Hebrew graffiti used as a weapon of control, to students preparing for exams in tents and ruins, these are stories of survival, dignity, and resistance🧵
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence.

Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
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Targeting Printing and Publishing Houses in Gaza: A Cultural Violation and a Memoricide
Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان
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July 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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What does it mean to teach, write, and learn under in a time of extreme censorship?

Join us for a JPS webinar on July 22 featuring Lara Deeb, Muhannad Ayyash, Rebecca Karl, and Sherene Seikaly in conversation with Nadim Bawalsa.

Register here:
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Education in a Time of Genocide
*JOIN US ON ZOOM ON TUESDAY JULY 22 AT 12 PM EST/7 PM PALESTINE* Educational institutions across North America and Europe continue to be sites of rampant repression and criminalization of student and ...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM