Anas Baba/NPR
This piece really moved me. It’s about Anas Baba, a reporter on the ground in Gaza who has witnessed loss and trauma on a massive scale for more than a year, and what it was like to return home during the cease-fire. You can listen or read here.
And now, in ways that are devastating, the cease-fire is over with a massive losses of life and injuries in Gaza over the last 48 hours.
I see friends of all backgrounds, Jews and Muslims, and people with connections to Palestine and Israel, crying out in pain for the bombings currently underway. All week long, I have heard people, who may not be in agreement about all things, advocate strongly for the release of Mahmoud Khalil, wanting to see the rights of students, protestors, and all minoritized groups in the U.S — Arabs, Jews, and all of us, protected.
My heart is with all people in this region and all hearts that are broken here.
— Renee Roederer
Smuggling Grace 