The NYT just published a piece on how Israeli army routinely and systematically uses Palestinians as human shields in Gaza.
Palestinians were officially referred to as insects — “wasps” or “mosquitos.”
This is a war crime that has not been documented since Vietnam.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Just a reminder that Native Americans are not a historical people, that we are still here, and that the biggest injustice in U.S. history—the dispossession of land from Indigenous nations largely by fraudulent treaties—remains ongoing
every child you see with mangled legs being hopelessly carried, every person you see lit on fire, all the dust covered faces, they were a whole universe. to themselves and everybody they knew. lives as complex, joyful and difficult as yours. it kills me. i’ll never get numb to it
The language of whitewashing:
🇮🇱: Invades Lebanon
Media: Israel sends troops
🇮🇱: Bombs civilians
Media: Blasts heard, people say
🇮🇱: Destroys Rafah
Media: A limited operation
🇮🇱: Blocks aid
Media: Hunger stalks Gaza
🇮🇱: Flattens apartment buildings
Media: A targeted strike
i know i spoke on this but its honestly not lost on me that the color yall have been begging for for years miraculously drops at a time when boycotting is being asked and demanded of our community