It’s been two years this week since the Oct. 7, 2023, start of the current conflict in Gaza. Israel has killed or injured more than 230,000 Palestinians in response to Hamas-led attacks that killed roughly 1,200 Israelis.
The declaration of genocide by Israel has been confirmed by countless sources, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Israeli human rights organizations like B'Tselem, the United Nations, Israeli genocide scholars such as Omer Bartov, and South African lawyers at the International Court of Justice.
As St. Louisans, we hold a local role in this genocide. Boeing, headquartered in St. Louis, produces aircrafts for the Israeli military. Former Congresswoman Cori Bush, a fierce advocate for Palestinian and St. Louisan human rights alike, was unseated with th