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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hind Rajab’s killing sums up the hell that Gaza has become

 Hind Rajab was in a car with family members on 29 January 29 as they attempted to flee from approaching Israeli forces in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City, but they ended up in the paths of Israeli tanks and were fired on.
Hind Rajab was in a car with family members on 29 January as they attempted to flee approaching Israeli forces in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza City, but they ended up in the path of Israeli tanks and were fired on. Photograph: Family handout/AFP/Getty Images

The greatest tribute we can pay to Hind Rajab and the 14,000 other Palestinian children slaughtered in Gaza these past 10 months is to sustain the powerful international solidarity movement for Palestine that has emerged in countries across the world, calling for a ceasefire.

There have been three broad responses to the genocide in Gaza. The first is the craven complicity of western states in supplying arms and finance to Israel and providing diplomatic cover. The second is the silent complicity of the handwringers who have looked away from, and refused to condemn or oppose, the daily atrocities enveloping Gaza, such as the killing of Hind and her family. The third has been the tireless non-violent activism in civil society across the world, such as the student encampments on campuses in the US or the trade unionists who have refused to produce and transport arms to Israel.

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