What will be left of Gaza then but dust
And silent echoes in an empty space?
The war against Hamas, he said, was just
His wily smile the answer on his face
What of the little children, the unborn
The doctors, and the journalists who tried
To save them, and record another dawn?
It is because Hamas, he said, they died
Would not the Jews who perished long ago
In Germany and Poland in the camps
Decry this genocide, the winds that blow
The light out from so many other lamps?
You lie, he said. And then the truth appeared
There was no Gaza when the dust had cleared
© Gail Foster 22nd August 2025
Gaza
Whack-a-Mole
We’re shooting Gazans, that’s our goal
It’s target practice, not a game
Take aim and fire and…Whack-a-Mole!
There, over by the water hole
Hey some we kill and some we maim
We’re shooting Gazans, that’s our goal
Like skinny fishes in a shoal
All move as one and look the same
Take aim and fire and…Whack-a-Mole!
A few grains in an empty bowl
Is that for what these mothers came?
We’re shooting Gazans, that’s our goal
She’s running, that won’t save her soul
In vain, and shouting Allah’s name
Take aim and fire and…Whack-a-Mole!
We’re IDF, that’s how we roll
For Israel, and Bibi’s fame
We’re shooting Gazans, that’s our goal
Take aim and fire and…Whack-a-Mole!
© Gail Foster 27th June 2025
On The Occasion of Benjamin Netanyahu Quoting Dylan Thomas
Don’t tell me that you fight a righteous fight
How many children have you killed today
I’ll give you rage. I’ll give you rage alright
Your anger and your ego burning bright
Are razing all that’s standing in your way
Don’t tell me that you fight a righteous fight
How many have you sent into the light
Before they even had the time to pray
I’ll give you rage. I’ll give you rage alright
How many have you saved or sent in spite
Up to the sky in ashen clouds of grey
Don’t tell me that you fight a righteous fight
In clouds as those who in the fog and night
Were put in trains and disappeared away
I’ll give you rage. I’ll give you rage alright
You speak as if your soul was white as white
Yet deep inside you darkness holds its sway
Don’t tell me that you fight a righteous fight
I’ll give you rage. I’ll give you rage alright
© Gail Foster 27th September 2024
Because Hamas
Netanyahu didn’t give
A fuck. ‘Because Hamas!’ he cried
‘The children don’t deserve to live!
Because Hamas the people died!’
And Netanyahu didn’t care
What other countries said or did
His bombs kept falling from the air
On top of where the children hid
‘Because Hamas it is they fall
This isn’t genocide, this war
Is justified, if crime at all
It is because Hamas!’ he swore
‘That from the river to the sea
The Holy Land belongs to me’
© Gail Foster 22nd March 2024
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