Is this really a step towards peace or just another chapter in a story of delayed justice and extended suffering?
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Afaf Al-Najjar is a Palestinian student, activist and independent journalist from the Gaza Strip.
Is this really a step towards peace or just another chapter in a story of delayed justice and extended suffering?
The world has made a pledge not to let the horrors of the Holocaust repeat. And yet, they are repeating today in Gaza.
The ‘humanitarian pause’ allowed us to see the massive destruction and feel the enormous pain of loss.