Why the Gaza Protests Won’t Stop

Expand Israeli forces fire tear gas towards Palestinian demonstrators near the fences separating Gaza and Israel, as seen from the Israeli side, on March 30, 2018. © 2018 Reuters On Saturday, Palestinians in Gaza will head to the fences with Israel that effectively serve as their prison walls to mark one year since they began weekly demonstrations against Israel’s more than decade-long closure of Gaza. I’ve spent much of the past year speaking to men, women, boys, and girls who participated in the demonstration, often in hospitals, as part of Human Rights Watch’s investigation into the protests…

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