Try as it might, Israel could not destroy Palestinian culture and joy in Gaza

Try as it might, Israel could not destroy Palestinian culture and joy in Gaza Submitted by Gregory Shupak on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 20:00 Victims of the Gaza genocide include countless artists, poets, filmmakers, educators and musicians - but the enclave's collective spirit will never die Children dance in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees, in the central Gaza Strip, on 1 October 2024 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off In 2012, the United Nations warned that the Gaza Strip might not be a “ a liveable place ” by 2020. As scholar