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This commentary addresses three objectives: (1) to situate and contextualise the ongoing military assault on Gaza within longer colonial histories in Palestine; (2) to collate resources that can equip geographers—specialist and non‐specialist, academic and non‐academic—with resources to build decolonial politics on Palestine–Israel; and (3) to contribute to discussions on what we, as geographers, can do to support Palestinian calls for liberation. These objectives are informed by a strong conviction that now is not a time for equivocation or silence. Palestinians, both in Palestine and in exile, need robust support and solidarity. This commentary offers one example of the form this support and solidarity can take in the context of academia. It does so by calling forth our discipline's plural and deep commitment to justice and thoroughgoing critique of the deleterious power structures and colonial legacies that have brought us to this current moment of crisis in Palestine. This commentary addresses three objectives: (1) to situate and contextualise the ongoing military assault on Gaza within longer colonial histories in Palestine; (2) to collate resources that can equip geographers—specialist and non‐specialist, academic and non‐academic—with resources to build decolonial politics on Palestine–Israel; and (3) to contribute to discussions on what we, as geographers, can do to support Palestinian calls for liberation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current intensification of Israel's on-going war on Gaza has killed over 25,000 people in less than four months; half of them children. Nearly 60,000 people have been injured, almost all civilians, and many of them children (UNICEF). Many more thousands are missing beneath the rubble caused by the 25,000 tonnes of explosives that have been dropped on Gaza since October 7, equivalent to two nuclear bombs. The IPC has reported that the entire population of 2.2 million people is facing acute food. In this viewpoint we argue that it is not tenable as critical childhood studies scholars to remain silent in the face of these grave and systematic violations of children's rights due to Israel's actions in the occupied Palestinian territories and especially in Gaza. We argue for an end to the violations of children's protection in international law, an immediate ceasefire, the restoration of schools and hospitals, and immediate provision of humanitarian aid including food, water and medicine. We urge scholars to use their academic platforms to vociferously oppose the ongoing murder, disablement and bereavement of children by Israel, not only in Gaza, but also in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the rest of Palestine-Israel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]