lamia tabbaa

Mother of three rebels, co-founder of little thinking minds, the best arabic content brand for young kids . ام ورياديه . شريكه موسسه في المفكرون الصغار

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

One of the main reasons the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell is having such an earthshaking impact on our society is because it’s the single most profound act of sincerity that any of us have ever witnessed.

In this fraudulent civilization where everything is fake and stupid, we are not accustomed to such sincerity. We’re accustomed to vapid mainstream culture manufactured in New York and Los Angeles, airheaded celebrities who never talk about anything real, self-aggrandizing Instagram activism, synthetic political factions designed to herd populist discontent into support for status quo politics, phony shitlib “I hear you, I stand with you [but I won’t actually do anything]” posturing, endless propaganda and diversion from the mass media and its online equivalents which are algorithmically boosted by Silicon Valley tech plutocrats, and a mind-controlled dystopia where almost everyone is sleepwalking through life in a psyop-induced fog.

That is the sort of experience we have been conditioned to expect here in the shadow of the western empire. And then, out of nowhere, some Air Force guy comes along and does something real. Something as authentic and sincere as anything could possibly be, with the very noblest of intentions.

He live-streamed himself lighting himself on fire and burning to death in order to draw people’s attention to how horrific the US-backed atrocities in Gaza actually are. Knowing full well how painful it would be. Knowing full well he’d either die or survive with horrific burns and wish he’d died. Knowing full well that once he connected the flame with the accelerant he poured onto his body, there’d be no turning back.

He didn’t back down. He didn’t go home and stuff his face with snacks and gossip in the group chat and see what types of mindless escapism are available on Netflix or Pornhub. He lit the flame. He even struggled to light it at first, and he still did.

There’s nothing in our society that can prepare us for that kind of sincerity. That kind of selflessness. That kind of purity of intention. It stops us dead in our tracks, as if the fabric of our world has been ripped asunder. And, in a way, it has.

We’re not really living in the same world we were living in before Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire at 1 PM on February 25th. It was far too sincere an act, committed in the least sincere city on this planet. It shook things around far too much for all the pieces to fit fully back into place.

I myself am permanently changed. I find myself reapproaching the Gaza genocide with fresh eyes, renewed vigor, and invincible determination. I now write with a different kind of fire in my guts.

And looking around I can see it’s much the same for others. Where previously we’d begun seeing the opposition to the incineration of Gaza beginning to lose a bit of energy due to despair and how hard it is to keep something energized for months on end, we are now seeing electrifying enthusiasm.

More importantly, this is shaking things up in mainstream society and not just within the pro-Palestine crowd. We’re seeing Bushnell’s final words about the US empire’s complicity with genocide shared on mainstream networks like CNN and ABC, while Israel apologists run around falling all over themselves trying to tell people nobody cares about what Bushnell did like a guy sending a woman dozens of texts saying he’s totally unbothered that she rejected his advances. A member of the US military lighting himself on fire while screaming “Free Palestine” is absolutely devastating to the information interests of Israel and the United States, because it shakes people awake like nothing else ever could.

All around our fake plastic dystopia people are now opening their eyes, saying “Wait, huh? That man did what? Why? I thought nothing matters but my comfort and my feelings and my small circle of people I care about? My country is complicit in a what now? Is it possible I’ve been missing something important?”

With his profound act of sincerity, Aaron Bushnell extended the world an invitation to a very different way of looking at life. An invitation to pierce through the veil of superficiality and narcissism to a radical authenticity and a deep compassion for our fellow human beings. To a profound sincerity of our own, with which we can shake the world awake in our own unique ways.

At 1 PM on February 25th, Aaron Bushnell lit more than one kind of fire. A fire that drives us to act. A fire that lights the way. A fire that inspires us. A fire that shows us another way of being. A fire which shows us a better world is possible.

We won’t forget his message. We couldn’t if we tried.

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

.@elonmusk to corporations pulling ads from X:

"Don't advertise. If someone is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is."

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

@ramialturki الف مبروك ابو خالد

[Ayman Safadi @AymanHsafadi]

The misery in Shifa hospital shows the barbarism UNSC’s silence is allowing. How can the SC remain silent on forcing babies out of incubators?
We condemn the silence on this brutality. It is providing cover for war crimes. It is unacceptable, unjustifiable. The Council must act

[Ayman Safadi @AymanHsafadi]

Israel just launched a ground war on Gaza. Outcome will be a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions for years to come. Voting against Arab #UNGA resolution means approving this senseless war, this senseless killing.
Millions will be watching every vote. History will judge.

[Ariel Gold אריאל ✡️☮️🕊🍉 @ArielElyseGold]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “from the river to the sea” is not antisemitic.

[fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @fbhutto]

I am so disappointed in @SOAS. I was always proud of being a @SOASalumni but not today. All solidarity with @SoasPalestine

[SOAS Palestine Society @SOAS_Palestine]

🚨URGENT: @SOAS University of London, renowned for its so called progressive politics, has officially began taking steps suspending its own students following a rally in solidarity with Gaza. This is a clear act of political repression. Please read on and share widely:

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

If anyone needs any proof that freedom of speech is slowly dying in the UK …

[بريطانيا بالعربي🇬🇧 @TheUKAr]

طرد رسام الكاريكاتير ستيف بيل من صحيفة الغارديان البريطانية فورًا بعد عمله لمدة 40 عامًا في الصحيفة بسبب 'رسمة مسيئة لرئيس وزراء إسرائيل بنيامين نتنياهو' يظهر فيه نتنياهو وهو يجري عملية جراحية لنفسه على بطنه على شكل خريطة قطاع غزة مع عبارة "سكان غزة .. غادروا حالًا"

ورغم طرده بطريقة مهينة عبر رسالة بريد إلكتروني إلا أن بيل أكد بأنه لن يعتذر على الإطلاق عن الرسمة مؤكدًا بأن طرده ينافي حرية التعبير وأتى بشكل غريب .. حيث أنه نشر آلاف الرسومات لشخصيات عديدة من قبل ولم تعترض الصحيفة على ذلك

[Ayman Safadi @AymanHsafadi]

When is enough enough? How many innocent Palestinians must die before Israel stops its war on Gaza? 500 lives lost in attack on #Baptist hospital alone. World must speak clearly, act promptly against this war. Int’l law can’t be selective. Only just peace’ll bring security to all

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

مجزره بكل معنى الكلمه

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🇮🇱🇵🇸 The Director of the Gaza Baptist Hospital EXPOSES that prior to the bombing today, Israel told them:

“We warned you yesterday with two bombs. Why have you not evacuated the hospital until this moment?”

Israel did it.

[PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 @OnlinePalEng]

Kuwait lights up its towers with the flag of Palestine 🇵🇸🇰🇼

[جريدة الغد @AlghadNews]

#عاجل:

الملك يوجه بإرسال مساعدات إلى الأشقاء الفلسطينيين في غزة

https://t.co/nwfMmbJmCZ

#الغد

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

coverage on all respectable western networks has in fact confirmed what we have always known. That Palestinian are viewed as sub human by most white Europeans and North Americans and that the Israelis are gods chosen people . Because nothing else can explain this coverage .

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

Amazing flipping the western media script

[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

This is why we refuse the condemnation paradigm repeated by mainstream media for decades including on @BBCNews last night.

[ضاحي خلفان تميم @Dhahi_Khalfan]

اذا كانت حمامة٠ حلت على الجدار العازل بين غزة وإسرائيل ليلا فصاحت اجهزة الانذار وأعلنت حالة الطوارئ و تم ايقاظ المسؤول العام عن المراقبة...فكيف بهذا العدد من المقاتلين يتمكن من اختراق الجدار...وأسر مدنيين وجنود ومقاتلين مدججين بالسلاح الذي ليس له مثيل..والأغرب من ذلك ليس الدخول ولكن مغادرتهم من داخل حدود ٤٨ بسلام مع رهائنهم...أما احد ساعدهم من الداخل من المسؤولين الإسرائيليين..أو أن جدار شارون اوهن من خيط العنكبوت او متفق عليه بين الجانبين...أي بين نتنياهو وقادة حماس
..والأيام ستبين اين سيستقر خبر هذا الأمر؟

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

Brave brave people

[Voice of Rabbis @voiceofrabbis]

This is Williamsburg, where Zionists are attacking Torah Jews who want to support the Palestinian people.

Jews are constantly exposed to attacks by Zionists. This is blatant Antisemitism.

Torah Jews, who have been taking to the streets and demonstrating in support of the Palestinian people since last night, have been subjected to attacks and harassment by the Zionists.

#ZionismisAntisemitism

[Miko Peled @mikopeled]

What Israelis forgot, or perhaps never realized, is that Israeli soldiers are not brave, and certainly not invincible. For decades now, it has been shown that, fighter-for-fighter, the Israelis are inferior to their Arab counterparts. https://t.co/ShxMZ3b9cq

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

Finally some sense …

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

“The criminals here are not Hamas.. The criminals are Europeans.“

Yanis Varoufakis, the Former Finance Minister of Greece, says he will not condemn Hamas for its attack on Israel and compares the siege imposed on Gaza to the apartheid in South Africa

[lamia tabbaa @LamiaTabbaa]

So calling Palestinians human animals . Am wondering does that count as antiSemitic since Arabs are after all semites ?

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis]

Israeli defense minister: “No food, No electricity, No fuel, No water. We’re fighting human animals.”

He’s talking about ordinary, innocent, civilians including KIDS living in Gaza.

He has NO RESPECT for Human Rights!

Despicable scum! 🇮🇱