More than 12 months of horrors in the Middle East.
Here’s my interview with Junkee about the current state of play:
An unspoken goal, which, sadly, in my view, and tragically, has been achieved, is making Gaza unlivable. Obviously, there are still huge amounts of Palestinians living in Gaza, but vast parts of Gaza have been destroyed. Infrastructure has been broken. We don’t even know the death toll. The Lancet has suggested over 160,000. No one really knows because, of course, there’s been no time or ability to check huge amounts of people remaining under the rubble. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been forced out. A long term goal of Israel has always been to have an Israeli Jewish state with as few Palestinians as possible. And that was never going to be achieved with one war or by one attack.
Read the whole piece: Twelve Months Into Israel’s War On Gaza, What Happens Now? | Junkee