Some rest in hallways, others under the rubble. Some have names on their wrists to identify them, others had no such luxury. Some succumb to their wounds, all to Western avarice. The health centers have gone dark, but still our people toil in the rubble, saving and healing and praying and carrying. An index finger points skywards. We do not know all of their names, we cannot. But we will try, we will scream them out at the top of our lungs until this American war ends.
$100 billion American dollars, American aircraft carriers, American bunker bombers and American white phosphorus—they transfer their military surplus from one coffer to the next, our people’s murder just another column in the global balance of payments. They survey the wreckage and tell the world that they are loved. Joe Biden takes to the airwaves to talk of beacons and democracy, the mouthpiece of capital speaking straight to its mercenaries. For the rest, this is the indispensable conjuncture, a confrontation with the hellfire vision of all that is to come. They will train their algorithms, polish their warheads, clear their throats, unless we show them what world-historical refusal looks like.
There are seedlings. On Friday morning, a student at a San Francisco high school awoke in her bed. She wrote a note, she called her friends, she asked them to join her in a school walkout to support Palestine. There, she taught them about the Palestinian cause, the struggle which had animated her grandparents and great-grandparents before they were dispossessed to America; and she watched the embers catch, enflaming the spirit of the group. They stormed the hallways, took to the streets, justice never left their lips. They were joined by high schools in Philadelphia, in Queens, and, soon, by thousands of students across dozens of colleges set to take part in the national student walkout tomorrow, October 25. Their demands are unequivocal: a ceasefire, an end to the Zionist siege of Gaza, and an end to their institutions’ complicity.
In response, the apparatchiks and planners have scrambled. Nothing terrifies them more than the possibility that the commodified pieces of their ideological chess game might stand firm; that they can blast students with millions in defamation league dollars, blanket their classrooms with bankrupt curricula, and drown their teachers in anti-boycott mandates, and still it will not be enough.
Not enough. If anything captures the work of the second week, it is this. More than a quarter of the homes in Gaza have been leveled by the genocidal Zionist regime and its imperial backers. Schools and mosques, hospitals and bakeries—all have been targeted by Zionism’s cowardly acts of collective punishment from the sky. Gaza’s entire health system has collapsed. Their intention is to break a spirit of resistance that cannot be broken; six wars have not been object lesson enough for them. At the time of writing, the Zionists have murdered 2,055 Palestinian children, more children in the last two weeks than in the last twenty-three years combined.
The immensity of our grief, our fury, is enough to rip the entire world open. This week, the Palestinian and Arab people have risen up in beautiful insurgency: hundreds of thousands in Yemen, in Lebanon, in Iraq, galvanized by images of Tahrir Square aflood once more; of embassies struck by Molotovs. In the occupied lands, Palestinians have confronted the Zionist armies in Tubas and Beit Furik and Qalqilya and Huwara and Kafr Qaddum and Silwan. This all has exacerbated the contradictions in the Zionist entity: desperate and straining, it has doubled its population of Palestinian prisoners, abducting hundreds from their homes and holding day laborers from Gaza hostage in secret prison camps. The handmaidens of Western imperialism have followed suit, casting their own global dragnet across institutions of social and political life, attempting to ensnare all who defend and give force to the Palestinian idea.
The people of Gaza have shown us courage; we must be courageous now too. To the workers of the world and the unions that they lead: refuse to build or transport weapons destined for the Zionist entity. Take actions against complicit companies, end all material and social ties between your institutions and theirs. Organize sit-ins and direct actions, participate in mass protests and neighborhood canvasses, lead strikes and walkouts. When you strike, say why you are striking. Demand a ceasefire, demand an end to the siege and genocidal violence against Palestinians, and an end to Zionism—no more money, no more cover. Join us on November 4, as we come together from every city and town and march on Washington D.C., in a mass show of popular support for the Palestinian people. Most of all, protect the youth, who will lead the way.
What we have witnessed in these two weeks is an illumination of terrain; contingent solidarities have been left in the dust, unable to meet the moment. Instead, principled action has ruled the day, the energy of the young bubbling over and blooming. Hundreds of businesses have gone on strike in Germany, Elbit arms factories have been accosted, unions in South Africa have re-committed to boycott, cultural institutions have divested, tens of thousands have taken Chicago, hundreds of thousands in London. There is no time to be afraid. The cops, the bosses, the administrators, the “men of letters”—all those who have made careers off us, who profit from our dehumanization and perfect victimhood—have unsurprisingly struck a plaintive tone, half-heartedly crying for a return to their own normalcy. They will curse us, fire us, defame us, arrest us, attack our livelihood—but we are much stronger than they are, and we will take care of us. We have the force of a movement, our cause is just and true, and we must fight, not in spite of our resistance, but because of it.
These efforts have shown Palestinians that they are not alone, but it is not enough. And so we end where we must. We will never forget al-Ahli Hospital and all who sought protection there. We will not forget the injured and disabled, the journalists, our men and fighters, and those who have been given new tents to rest their bodies. We will never forget Wadea al-Fayoume, six years old. We will not forget and we will not forgive those who did this, those who have cheered on the dehumanization and murder of Arabs and Muslims. Our vigils cannot contain the pain of this world. But they can transmit a fundamental truth: that their bombs and their lies cannot break those who tend to the flowers.
—Palestinian Youth Movement
PALESTINIAN MARTYRS SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023
Various sources; some martyr stories can be found @honorourmartyrs.
Abd Al-Rahman Soleiman Mohammad Abu Dagash, 32, Nour Shams Camp
Abdallah Mustafa Hussain, 14
Abdel Fattah Samir Al-Tanani
Abdel-Raouf Salha, 13
Abdelkarim Abdullah Omar Shehab, 2
Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdelrahman Shehab, 13
Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdelrahman Shehab, 65
Abdelrahman Ashraf Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 20
Abdelrahman Rabea Abdelrahman Shehab, 54
Abdul Khaleq Fadi Al-Baba, baby
Abdulhadi Habib
Abdulhadi Nazzal, 18
Abdulkareem Harb Abu-Hilal
Abdullah Abu Yousef, Gaza
Abdullah Amad Abu Hassan, 16, Jenin
Abdullah Omar Mustafa Shehab, 38
Abdulmoein Rabeh Damo
Abdulrahman Altanany
Abellrahman Eman Barhoum
Abir Mastfi Aleina Sobh
Adam Amjad Fathi Al-julani, 16, al-Quds
Adel Ibrahim Daoud, 14
Adham Muhammad Bassem Jabarin, 28, Jenin
Adi Fawaz Mansour, 17, Nablus
Adi Mamoun Abu Al-Hija, 13, Tulkarem
Adnan Jihad Bani Odeh, 19, Tubas
Afnan Saleh Omar Shehab, 6
Ahmad Abdulnaser Adnan Rabi, 12
Ahmad Abdulnaser Shamlakh and his 3 kids
Ahmad Abdulnaser Shamlakh, 2
Ahmad Abdulnaswer Adnan Rabi, 12
Ahmad Ayman Ahmad Al-Asmi, 16
Ahmad Faisal Ghannam
Ahmad Munir Yousef Sdouq, 17
Ahmad Nazir Shawqi Shaban,1
Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 13
Ahmed Abd Al-Nassar Rabi, 13, Qalqilya
Ahmed Abdelrahman Ahmed Shehab, 42
Ahmed Abu Anza, Gaza
Ahmed Abu Jazar
Ahmed Abu Turk
Ahmed Atef Awawda, 19, Nablus
Ahmed Awawdeh, Nablus
Ahmed Azmi Zanoon
Ahmed Daraghmeh, 16
Ahmed Fidal Ganam, 36, Tulkarem
Ahmed Hassan Abdel Jalil Kahla,
Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed Wadi, 25, Nablus
Ahmed Ishraf Khalef Awad, 20, al-Khalil
Ahmed Khaled Ibrahim Abu Turkee, 28, al-Khalil
Ahmed Mohammad Mustafa Sabaana, 25, Jenin
Ahmed Mostafa Omar Shehab, 21
Ahmed Muin Al-Rimawi, Beit Rima - Ramallah
Ahmed Munir Yousef Sadouq
Ahmed Othman
Ahmed Shehab
Aisha Omar Mustafa Shehab, 40
Aisha Saleh Omar Shehab, 4
Al-Sheima Akram Saidam
Ala Abdullah Omar Shehab, 12
Alaa Abdullah Riyad Qaddoum, 5
Alaa Naser Zaghal, 21
Ali Abdullah Khazna, young boy, Noor Shams camp, Tulkaram
Ali Adnan Shaqeer
Ali Al Masri
Ali Antar
Ali Ashkar, 17
Ali Fattouni
Ali Hassan Hadraj
Ali Hodroj
Ali Kamel Mohsen
Ali Khalil Al-Abassi, 24, al-Quds
Ali Nisman
Ali Raif Fattouni
Ali Shuqair and his baby daughter Fatima
Amara Majhoula Alhawiya
Amer Faisal Ghannam, 41, Tulkarem
Amina Abdelrahman Ahmed Shehab, 4I
Amina Omar Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 41
Amir Raafat of Melitat, 14, Nablus
Amir Rafat Mahmoud Mlaitat, 13
Amir Rafat Mohammad Ayad, 7
Amjad Maher Alyan Khudair, 36, Ramallah
Amr Youssef Ibrahim Abed, 19, Ramallah
Anas Abd-alazziz Zahir
Anas Nasser Shehdeh Abu Fahem, 4
Anas Saleh Omar Shehab, 17
Arafat Hamdan
Areej Eid
As’ad Shamlagh
Asaad Shamlikh
Aseed Farhan Abu Ali (Jabawi), 21, Tulkarem
Ashlae Majhoul
Asiya Abdelrahman Ahmed Shehab, 43
Asma Bisam Barhoum
Asmaa Rabea Abdelrahman Shehab, 45
Assaad Shamlakh
Assil Kmal Mansour Sobh
Awad Al-Sultan
Awni Eldous
Aya Khaled Al-Baba
Aya Mansour Sobh
Ayham Iyad Issa Jabarin, 17
Ayman Nofal
Azhar Khaled Al-Baba
Badriya Barhoum
Bakar Hassan Jama’in, 39, Tulkarem
Bakr Jana’een, 39
Baraa Nael Dweilat
Barae Al-Dahdouh, Gaza
Barae Hamad, Qalqaliya
Barakat Musa Odeh, 49
Basil Basbous
Batoul Shawqi Shaban, 7
Bilal Abdelrahman Rabea Shehab, 6
Bilal Saeed Abu Jazr
Bisan Khaled Al-Baba
Counselor Muhammad Fahmi Al-Najjar and 16 members of his family
Diab Mohammad Diab abu Baid, 6
Dima Sa’d Asaliya, 10
Dr. Maysaa Abd el-Azziz Zahir
Dr. Abdullah Abu Teen, 43
Dr. Jamila Al-Shanti
Dr. Omar Ferwaneh
Dr. Salah Al-Din Zanoun
Dr. Wael Al-Zard
Enas Khattab Abdelkarim Shehab, 26
Fatema Mukhallati
Fayez Khaled Damdoum, 17
Faza Kabdah, infant
Firas Turkman, Jenin
Ghada Shawqi Shaban, 10
Habas Abdul-Hafith Rayyan, 54
Habib Kamil, 25
Hadi Al Masri
Hajar Khalil Salah el-Bahtini, 5
Hala Abu Sa’da, 13, Gaza
Hala Ashraf Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 17
Haleema Muhammad Ibrahim Shehab, 79
Hamada mansour Sobh
Hamdi Qayyim
Hamdi Shaker Abdullah Abu Dayyeh, 40, al-Khalil
Hamdi Sharaf, 35
Hamza Barae Hamad, Qalqaliya
Hamza Hassan Musa (Faruq), North Burj camp
Hasan Abd Al-Azziz Zahir
Hassan Badie Ashour
Hassan Muhannad Odeh, 13, Nablus
Hassan Saeed Naeem
Hathefa Adnan Mohammad Faris, 27, Tulkarem
Heba AnuNada
Heba Zagout, 39 and her two young children
Hisham Al-Nawajiha
Hossam Aitaroun
Hossam Ibrahim
Huda Al-Sosi
Husam Mabarak
Hussain Abbas Fasaei
Hussain Mutaz Hussain Mousa, 16
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim
Hussam Mubarak
Hussein Abbas Farsaei
Hussein Hani Al-Taweel
Ibrahim Alnabulsi
Ibrahim Habib Al-Dabq
Ibrahim Mohammed Lafi, 22
Ibrahim Nazih Al-Hajj Ali
Ibrahim Nazih Ibrahim Hajj Ali, Nablus, 24
Imad Abu Rasheed, 47
Imad Adili
Imad Aqil, Jenin
Imad Jareh Adili, Nablus, 16
Imam and Dr. Wael Al-Zard
Islam Abu Zanat, 23
Islam Bilad Ahsan Abu Zanat, 23, Tulkarem
Islam Farid Mustafa Shehab, 38
Ismail Mohammad Ismail Salah, 7, and his 2 cousins
Isra Mansour Sobh
Israa Muhammad was Abdelrahman Shehab, 12
Issa Mahir Al-umla, 21, al-Khalil
Issam Abdallah
Issam Bhar
Issam Bihar
Jamal Mahmoud Jamal Majdoub, 25, Tulkarem
Jameel Jaar
Jamil Jumal Jaed, 21, Tulkarem
Janet Kmal Mansour Sobh
Jannah Abdallah Salah Shukian, 10
Jannah Ahsraf Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 7
Jasir Sulayman Marjouna
Jawad Farid Bouaghna, 57, Jenin
Jenan Saleh Omar Shehab, 12
Jibril Ahmed Awad, Budrus - Ramallah
Jihad Mazen Sobhi Saleh, 29, Zawata, Nablus
Joudy Muhammad Abdelrahman Shehab, 6
Journalist Hisham Al-Nawajiha
Journalist Rizq Soboh
Journalist Saïd al-Tawil
Joury Abdallah Salah Shukian, 5
Kamal Mansour Sobh
Karam al-’Aydi, Areeha
Karam Ayman Dweikat, 17
Karam Nasar Mawaz Aed, 22, Jericho
Karam Yousef Nasser Abu Obed, 17
Khaled Al-Baba (Abu Fadi)
Khaled al-Dabbas, 21
Khaled Almuhtsab, 23, Al-quds
Khaled Fadi Al-Baba, baby
Khalil Abu Aathra
Khalil Assad Ali Hashem
Khalil Muhammad Khalil Shalash, 15, Ramallah
Khoulah Omar Mustafa Shehab, 33
Labib Mohammad Labib Damidi, 19, Hawara
Laith Osama Zaal Abu Mara, 17
Lara Mahmoud Fuad Abu Ghanemeh, 5
Layan Nasser Shehdeh Abu Fahem, 8
Layth Abu Murra
Leena Ahmed Abdelrahman Shehab, 10
Lotus Abdelrahman Rabea Shehab, 10
Lubaib Mohammed Lubaib Damidi, 19, Huwara, Nablus
Maha Al-Baba
Maha Fadi Al-Baba, baby
Maha Hassan Al-Baba, child
Maha Suleiman, 3
Mahdi Ladadwa, 17
Mahdi Mohammed Atwi
Mahmoud Abd el-Azziz Zahir
Mahmoud Ahmad Bayz
Mahmoud al-Sous, 17
Mahmoud Alnaouq
Mahmoud Bisam Khamis, 18, al-Khalil
Mahmoud Fadi Al-Baba, baby
Mahmoud Hamed Hasan Tolbeh, 12
Mahmoud Husam Hasan Ahmad Abu Sa’an, 17
Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Sabana, 21, Jenin
Mahmoud mohammed Samoudi, 12
Majdi Ahab Ghabaen, Gaza, 18
Malak Abd el-azziz Zahir
Malak Mohammad Nasser Abu Obed, 15
Malik Jamil Sharqawi, 26, Askar camp, Nablus
Mana Allah Abd Al-Alziz Zahir
Mansour Abd Sobh
Mantasr Abd Alhameed Zaqeq, 31, al-Khalil
Maria Huthaifa Salah Abu Shukian, 3
Maryam Ashraf Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 13
Marzouqa Faryh Abu-Hajz
Masa Hassan Al-Baba, child
Mashaal Baghdadi, 27
Mayar Tariq Ibrahim Ezz el-Din,11
Mira Mahmoud Fuad Abu Ghanemeh, 7
Misun Mansour Sobh
Moanis Rabhi Musa Ziadat, 16, al-Khalil
Moaz Raed Odeh, 29, Nablus
Moeen Damo, 21
Mohamed Fathi Hamed (Shana), 33, Tulkarem
Mohamed Nada, 23
Mohammad Abdulfateh Mohammad Odeh, 9
Mohammad Ahmed Bisharat Abu Amish, 30, Tublis
Mohammad al-Salihi
Mohammad Anas Musa Abu Odeh, 9
Mohammad Award Jerubia, 24, Ramallah
Mohammad Bajes Hassan Al-Khaldi, 11
Mohammad Balousha
Mohammad Imad Ebrek Al-Amouri, 9
Mohammad Jabril Ramana, 19, Ramallah
Mohammad Jaward Abd Al-Rahman Zagir, 21, al-Khalil
Mohammad Kamal Jabari, 35
Mohammad Kmal Mansour Sobh
Mohammad Majid Ibrahim Hamad, 20, al-Khalil
Mohammad Nedal Milhem, 17
Mohammad Rafat Mohammad Edwan, 16
Mohammad Yousef Ayesh Hamad, 17
Mohammad Zayed Hamid, 24, al-Quds
Mohammed Abu Matr
Mohammed Abu Rizq
Mohammed Al Masri
Mohammed Ba’loosha
Mohammed Balousha
Mohammed Basem Khamis, 18, Beit Ummar
Mohammed Fayez Abu Matar
Mohammed Fowakkah
Mohammed Hussein Abu Abed, Jenin camp
Mohammed Jamal Hassouna
Mohammed Majed Ibrahim Hammad, 20, Al-Aroub Camp, al-Khalil
Mohammed Marwan Abdelrahman Abdullah, 27, Jenin camp
Mohammed Nedal Milhem, 17, al-Khalil
Mohammed Qasim Abu Zar, 17, Zawata, Nablus
Mohammed Rafat Abu Hilal
Mohammed Sami, 23, Gaza
Mohammed Sobh
Mohammed Taher Mustafa
Momen Muhammed al-Nairab, 5
Mona Nahed Muhammad Shehab, 39
Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman
Muhammad Abdel Rahman Hussein Fawaqa, 21
Muhammad Abdelrahman Ahmed Shehab, 37
Muhammad Awajna, Aqabat
Muhammad Issam Yusuf Azam
Muhammad Jamal Hassouna
Muhammad Jargon
Muhammad Mustafa Omar Shehab, 17
Muhammad Omar Mustafa Shehab, 40
Muhammad Subh Abu Rizq
Muhammad Taher Al-Hasanat
Muhammad Taher Mustafa
Muhammed Al-Salhi, Gaza
Muhammed Awajna, 17, Aqabat Jaber camp, Areeha
Muhammed Issam Yusuf Azam
Muhammed Khaled Al-Baba
Muhammed Shanaa
Muhtadi Majid Salim, 17, Qulqilya
Mujahed Ahmed Daoud, 30
Mujahid Al-Qazli
Mujahid Muhammad Youssef Saaida, 17, Tulkarem
Muntasir Awad, Beit Ummar
Murad Issa Al-Farra
Musab Abdel Halim Abu Rida, 17, Nablus
Musab Ahmed Al-Madhoun, 23, al-Khalil
Mustafa Omar Mustafa Shehab, 46
Nabila Sulayman Libad
Najib Mohammed Ali Zahr
Nayef Khaled Nayef al-Odat, 7
Nesma Al-Yaziji
Nibal Sabri Barhoum
Nour Kmal Mansour Sobh
Obada Sa'ed Awad Abu Srour
Obaida Ahmed Kamil, 14
Obaida Saed Abu Sorour, 16, Nablus
Obeida Khaled Nasser Kamil, 19, Qabatiya - Jenin
Oday Abu Al-Hijja
Oday Fawaz Mansour, 17, Kafr Qalil - Nablus
Oday Taha
Omar Abdallah Omar Shehab, 12
Omar Ahmad Abdulnaser Shamlakh, 5 months old
Omar Ahmad Abdulrahman Asmar, 14
Omar Ahmed Abdelrahman, 15
Omar Daraghma, Tubas
Omar Khaled Lotfy Khamour, 14, Bethlehem
Omar Mustafa Omar Shehab, 25
Omar Shawqi Shaban, 11
Osama Abu Nahar
Osama Mohammed Khair Dhiabat, 23
Osama Muhammad Abdelrahman Shehab
Qais Muhammed Hassan Shalash, Shuqba- Ramallah, 17
Qaisar Khalil
Qaiser Kamal Al-Salti, 36, Tulkarem
Qasem Hakem Qasem, 23, Tulkarem
Qatada Ghanimat, Al-Aroub camp - al-Khalil
Qaysar Khalil
Qusai Tamimi, 19
Rabi Arafah Rabi, 32
Raed Ahmed Hamidi, 19, Tulkarem
Rafat Harb’ Abu Hilal
Rafat Malhana, 20
Rafat Thaer Ahmad Abu Mhana, 17
Rafiq Mansour Sobh
Rajeh Hussam Rajeh Taha, 18, al-Khalil
Rakzi Nasr Zanoon
Rami Bilal Hassan, Tulkaram, 33
Ramzi Sami Zabara, 35
Randa Abdullah Abd alzziiz, 37, Ramallah
Rayid Mohammed Qiblawi (Abu Yazan), Ain Al-Hilweh Camp
Razan Turkman, 9, Jenin
Retal Bilal Salah Abu Shukian, 7
Riad Juseein Al-Akoom
Rita Abdelrahman Rabea Shehab, 7
Riyad Mohammed Qablawi (Abu Yazan)
Rizq Soboh
Roshdi Sarraj
Rowand Saleh Omar Shehab, 17
Saad Ahmed Abdelrahman Shehab, 6
Saad Mahmoud Libad, child
Saad Rabea Abdelrahamn Shehab, 65
Sabah Mohammed Barhoum
Sabreen Husain Abu Hilal
Saed Mahmoud Libad, child
Saeed Al-Taweel
Safah Mansour Sobh
Saha Azmi Zanoon
Salah Breiki, 19
Salah Kamal Mansour Sobh
Salam Mema, her husband Mohamed Al Masri, and her three children Ali, Hadi, and Sham
Salama Sharaya, 19
Saleh Al-Qaraan
Saleh Omar Mustafa Shehab, 41
Samah Abd Al-azziz Sobh
Sameeh Al-Nady
Sameh Khaled Odeh Abu Tabikhm 25, Tulkarem
Samir Saed Radwan, 22, Qulqilya
Samira Sobh
Sari Adi Sara, 15, Tulkarem
Sari Al-Sidda
Shadiya Salah Marjouna
Shaima Saidam and her family
Sham Al Masri
Shaymaa Ashraf Mustafa Abu Hamidan, 16
Sheikh Omar Daraghmeh, 58
Suhaib Kayed
Suhaib Mohammed Al-Sous, 15, Beitunia - Ramallah
Suleiman Farid Malasa, Ramallah
Taha Mahameed, 16, Noor Shams camp - Tulkaram
Tamer al-Kilani, 33
Tamim Mohamed Dawoud, 4
Tariq Odeh Youssef Maali, 42, Ramallah
Uday Abu Al-Hija
Umm Mohammad Hassan Zahir Mansour
Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, Chicago
Wadie Al-Houh
Wafaa Al-Swerki
Wala Abdullah Omar Shehab, 13
Wife of Mohammed Al Masri, mother of three children
Yahya Abdel Razek
Yahya Khalid Abu Hilal
Yasser Thaer Al-Kasbeh, al-Quds
Yassine Alakhras
Yazan Ahmad Abdulnaser Shamlakh, 10
Yazan Fares Mohammad Rabaa, 8
Yazan Shamlakh, 10
Yousef Amer Zagdad, 10, Tulkarem
Yousef Maher Dawas
Yousef Sameer Ramadan Al-Athamneh, 10
Youssef Nader Suleiman Idris, 19, Al-Khailil
Yuqen Mansour Sobh
Yusif Zaghdad