Israel has worked hard to portray Gaza as a barren wasteland, backwater that is a terrorist stronghold. In reality, Gaza is a beautiful city/region with a rich history that has been decimated from constant bombings and strangled by the blockade. So much of what is being destroyed by Israel are restaurants, bookshops, schools, universities, houses and much of what contributes to life in Gaza and people’s livelihoods. Places that are attached to and filled with the memories of Palestinians in Gaza. It’s not just about making life miserable for the people who live there, but about projecting a particular image of Gaza to the world. This is also similar to how the US has portrayed places like Afghanistan to justify its invasions.
So this video of a "care worker" claiming Hamas seized Control of the hospital she worked at came out a bit ago
@dirhwangdaseul this is sick
(Nov. 24) via @lionne998
Alaa Hathleen, a Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta in the West Bank who exposes IOF and settler violence on his instagram, had his home raided, his 17 year old brother kidnapped, and his car and phone stolen by the IOF this morning (2 Dec 23)
“The cubs of Palestine, liberated by the resistance, prostrate in gratitude upon their release.”
24 Nov 23 via RNN
From the river to the sea every child will be free ♥️
A little girl died from hunger in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, despite being in the area where aid trucks are distributed. Another family in the north in Gaza city was forced to eat a donkey, which for many in Palestine is inconceivable culturally. Bisan says there isn't even water (clean OR dirty) for them to drink or wash with.
bisan's instagram post
This is not a movie set...
CONT the delivery of essential items into Gaza.
As I was saying British military aid useless, they are worse clowns than the US but both are made to be roadkill in war. Recall those early retreats and deaths from so called military aid to Ukraine.
I bet the units that the Uk sent to help already got smoked or came back running as they always do.
THIS!!!!!!!!!! most of us feel like we aren't doing enough because we can't physically stop a genocide but speaking helps!! pressuring helps!! boycotting helps and protesting helps!! please don't give up on Palestinians not when the entire world has turned their backs on them
here is how YOU can help Palestine
may he never know a single moment of peace again in his life may he be tormented every time he sets foot in public may he be forever stained with blood and die in infamy
"The 9 years old girl who remained under the rubble for 10 hours has made it safely. I see no one sharing. If she were dead, everyone would share! Share positivity…"
Video of her ordeal.
A released captive Amani Hashem embraces her son Adam and returns to her family after spending 7 years in occupation prison. She shared her experience in the interview.
What stuck with me is when she said: "On the rare occasions the occupation would allow family visits, they would let me see both of my kids but only hug one of them. My kids were so young they didn't understand. I'd hear the younger one saying: "Why didn't mom hug me too? Does she not love me?" That's when I realized the limitless of the occupation's evil. They stripped me from seeing my children grow up, I'm getting to know them from the beginning now."
"A Child’s View from Gaza" was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.
"The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute."
i'm seeing people losing hope for palestine i'm begging you seriously please don't. the death toll is high but there are still people alive, there are still journalists risking everything to make sure the world sees what is happening. please continue protesting if you have the option to, keep demanding for a ceasefire and keep talking about palestinians both alive and dead. you have to keep going until the very end or else you really did fail them.
For those who are unaware, the IDF has been literally hunting Motaz all week using drones and constantly calling his phone. I guess they've given up on hiring Israeli actors to impersonate Palestinians.
To this day people will cry over the knowledge and works destroyed when the library of Alexandria was burned down.
And yet no tears are shed as Palestinian archives and libraries are bombed.
Saint Porphyrius Church, built in 1150 and the 3rd oldest church in the world has been bombed.
It's not an accident.
Israel aren't simply killing Palestinians, they are trying to erase that there ever were Palestinians in the first place.
Destroying their livelihoods, trying to to destroy their culture and history and pretend this land was never there's.
It's easy to deny someone's existence when there's no record of them.
Which is why it's so important to look at the atrocities and bear witness to what's happening.
But to also recognise that Palestine is more than it's suffering.
There is a living breathing culture, of art, history, literacy which all come from the Palestinians.
Traditions they've carried for centuries.
So while we mourn the dead, we shall fight for the living. Fight for the preservation of their crafts, amplify their voices as they speak on their culture.
Palestinian history and culture is alive. And no matter how much the world wants to erase that, they cannot and will not.
The IOF has always made it abundantly clear that they have zero intentions of stopping and ceasing the violence, bombartments, and indiscriminate killing of Palestinian people. The IOF is filled to the brim with zionist ideologies, and they don't see Palestinian people as human beings -nor as people Indigenous to Historic Palestine. The IOF has been and remains a settler-colonial project and is backed/funded by the US government, and every time I see videos like this, I'm beyond livid. While they openly admit to war crimes and genocide -and have zero remorse or conscience about what they're doing -this continues to be beyond despicable. This is why this doesn't just end at a ceasefire. The occupation of Historic Palestine must end, and Palestine must be free.
Based on Israel's security assessment, so it's not “Hamas propaganda”
Why did they open fire on the festival? Soon, they'll say it was to attack Hamas terrorists, so they can attack Israeli citizens and blame Hamas. It's highly unlikely that hamas killed so many people, and launched that big of an attack without Israel detecting it for a year prior. And yet they apparently know every place where hamas is hiding. There are lies here somewhere.
TW: death, child death, mass murder, corpses (they're blurred)
is terrorism about resisting oppression? is terrorism about demanding your birthright to live safely and peacefully in your homeland? is terrorism about hating the killers of your family, your friends and your people?
accusations of terrorism are often weaponized against those fighting for liberation and sovereignty and dignity. the french settlers called the algerians terrorists. the indian government calls the kashmiris terrorists. the pakistani army calls pashtun activists terrorists. the turkish government calls the kurds terrorists. apartheid south africa called nelson mandela a terrorist. americans called the vietcong and the black panthers terrorists. the israelis call the palestinians terrorists. all oppressive regimes are connected. all oppressed people are connected. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
This is what Biden administration feared, the truce has allowed journalists to show the sheer destruction of Gaza
Nelson Mandela was in USA's terror watchlist until 2018. The guy who fought against apartheid state of South Africa, won a Nobel peace prize, became a president, a beloved character across the globe was in the terror watchlist of USA. So I wouldn't actually take murica's opinion about labeling a person or group of people as terrorists. Chances are they're actually fighting for the freedom of their country.
That's why they call Hamas terrorists instead of freedom fighters. In their eyes The Nelson Mandela was a terrorist.
Anyways as Nelson Mandela said
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉
A week ago, civil defense forces rescued two Palestinian children from the rubble of their home in Shejaeya neighborhood, in Gaza city.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل 💔
Murders..
Every day..
Day and night..