cover image: A J - A Dictionary of Unnameable Violences – From “Aerocide” to “Zygoticide” in Palestine

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A J - A Dictionary of Unnameable Violences – From “Aerocide” to “Zygoticide” in Palestine

22 Aug 2024

There is no specific word for the mass killing of children, for the mass obliteration of an entire society, for the mass toxification of air or of water, for the mass annihilation of trees. [...] “The environmental impacts of the war in Gaza are unprecedented […] exposing the community to rapidly growing soil, water and air pollution and risks of irreversible damage,” (UN Environment Program, 2024); “The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable natio. [...] “A recent survey by the group Heritage for Peace details the damage done so far to more than 100 landmarks in Gaza since the start of the present conflict […] The casualties include the Great Omari Mosque, one of the most important and ancient mosques in historical Palestine; the Church of Saint Porphyrius, thought to be the third oldest church in the entire world; and the Rafah Museum, a space in. [...] “Al-Haq condemns the recent decision reached by the Israeli Supreme Court […] reviewing with approval Israel’s policy of withholding the bodies of killed Palestinians [...] It should be noted that the Israeli occupying authorities have a long history of such, and similar practices, including the use of enforced disappearances and ‘cemeteries of numbers,’ wherein Palestinians are buried in secret t. [...] Start your story with ‘Secondly,’ and the arrows of the [Indigenous people] are the original criminals and the guns of the white men are entirely the victims.
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