Ami Dar

A crucial thing to understand about hunger/famine/starvation is that both for individuals and entire communities, there is a point of no return. A point at which people will keep dying even if food suddenly appears. Experts are hoping we are not there yet. Open the damn gates!

The pressure is working. Don’t stop. Let the aid in. Let the experts do their job. Open the gates. Open them now.

Please meet, read, and follow this man. His name is Ezzideen Shehab, and he is a pediatrician in Gaza. His writing is amazing. If he survives, I hope that one day I can shake his hand. He is here: @ezzingaza

Keep up the pressure. It’s working. Today, for the first time, mainstream Israeli TV covered the hunger in Gaza. (You can call Israeli TV antisemitic, if you like. It won’t change the facts.)

I am sad and I am angry. But I also have two young daughters, and I am not giving up. The world is a mess, but we have everything we need to make it better. But no one can do this alone. I am taking a few days off, but when I get back I'll ask for your help. We will do this.

The daughter of Israel’s most famous writer, Amos Oz, calling on all soldiers to refuse to serve in Gaza. This may seem like nothing to some, or too late, or whatever, but it’s a tectonic shift there. And she’s right, of course.

It hurts to admit this, but in so many places around the world the thugs are winning. If the good guys don’t start working together, we are screwed.

To be clear: the EU could *make* Israel open the gates to virtually unlimited aid into Gaza on a day's notice. Not doing so is a choice. (And I am talking about purely diplomatic and economic levers.)

Some of the best people in Israel gathering this evening.

Gaza gets most of the attention, as it should, but what’s happening in the West Bank is worse than at any time in decades.

Following the 10-hour Zoom marathon I did on 7/7 with people in more than 100 countries, I now see a clear path to a very different world (as far-fetched as this may sound): 1. Every month, on 8/8, 9/9, 10/10, etc, organize a “Global Community Breakfast,” however people want to…

You can make a long list of all the pros and cons of social media. But if I had to choose, I’d say the world was better without it.

Front page right now. Shame on the rest of the Israeli media that only Haaretz is showing this. Shame on anyone telling these girls to "release the hostages." Shame on anyone still denying this. Shame on all of us for allowing this.

I've never in my life wanted so desperately to be wrong. I, and many others, fear that Gaza is on the verge of mass starvation, with thousands of deaths coming soon unless someone intervenes. People are yelling back that we are wrong and all is well. I hope they are right.

A former right-wing Israeli chief of staff and defense minister warning the current military and security leaders that they are all committing war crimes. Now go call him a traitor and an antisemite.