For many generations, the people of the Holy Land have foraged for khobeza, a hearty green with a taste and texture somewhere between spinach and kale that sprouts in knee-high thickets along roadsides and empty patches of dirt after the first winter rains. Cooks sauté it in olive oil, season it with onions or boil it into soup to make tasty, low-cost meals.
They don’t even have access to clean water or antiseptics for surgery. Some heavy minerals in their veggies is very low on their hierarchy of immediate concerns right now.
My point is that the urban soil in Gaza in 2024 has got to be brutally contaminated
They don’t even have access to clean water or antiseptics for surgery. Some heavy minerals in their veggies is very low on their hierarchy of immediate concerns right now.