This video is a microcosm of how October 7 has been discussed and deliberately misframed.
If the Palestinian man had reacted at all, even in basic self-defense, the Israeli would’ve shot him on the spot and faced little to no consequence. That asymmetry is the operating reality; it’s not hypothetical.
What this footage captures is only a drop in an ocean of violence Palestinians have been subjected to for nearly eight decades. Yet when October 7 happened, the focus wasn’t on the daily, structural violence that preceded it (the settler who runs someone over, the soldier who humiliates, or the system that enables it all). Instead, the focus was placed squarely on the Palestinian who reacts, as if reaction exists in a vacuum.
That’s what this video exposes. One side’s permitted to brutalize, terrorize, and endanger lives in full view of the world, while the other’s expected to endure it quietly. If they don’t, they’re killed and then blamed for their own death.
Am so in awe of this young woman who has a better grasp of radical politics than so many thrice her age. This short statement explains why so many in the West find her so threatening.
Brava Greta! Brava!
Hi all,
*especially Somali twitter, can i get your attention please*
the good sis Shifa Abdi was a mutual to many of you, she had an account here for many years.
the Israelis are threatening to torture her.
contact your local Finnish consulate & demand they bring her back!!
Everyone in this photo was martyred just moments after it was taken, live on air, before the eyes of the entire world.
What’s truly painful is that this tragedy passed as if it were something normal, without the outrage or attention it deserved.
We’re suspending the jobs report so you don’t see how bad the numbers are, auditing the Smithsonian to match Trump’s politics, fighting over gerrymandering the map, and deploying the military into cities. This isn’t governance anymore. It’s authoritarianism in plain sight.