From Palestine in Pictures : A
Byzantine-era mosaic floor that was uncovered recently by a farmer in
Bureij, central Gaza Strip, is seen on 18 September. The farmer said he
stumbled on it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly
excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery
of the mosaic is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures, which
are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of
Israeli violence.
The houses were not Hamas. The kids were not Hamas. Their clothes and toys were not Hamas. The neighborhood was not Hamas. The air was not Hamas. Our ears were not Hamas. Our eyes were not Hamas. The one who ordered the killing, the one who pressed the button thought only of Hamas.
recently, Israel sent down hellfire missiles near a hospital in Gaza, which are missiles that explode into blades that slam down and cut through anything in their way. (link)
There is a video of a man with his legs newly amputated, screaming in a pool of his own blood. I won’t share the video, because it made me vomit into a toilet, but either trust me it exists or go look for it yourselves.
There is another video of a young girl, crying silently after her legs were blown off in an explosion. She explains tonelessly to the camera man that she doesn’t want fake legs because they’ll just remind her of her real ones. She is 13. (link)
A hospital is told to evacuate and they do, all the while waving white flags in a show of surrender. The IDF shoot at them anyway. (link)
Meanwhile in Israel - they begin to enforce one of the most draconian anti-free-speech laws in history.
Israel also claims to be the “only democracy in the Middle East”.
Israel has bombed hospitals, fishing boats, schools, refugee camps, power sources, water tanks, evacuation routes. They have killed 80% of Palestinian journalists, they have killed 100 UN workers, they have murdered over 4,000 children in 34 days. Because of the lack of food and water, Palestinians have begun to die from starvation, cholera.
If you still support Israel after all this, I believe you’re completely lost. Utterly without any humanity. Nothing could ever excuse this.
the number of premature babies is at 39. they lost the first baby and a young man in the ICU.
a member of a medical crew who tried to reach the incubator to help the babies inside was shot and killed. everyone in the hospital can’t move around freely because of sniper fire.
due to being surrounded by the Israeli military, bodies cannot be taken out and buried which creates a high risk of epidemics starting. they’re being forced to create a mass grave within the hospital compound itself with no equipment to do it.
“We are minutes away from imminent death. We are totally cut off from the whole world … We are stranded, we sent many SOS to the whole world – there has been no response, no response.” Muhammad Abu Salmiya, al-Shifa hospital director
im a white jew, i was born in israel, ive lived there all my life and was brought up in an environment that fosters racism driven by nationalism, nationalism driven by racism.
in israel, they teach you jews and muslims (though usually, they just say arabs) have always been enemies, the same way the US deems the entire middle east as a inherent war zone, ridding them of the responsibility for perpetuating war in thst region.
they tell you “were the fair and humane side who strives for peace! its the arabs who never accept the offer!” i remember the first i began doubting that sentiment was in fourth grade, when we were having a discussion in class about the character of Saul from the Torah. the teacher was talking about how Saul, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Israel, used to fight the Philistines, and when she added that the Philistines were the natural enemy of the Israelites, she asked the class what group of people is their modern equivalent to which everyone very eagerly replied “Arabs!” and nevermind that there in that same class sat two arab boys, one of whom sat next to me, who i looked at and thought “but he isnt my enemy? hes just a boy in my class.”
they teach you to hate arabs. sometimes they say it outright. sometimes they say it more carefully, or make a distinction between good and bad arabs, those who are with us and those who are against us.
in a state based on the idea of (white) jewish supremacy, they teach you jews are naturally superior. they use the conspiratorial narrative of “jews controlling the world” to their favor, giving their own watered down explanation for why antisemitism exists, saying that it must be driven by jealousy.
the zionist movement always used antisemitism for its advantage, either for reinforcing the notion of jewish supremacy or appealing to the real pain and trauma of generations, people who survived the holocaust, connecting them to stolen land where they are “guaranteed” safety ergo granting “justification” for the suffering of others. its using peoples real pain that makes fear mongering so effective, and when the israeli population grows up being told all of their neighboring countries want to kill them, they quickly get defensive of the “only land where they can feel safe”, but the only explanation ever provided for Why these neighboring countries are considered enemies is because theyre arabs.
and when it comes to palestine, it isnt even recognized as a country, nor identity. just a threat. ive talked to many people who are genuinely unaware of the occupation, and theyre arent willing to believe it either, because the media narrative has successfully shifted the blame on hamas. because “how could it be us? we want peace! its the terrorists who make us look bad! and their children, they grow up to be antisemites*, might as well get rid of them too!” they never stop to think what environment these children must grow up in to develop these “radical” ideas.
* what they mean by antisemite is really just antizionist, but the term anti/zionist isnt practiced in local dialect, being a zionist is treated as a given
any jew who stands against israels oppression is dubbed a self hating jew, but the biggest contributors to antisemitism is the people in charge of an ethnostate, because at any moment they could decide who is not white enough to be jewish, who is too jewish to be white, who stood against the current coalition government and who is an obedient dog.
israelis arent a monolith, but many of them have been won over, convinced its an “us v them” situation, when in reality it could never be the “us” that “loses” the israeli governemnt was waiting for an event like the massacre on the seventh of october to declare war, to have the so called “right to defend itself”, so they could initiate the final steps of an ethnic genocide and displace, if not kill, all remaining palestinians. under the guise of bringing peace.
it isnt too late to call for a ceasefire.
please contact your representatives, attend protests and rallies if you are able. palestine will be free, and the flowers will rise again.
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