Marilyn Garson worked in Gaza 2011 – 2015. She lives in New Zealand, co-founder of Alternative Jewish Voices and the Ranu! independent minyan. She is the author of Still Lives — a Memoir of Gaza and Jewish, not Zionist.
Marilyn Garson
By Marilyn Garson
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Opinion Trump ended U.S. funds for UNRWA. Israel banned it. The human costs will be astronomical
Anyone who cares about human rights should be able to see these decisions for the travesty they are
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Opinion With Gazans starving and freezing, the US withholding funds from UNRWA is unconscionable
I used to work for the beleaguered agency on the ground. Its work is essential to keeping Gazan civilians alive
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