By Kathy Kelly
Reprinted with permission; first published for World BEYOND War, June 19, 2025; https://worldbeyondwar.org/thirsting-for-justice-under-empire/
“To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they
call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” – Tacitus,
recorded in Agricola, 98 AD
Here in NYC, while participating in a Veterans for Peace and Allies forty day “Fast for Gaza,” we’ve felt horror over reports of Gazans deliberately deprived, in a mass starvation campaign, of water. Even if they survive the attacks on food distribution sites and manage to obtain a box containing lentils and flour, how will they prepare food without water?