I wished to be awarded this Freedom Prize the moment my country is free from the Israeli occupation.
We -Palestinians- have been suffering from the atrocities committed by the israeli occupation since 1948.
My people in Gaza are now being annihilated and starved while the world remains silent and no one stops this genocide and no one has been able to hold Israel accountable for its crimes, and we will fight for our freedom relentlessly and fearlessly till we witness the liberation of our land, my fight is not done yet.
Keep in mind that no one is free until Palestine is free.
After all the horror that I witnessed while covering the ongoing genocide and after the many times I almost was going to lose my life while reporting on it, there is nothing more important than the protection of journalists. I got the chance to evacuate Gaza, but my journalist colleagues in Gaza currently face threats that severely impact on their life, safety, and their ability to report the truth because of the israeli occupation and its heavy and indiscriminate bombardment.
More than 136 journalists from Gaza lost their lives only for doing their job, but with your support we can all together call for the protection and safety of the palestinian journalists still on the ground risking their lives to continue telling the truth.
I evacuated my beloved country Gaza, but I promised myself to make our message reach the world that we are people looking for our freedom and we are not terrorists.
Please do not stop talking and reporting about Gaza.
Thank you all very much.
Mackmore 😭 I keep replaying this video. Do you not understand, all you pathetic so-called "artists", that you could have provided a moment's relief, a moment's grace in a child's heart like this? For them to know that they are known and fought-for and loved. Your silence is hell