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Eyeless in Gaza

The death of context in an online hall of mirrors.

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Jeremy Appel
Oct 13, 2023
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In this 2009 photo, a Palestinian kid flips the bird at two Israeli soldiers across the Gaza border fence. (Flickr/mmansour)

I’m still processing the horrific atrocities in Israel and Palestine and have been struggling to write something that hasn’t already been said ad nauseam, and isn’t just a knee jerk both-sidesy reflection on how we all just need to…

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