Colin Sheridan: A letter to all my friends who tell me to feel happy

Writing about the genocide taking place in Palestine seems the most obvious thing in the world to do. That other people do not think so confounds and depresses me

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital where displaced people live in tents, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Pictures: AP /Abdel Kareem Hana

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