Seeds of Memory and Resistance in Palestine

ClimateInColour Deep Dives

The picture in Gaza is dark, but clear enough to see as a complete humanitarian disaster. 25,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israeli hostilities started following the deadly Hamas attack on October 7.

Energy and water infrastructure, homes, hospitals, schools, places of worship, places of play, have been destroyed indiscriminately. Millions have been displaced by bombs, leaving a wake of rubble only to find more violence around the corner. While terrible human rights abuses have violently multiplied and accelerated in Gaza, the situation threatens to deteriorate further in the West Bank. Nowhere appears safe, with even refugee camps facing bombardment and the land itself is deeply suffering. Yet through it all, the seed remembers, it resists…

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Research + Writing: Sam Storey | Editor: Joycelyn Longdon