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I have been brought to my knees since October 7, 2023. Each moment a new wave of emotion – overcome with grief, anger, confusion, sadness, and despair at every image, story, phone call, text and even,
26th October, 2023 I thinkWe got comfortable in this worldI thoughtI saw the world settle into a beautiful placeDangers far away, unreachableUntouchableI thought of it like a cliff hovering over deadly, thrashing waves on top of
But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As I drink my tea, the sun is rising in a breathtaking flourish of colours, But all I can think is, “They broke their legs.” As
Our hearts are being asked to hold an enormity of pain that is both too vast and too jagged to touch it is too much Our minds are being stretched beyond their borders to hold a
On Friday, 27 October 2023: 120 countries voted in favor (that is, against Israel). 14 countries voted against (that is, 13 for Israel and Israel for itself). 45 countries abstained (abstained).