April 3, 2024
Today is the 167th day of Israel’s
genocide against the Palestinian people that began on October 7. Even before
Hamas’ strike on October 7, many media sources called 2023 “the deadliest year
on record” for Palestinians in the West Bank. Israeli forces had killed 395
Palestinians in the West Bank that year, while settlers were responsible for 9
more killings. While murders such as these are the direct cessation of life,
Israel still conducts other forms of violence, for instance attacks on
hospitals and schools, that impede Palestinian lifemaking. In Palestine, a
declared war is a spatio-temporal escalation of a slow and ongoing war against
its people.
