"Israel's oldest daily, Haaretz," which was was sanctioned by the Israeli government on Nov. 24, 2024
Analysis, January 18, 2026: Beneath the Bombast, Trump's Cease-fire Plan in Gaza Is on the Rocks
U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed last week, with characteristic bombast and ham-fistedness, that the Gaza cease-fire arrangement had advanced to its second phase.
Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLIII: "'ceasefire' strikes"
heavenward
rising
fireballs
fireballs
falling
heavenward
FYI: Socialist Project, Oct. 28, 2025: The Illusion of a Ceasefire: Gaza Still Under Continuous Genocide
War Is Peace
pyramid
after pyramid of rubble ...
again "ceasefire" strikes
fireball by fireball ...
the length
of a Gazan night
smoky twilight
a cry sinks into the sound
of a gunshot
skeletal houses
these layers of silence
upon silence
On Saturday, the president named the first members of the Board of Peace, which will ostensibly oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. (Heads of state may join, according to the organization's charter, for the price of $1 billion; additional members are slated to be announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos this week).
Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXXI: "Phase Two"
The ink barely dry on the paper, and Phase Two of the ceasefire plan announced to the clicking of cameras.
these dark blue lips
as cracked window frost thickens
Gazan sky tinged red
FYI: Haaretz, Jan. 19, 2026: Trump Invites Putin to Board of Peace, EU States to Decline Invitation, Diplomats Say
Jan. 19, 2026: 'Gaza Is Ours': Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Calls to Cancel Trump's Board of Peace, Israel to Resettle Gaza
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXXII: "Gazan newborn"
a young woman
gazes at her newborn for hours
but his eyes
never open to the light—
Gaza's morning frost thickens
Haaretz, Opinion, Jan. 19 2026: What Is Happening to Mothers and Babies in Gaza Should Leave Us Deeply, Collectively Ashamed
As maternal mortality surges in post-war Gaza, and newborns face cold, infection and malnutrition, pregnancy and childbirth are daily fights for survival. Women and their babies, universally noncombatants, are suffering disproportionately – and serve as a measure of our moral failure
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