Holly Shah

If anybody needs a reminder of why EUJPS are continuing their activism, you might gain clarity from looking at how Israel recently passed a discriminatory law allowing for the death penalty to be used against Palestinians said to have committed terrorism, as defined by Israel. Or perhaps try the rising death toll, spreading steadily from Palestine to its neighbouring countries and often within the ‘Greater Israel‘ remit.

From this news-bearing publication, in which there is certainly much worth reading, I bring you the suggestion that you might do well to look away from time to time. Once an offering from George Alagiah confined to the six o’clock TV slot, the news is now a general state of shifting awareness which pervades our consciousness. If without intel on the latest story that’s dropped, you’re duty-bound to feel deep shame at your obliviousness – a cultural ignoramus.

Despite it having seemed unlikely that the situation in the Middle East could get more disastrous, the launching of war against Iran has signalled a doubling down on war crimes by the United States and Israel. As is generally the case, convoluted disagreements over nuclear weapons between officials provide the justification for ruthless violence against civilians. One need only think of the school-aimed missile strike killing 175 people, mostly children, to prove this chilling reality.