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Protesters stand with portraits of Israeli hostages Ronan Angel (54), Omer Shem Tov (21), Inbar Hayman (27), Yosef Alzayadni, Maksym Harkin (35), and others during a demonstration by the families of the hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants during the October 7, 2023 attacks, calling for action to release the hostages, outside the Israeli Prime Minister’s residence in Azza (Gaza) Street in central Jerusalem on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

AMIN AL HUSSEINI

Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza

The country isn’t a white colonial project — and it has a right to defend itself

Nicholas Woode-Smith