With each migration, millions of birds fly over Palestine, an important corridor for hundreds of species travelling between Africa, Europe and Asia. They fly over Palestinians in the "world's largest open-air prison" in Gaza – besieged by land, sea and air since 2007, now the target of genocide – and Palestinians living under occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. What do migratory birds mean to a people living under occupation, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and genocide? How do you protect life when you are surrounded by death and destruction?