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Writer's pictureLara Flanagan

200ml

200ml


Amnesty International issued their report yesterday that Israel's "war" in Gaza amounts to Genocide. Israel of course rejects these claims. What amazes me is that in a year or two, I hope it will be less, but at some time in the future, when there are movies made, diaries unearthed, and documentaries studied in school, people will say they were against this all along.


People are lucky to be getting 200ml of water a day in Gaza.

Often they are expected to survive on less.

Pour 200ml into a cup and imagine how you would survive on that.

Just yourself, with a newborn, with a sick and injured child. 200ml is all you get.


200ml is but a cup

tiny sips taken until it’s gone

a baby’s bottle filled just once

bloody hands barely washed

a cold washer on a fevered face

mixed with flour, the only meal

a sponge bath for a screaming child

tiny sips taken until it’s gone

until it’s gone

200ml is but a cup

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