Mona Chalabi Instagram – When journalists do not question power structures, they uphold them. Today, we will be told again about the suffering of the people in one bar of this illustration. We will be told to honor 1 year of their pain by the same journalists who have ignored 76 years of occupation, apartheid, imprisonment and killing.
Where possible, I used the midpoint of a range because it’s always hard to find exact casualty figures. The estimate for Palestine comes from an open letter published last week from 99 US medical professionals who have worked in Gaza. They believe this number is still an underestimate.
Sources: Library of Congress (WW1 data), Archives of Iranian Medicine 2013, Population and Development Review 1995, Defence Casualty Analysis System, America in Vietnam by Guenter Lewy 1980. The Israeli death toll is from October 7 (695 Israeli civilians, 373 security forces and 71 foreigners) as well as 727 soldiers since October 7. | Posted on 07/Oct/2024 21:24:27
