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22 January 2026 /Posted byLizzie Eldridge

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By Lizzie Eldridge

I stopped checking the news
Just for today
The psycho-maniacs
stuck hard at it
anyway

I went shopping
Sunk my thumb
Deep into avocados
brazenly labelled
Product of Israel

Back home
sitting in my chair
I muttered an angry wish
I closed my eyes
I breathed

Tags: Gaza genocide, Israeli war crimes

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Lizzie Eldridge

Lizzie is a writer and human rights activist from Glasgow. She's Vice President of Scottish PEN and is an active campaigner for the liberation of Palestine. Nae Paserán!

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