Gaza Civilians 'Rebuild' After Houses Obliterated, Again
Al Jazeera captures Palestinians in Gaza City. They sift through debris. They're 'rebuilding' after airstrikes, a ceaseless cycle. This isn't 'rebuilding' a home; it's clearing a graveyard of what once was. It's a cruel euphemism. Remember the 2014 Gaza war? The 2012 one? Or 2008? The pattern is relentless: destroy, pause, pretend to rebuild, destroy again. The UN estimated Gaza would be
'unliveable' by 2020. That was years ago. The 'better than living on the street' bar keeps getting lower. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to greenlight the weapons, the funds, the impunity. The Biden administration recently approved a $2.5 billion package, including fighter jets, for Israel (Reuters, Mar 29, 2024)—a move that conveniently follows the rhetoric of 'deep concern' for civilian lives.
How many cycles of 'rebuilding' do we need before acknowledging this isn't a conflict; it's a systematic flattening of a population, punctuated by brief, devastating pauses?