Gaza's Unlivable Winter

Asem Alnabih details Israel’s relentless bombings, aid blockades, and push for mass expulsion, as families endure a third season in crumbling tents amid destroyed infrastructure and refused displacement. Amidst all this, the world has gone eerily quiet. On this front, Israel seems to have won. There is barely a blip on social media platforms when Israel kills a Palestinian in Gaza. This is still happening daily. The genocide has not stopped. The world has been fooled into relative silence while Gaza is still being bombed, still being starved, still being left to hunt for water, still medically deprived, still mostly all displaced and at the mercy of the elements. We all need to speak up louder, to not be complacent, to continue to help however possible to try to relieve the suffering Palestinians are going through. Don't stop protesting, don't stop boycotting. Continue to donate if you can. They need us more than ever. Via Dropsite: ⭕️ Gaza journalist Asem Alnabih joined the Drop Site News livestream from Gaza City to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian conditions under severe ongoing aid restrictions and continued bombings and ceasefire violations. He described a city being deliberately rendered unlivable under Israel’s ongoing assault. Alnabih said this is Gaza’s third winter in tents built to last “a few weeks, not two years,” as sewage systems, water networks, and fuel supplies collapse. “More than 250,000 tons of solid waste accumulated in every corner of this city… 75% of water wells have been destroyed. One hundred percent of sewage pumps are not working.” “This lovely city has been destroyed in the past 24 months… hundreds of thousands of families are staying in tents, without any basic services,” he told us. Alnabih told Ryan Grim that Israel has only “stopped the war on television,” while bombardment continues. “The strikes continue every day… food insecurity, water scarcity, huge damage to infrastructure.” He said Israel is openly pursuing mass expulsion: “Netanyahu said Rafah would open one way only, for people to leave, and no one would be allowed to return. That’s a very clear plan.” Though his own children are outside Gaza, Alnabih said many refused to flee the territory and Gaza City in the north that has come under renewed Israeli attacks recently: “More than 300,000 people stayed in Gaza City and refused to leave,” he said. ”We will not allow Israel to take our city.” “What we are asking for is not special. We are asking to be treated like any human around the world.” “Yes. Israel has succeeded to stop the war on television, you know, on social media, on the media platforms. But the bombardment and the war is still ongoing on the city. We can hear the strikes every day. … People have nothing, they just wait. They expected something after the announcement of a ceasefire. But unfortunately nothing happened.” — Former Gaza Municipality spokesperson and current Al Araby TV correspondent in Gaza City Asem Alnabeh told Drop Site Live this morning. Watch the full interview. Thanks for reading Manufacturing Dissent! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. @ryangrim | @AsemAlnabeh Get full access to Manufacture Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe