Gaza will be in the shadow of famine as long as we cannot plant our land

The olive grove of the author's family in the eastern part of Al-Maghazi refugee camp is pictured here before the war [Courtesy of Said Alsaloul]

Oct. 13, 2025 - Last week, a ceasefire was announced after two years of genocide in Gaza. The bombs have stopped falling, but the devastation remains. The majority of homes, schools, hospitals, universities, factories, and commercial buildings have been reduced to rubble. From above, Gaza looks like a grey desert of rubble, its vibrant urban spaces reduced to ghost towns, its lush agricultural land and greenery wiped out.

The occupier’s aim was not only to render the Palestinians of Gaza homeless but also unable to provide for themselves. Uprooting the dispossessed and impoverished, those who have lost their connection to the land, is of course much easier.

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