Natasha Shivji

Israeli commandos have murdered up to a dozen or so people upon a flotilla of six aid-carrying ships on Monday 31 May. The events have been played out on our screens and the response has been overwhelming. It must not end here.

Open his eyes
Raise his arms
Restore his brain
But for what?
How can he open his eyes
When his mother is laying dead in the house
When his father is laying dead in the mosque
When his streets stink of rotten flesh
When the walls are splattered with blood