I survived the Gaza genocide only to witness firsthand Western complicity | Israel-Palestine conflict

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.

What first struck me about Paris, this so-called city of liberty, was its curated grief, sanctioned empathy, and decorated…