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As the U.S. faces a tight presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Bisan Owda takes us inside Gaza to hear what people there really think about the election. With over 43,000 Palestinians killed by Israel – most of them women and children – many Palestinians in Gaza doubt that either candidate will bring any real change.

“They are killing us while the world is watching,” a man says. Another adds, “They all cheer for Israel.” Despite the rising death toll and a conflict that’s spreading across the Middle East, both candidates remain steadfast in their support for Israel. While the election is expected to have a global impact, people in Gaza are left wondering: Will this bring relief or just more suffering?

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Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali parked his car in southwest London, and walked a few meters towards the offices of the Kuwaiti newspaper where he worked. He was shot in the head by a gunman, who walked calmly and vanished.

In an article in Middle East International (10 October 1987), Professor Hisham Sharabi of Georgetown University wrote:

"Who is responsible for the murder of Naji al-Ali? Who is responsible for the murder of tens of Palestinians — we all know who they are — who paid for their freedom of conscience with their lives?

It was our silence and our fear that made us accept without protest the curtailment of free discussion and to allow terrorism to determine the way our differences are settled. History has shown that when liberation movements stifle liberty they become incapable of carrying out the task of liberation; they close in upon themselves and blindly submit to violence."

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