On the ceasefire in Gaza…
Jan 23, 2025
Buildings lie in ruin in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Joy, relief, deep mourning, and fear. These feelings and more are what people...
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We have no choice but to keep going. Will you stand with us?
Dec 31, 2024
On this last day of 2024, I’m sharing with you a longer than usual message. It’s from Wafaa, a longtime MECA staff member in Gaza. For nearly 15 months Wafaa...
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“Do not forget about Palestinian people in Gaza”
Dec 24, 2024
A Palestinian journalist asked a group of children in northern Gaza what is their wish and they immediately responded "For the war to be over!" I'm writing with urgent...
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We Have No More Words: Reflections on a Year of Genocide
Oct 07, 2024
My friend Iyad says, “so far, I’m a genocide survivor. Everyone living in Gaza is on the waiting list. And every day that passes, I consider myself lucky. Now, a...
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Yes! MECA is still delivering aid to people in Gaza
Jun 03, 2024
For eight long and horrifying months, MECA staff, partners, and volunteers in Gaza have been taking enormous risks every day to provide families in their communities with food parcels, tents,...
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This Nakba Commemoration is Different
May 15, 2024
Today we mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe,” in which three-quarters of the indigenous Palestinian population was forced from their homes to create the settler-colony of Israel....
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A new and terrifying food emergency in Gaza! You can help
Feb 22, 2024
You know that people in Gaza are starving. Until earlier this month, Israel was only allowing 100-200 trucks of aid in a day, when at least 500 trucks of aid...
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All of Us, All Over the World, Are Living on Gaza Time
Jan 19, 2024
On November 23, I woke up in the middle of the night to take the ferry to the Indigenous People’s Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz Island. It was dark and very...
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