nobody talks about the stage of grief where you can't even talk about it to anyone anymore, because everyone expects you to be strong and get over it, but it still runs through your mind everyday.
On this day 25 years ago, the world watched, as Jamal al-Durrah tried to protect his 12-year-old son Muhammad from Israeli bullets that rained down on them in Gaza for 40 minutes. Despite pleads, Israeli soldiers intentionally shot Muhammad in the stomach- whose final moments of fear and horror were caught on camera and streamed by France TV, and injured his father.
Muhammad became the defining and haunting image of the Second Intifada.
10 years ago, a child refugee washing up on a beach caused international backlash.
today, people laugh at it, and spend two years cheering on the bombing of 1 million captive children,
Sorry if I don’t seem overly shocked. It’s just i’ve seen decapitated babies, shredded limbs, mangled and charred bodies and much worse in Gaza for 23 months. I’m sure you’ll understand.