Letters from Palestine: The agony of patience in the harsh pursuit of hope
The genocide in Gaza is estimated to have killed over 47,000 Palestinians over the course of Israel’s fifteen-month-long war on Palestine, until the ceasefire agreement that came into effect in late January 2025. The agreement has finally seen borders opening to allow the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying aid, as well as the return of tens of thousands of displaced people into north Gaza. For the past fifteen months, Palestinians have struggled, endured, and survived. In this Letters from Palestine series, as part of our Watch The Resistance project, The Polis Project is publishing essays on what resistance has meant for Palestinians over the past year: its nature and forms, the challenges it presented, and how they overcame them. In doing so, the series highlights the lives of resilience and life as resistance in Palestine.
The earth constricts around us. It squeezes us into the final corridor, forcing us to shed our limbs just to pass through. The ground crushes us; oh, if only we were its wheat, to die and live again. And if only it were our mother, to show us mercy. We wish to be the stones that our dream will carry. – Mahmoud Darwish Return. Homeland. Waiting. Ceasefire. The end of war. Days. Hours. We all struggled to hear these words and the many possibilities they brought, which drove us to the brink of madness with anticipation. These uncertainties etched deeper wrinkles on our faces than our years could account for. The earth narrowed around us, and our days and hours wandered aimlessly as we awaited the end of death. Waiting. That feeling ravages the heart, residing between the pain of anticipation and the hopes of certainty. A moment suspended between…
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