Editorial

Abstract

As the genocide continues with unashamed determination, it is hard to imagine any return to normalcy for the people of Gaza. Infrastructure of any kind has been obliterated; lives have been brutally taken with cowardice hardly fathomable in a world, purportedly regulated by international law. One of the consequences of the genocide is the multiple silencing attempts of pro-Palestinian voices on campuses and government offices in the US and other countries. On 2 July 2025, the UK parliament voted to proscribe campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, raising fears about freedom of expression in the country. In a move described by Amnesty International as “unprecedented legal overreach,” this banning effectively places protesters against the genocide in Gaza in the same category as Al-Qaeda, ISIL.