I survived the Gaza genocide only to witness firsthand Western complicity

I was evacuated to France, where I saw the reason why the world is allowing my people to be slaughtered.

By Nour Elassy

Poet and writer based in Gaza.

I write this from Paris, a city wrapped in blue and yellow. All around me, Ukrainian flags hang like moral badges pinned to French facades.

I arrived in this city just a few weeks ago as a survivor of the genocide in Gaza, leaving my country burning behind me. I had the privilege to be evacuated by the French government as a student admitted to a French university.