Beth Marsden

ALT "Statement from historians in Australia in solidarity with Palestine Since early October, we have watched Israel perpetrate attacks of an unprecedented scale on Gaza. Their bombing campaign has aimed to destroy Palestinian lives and render it impossible for Palestinians to live in Gaza. Israel has destroyed universities and schools, cultural institutions, libraries, and archives. As historians we know this as an attack on a people's past, present and future. These attacks sit alongside the murder of over 20,000 people, including more than 6,150 children, with thousands of people still trapped under rubble. In a population of around 2.2 million people, close to 1 in every 100 people have been murdered. Over 36,000 people have been wounded, many gravely. More than 67 journalists have been killed, many alongside their families, with medical staff and their families and academics also regularly targeted. These numbers do not, of course, do justice to the loss: each of these people is a"