One of the worst things about experiencing this pain is that Palestinians need to mourn but also are expected to educate the world from scratch, every time, and make the case, for why they must be treated like humans.
and just like that...the Israeli military takes down a building in Gaza that housed media outlets like Al Jazeera, Associated Press, and more.
Physically enforcing censorship by destroying a building where stories are produced and shared with the rest of us.
Saying "but Hamas" or "but what the Palestinians did" in this situation is the equivalent of saying "all lives matter." You're reflexively obscuring the power dynamics and systemic racism at play, and equating state violence with the retaliation of the powerless. Just stop.
مشاهد مفجعة من غزة تظهر رجلاً فلسطينياً يبكي بعد أن قتلت الغارات الجوية الإسرائيلية أطفاله الأربعة.
ما زال لا يصدق أنه فقدهم ، قال: "رحل 4 أطفال".
اكتب له ، أخبر قصته. دع العالم يعرف ما يحدث في #غزة#GazaUnderAttack#Gaza_Under_Attack
Watch @AbbyMartin interview Israelis in West Jerusalem.
It's not just ultra-religious, extremist settlers who use the language of genocide against Palestinians.
[Full video: https://t.co/1iAzEWzB2g]
“‘They took my house but I don’t want to leave.’ I was a kid at the time, so I didn���t think much of it, but I look at it now and I think it is just so hugely unfair, it’s inhumane, and the world is silent.” https://t.co/RBv2yE2ScP
My cousin is obliged to flee her house, with her 3 kids, right now in al-shijaeya neighborhood in #gaza. They have to walk for 8 km under heavy Israeli bombing to reach my aunt’s house. It is 3am in Gaza now. #GazaUnderAttack
At least 169 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli police near the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
Here is a Palestinian woman reprimanding an Israeli settler for trying to take over her family’s home.
Relentless airstrikes, rubble and death — this is what Palestinians in Gaza woke up to on the first day of one of the holiest celebrations for Muslims, Eid al-Fitr.
UK Immigration Enforcement showed up to detain immigrants in Glasgow on Eid morning.
Then a crowd of 200 people “surrounded their vehicle, preventing it from driving away, chanting ‘these are our neighbours, let them go.’” https://t.co/eSVkDSMCrz
"“During rehab, we had to do things like #ArtTherapy, which got me drawing & #Painting again. That was when I thought to myself “this is something that actually makes me happy”...When I got out, I knew that art was the only thing that would save my life"
https://t.co/AP2OygAqND