مكنتش متخيلة ان الجزء الأصعب في تربية الكلاب هيكون لما تشوفهم كل يوم بيعجزوا وصحتهم يوم ورا التاني بتنحدر وانت مش قادر تعمل حاجة. وشهم بيبيض سنة بسنة، انهاردة سامعينك اقل من امبارح، مش قادرين يجروا عليك زي السنة اللي فاتت. وكل يوم تسأل نفسك يا ترى هشوفكم بكره بتضحكولي ولا لاء.
يعني دلوقتي عشان تخرج من غزة لازم يإما تبقى مشهور على انستجرام فقطر تاخدك، أو معاك 9 آلاف دولار تدفعهم، أو مصاب وبتموت (ومش اكيد برده هتعدي).. غير كده انت ميت لا محالة.
A story of Olives and Cactus:
“Wherever you see cactus, know there was a Palestinian village in that place ” . That’s what they tell you if you ever visit the West Bank. Israel has been removing, bulldozing , erasing villages and cities for decades to terraform the land . But the problem is , Cactus keeps growing back . No matter how they try to destroy the land and the soil and build their settlements , cactus keep coming back.
A friend of mine just came back from there carrying a gift for me : Locally squeezed olive oil from a her village in the West Bank . “Forget the commercial stuff you buy from stores. We squeeze oil in our own villages.”
They squeeze the olives on the stone mills, use clean dedicated straw bags to squeeze it on the extruding machines . Same process that has been done for 100,200, 400 maybe 600 years . As old as these trees. You take a product of the land , squeeze it to its limits and you get that pure green gold.
A healing potion of life .
“Just put some oil” is the answer for everything in Palestine. Hungry ? Add oil. A bit sick ? Rub oil. Want to feel better about the world? Oil as old as the earth is there for you. They are not just olive trees. They are family . They are there to feed you , heal you and take care of you. How can you uproot a member of the family and call this land yours ? I have no idea . The trees don’t agree with that . And cactus definitely don’t agree with that. Maybe we got it all wrong! Maybe olive trees are not just an extension of Palestinian heritage. Maybe, Palestinians themselves are an extension of the land . They are like the trees . You can beat them , you can pressure them , you can squeeze them and push them beyond any human limits. But they don’t die . Like crushed olives that produce green gold. And from death, a million lives will be born. And their pain will eventually be the healing potion for all of us.
And if you try to uproot them , they won’t go away . You think they will. But they come back. Like cactus . To defy you , to stand up for you , take your abuse and prick you back. They are there , to stay . Forever
For obvious reasons they don’t get the same attention but I want to bow my head in respect for the MEN of #Gaza#Palestine The fathers and husbands sons and brothers who scramble with their bare hands in the rubble finding and carrying their dead families and the families of their neighbours mindful that they could and may well be next to be carried bleeding and broken from the wreckage. No people on earth have faced such carnage with more steadfastness and raw courage. Long live Palestine: Free, Arab, Dignified.
انا بزعل عالناس اللي لم تستشهد من القصف اكتر من الناس اللي استشهدت، اللي اتوفوا اترحموا من هنا وراحوا مكان احسن ولا هيفتكروا كل قرف الدنيا، اللي عاشوا دول هم اللي هيطاردهم الكوابيس دي بقية حياتهم.
“Lynching attempt live, now in #Netanya: hundreds of far-right activists are trying to break into the dormitory of Netanya College, where #Arab students are hiding. The right-wing activists are trying to break through the fences, shouting "death to the Arabs", and the police are there - neither turning them away nor arresting them. And the head of the town? She promised to clear the dormitory from the Arabs tomorrow.”
Via @omdimbeyachadUK
@BillAckman@X What you're describing is pro-Israel basically, just sugar-coated 🙂 instead of condemning Israel for the genocide happening right now, you're blaming it on Hamas. How can Gaza prosper when Israel controls its food, water and fuel?