Nothing can stay the same after Gaza. There’s no returning to normal after this.
There is no compromise to be had with people who can facilitate this level of barbarism. They have to be defeated. They have to go to prison. Their careers have to be destroyed.
We have a responsibility to fight for justice and accountability, because if we don’t, we do not just deprive the Palestinian people of justice, but we normalize endless barbarism. Anything is possible after this. Any level of evil is possible after this – unless we do something about it and we hold the architects of this genocide to account.
That’s up to us. We’ve got a responsibility, because if we don’t, we degrade ourselves; we lose our own humanity because we know we will have allowed our rulers and our media to impose unimaginable evil which we failed to do anything about.
It is up to us.
Related Off-site Links:
“Where Is the Ceasefire?”: Israel’s Bombing of Gaza Kills 23, Mostly Women and Children – Stephen Prager (Common Dreams, February 4, 2026).
Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 21 Palestinians in Gaza – Democracy Now! (February 4, 2026).
After Two Years of Denial, IDF Confirms 70,000+ Killed in Gaza – But Denies Famine – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, January 29, 2026).
“The Intent of Genocide”: 2,700 Gaza Families Entirely Wiped Out by Israeli Attacks – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, January 27, 2026).
Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza, Violating U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire – Democracy Now! (January 26, 2026).
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza – Democracy Now! January 9, 2026).
The World Must Act Now to Abort the Next Phase of Extermination in Gaza – Ramzy Baroud (Common Dreams, December 31, 2025).
Many in Gaza to “Lose Access to Critical Medical Care” as Israel Suspends Doctors Without Borders – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, December 30, 2025).
“Whatever Israel Wants”: Trump Backs Netanyahu’s “Colonial” Wars in Gaza, Iran and Beyond – Democracy Now! December 30, 2025).
See also the following chronologically-ordered Wild Reed posts:
• October 7, 2023: “Nothing About Today Is ‘Unprovoked’”
• Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
• In the Midst of the “Great Unraveling,” a Visit to the Prayer Tree
• Eric Levitz: Quote of the Day – October 11, 2023
• Something to Think About – October 12, 2023
• Prayer of the Week – October 16, 2023
• Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• Ta-Nehisi Coates: Quote of the Day – November 2, 2023
• Jehad Abusalim: Quote of the Day – December 8, 2023
• Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
• Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024
• Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
• Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• “A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
• “This Is a Genocidal Project”
• Outrage and Despair
• Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
• Judith Butler on the Ongoing Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide
• Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
• Something to Think About – June 28, 2024
• Nina Turner: Quote of the Day – July 24, 2024
• Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
• John Cusack: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2024
• Progressive Perspectives on the Presidential Nomination of Kamala Harris
• Breaking Down Kamala Harris’s DNC Speech on Gaza
• Yousef Munayyer: Quote of the Day – August 30, 2024
• “It’s a Systematic Slaughter That We’re Funding”
• Protesting Weapons Manufacturer and Genocide Enabler General Dynamics
• Something to Think About – September 26, 2024
• “A Year of War Against Children”
• Anti-Genocide Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Reflects on the First Anniversary of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
• Liam Cosgrove Confronts U.S. State Department Spin Doctor Matthew Miller: “People Are Sick of the Bullshit”
• “This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”
• Progressive Perspectives on Kamala Harris’ Faltering Presidential Campaign
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Presidential Election
• Hope and Courage – Christmas 2024
• Chris Hedges: “Israel Has No Intention of Halting Its Merry-Go-Round of Death”
• The Lamentable Legacy of the Biden Administration
• Caitlin Johnstone: Quote of the Day – January 22, 2025
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• The Only Difference
• Progressive Perspectives on Cory Booker’s Marathon Speech
• Silence on Gaza Genocide Is “More Than a Mere Moral Abdication; It Is Lethal”
• The Theft of One’s Soul: Omar El Akkad on the “Lesser of Two Evils” Argument
• How Genocide Becomes Ordinary
• Thomas Friedman: Quote of the Day – May 27, 2025
• “A Holocaust, Live-streamed”
• Why What’s Happening in Palestine – and Our Response to It – Is So Important
• “Life Comes First”: An Interview with Thiago Ávila
• Truth-telling in the Face of Systemic Power That Is Silent on Genocide
• Caitlin Johnstone: Quote of the Day – July 23, 2025
• U.S. Labor Leader Chris Smalls Joins the Crew of the Handala
• Israel’s Actions in Gaza: “A Clear and Present Moral Collapse”
• Protesting Israel’s “Starvation Campaign” in Gaza
• Chris Smalls: Quote of the Day – August 5, 2025
• Anas al-Sharif, 1996-2025
• A Call to Divest from Israel
• Idrees Ahmad: Quote of the Day – August 25, 2025
• Michael Sala: Quote of the Day – August 29, 2025
• A Poem That Remains Painfully Relevant
• Memes of the Times
• An “Illusion of Action”
• Two Years of “Indescribable Horror”
• No Justice, No Peace
• Progressive Perspectives on Hillary Clinton’s Comments on Pro-Palestine “Propaganda” and TikTok
• Phil Rockstroh: Quote of the Day – December 14, 2025
• Qasim Rashid: Quote of the Day – December 29, 2025
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• “The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
• “Essential Viewing for All Who Care to Understand the Plight of the People of Palestine”
• Progressive Perspectives on the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian “Nightmare” (2021)
• Something to Think About – July 29, 2018
• Noura Erakat: Quote of the Day – May 15, 2018
• For Some Jews, Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians is Yet Another Jewish Tragedy
• Remembering the Six-Day War and Its Ongoing Aftermath
• David Norris: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2014
Image: A family member mourns the killings of two teenagers in an Israeli bombing near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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