I know so many Palestinian journalists, myself included, that gave up on reporting and working with news agencies because of how censored we were. The editors were so afraid that a Palestinian reporting the violence would threaten their positions. They constantly abandoned us.
Humanitarian update via @UNRWA: According to OHCHR, of the 200 Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza, 116 are civilians, including three pregnant women, two disabled persons, and 61 children, of which 18 were UNRWA students. #gaza
Just some of the things Israel has bombed in Gaza:
~A coronavirus testing lab
~Cafes on the beach
~Shelters
~Schools
~Mosques
~Residential buildings
~News organizations
~19 health facilities
~Countless Palestinians
There is no self defense in this, only aggression.
Even now, Israel has made clear that it wants to maintain Hamas in power. Onslaught of Gaza is meant to terrorize Palestinians, to deter them from resisting, to compel them to submission. Instead, it only inspires new generations of Palestinians committed to freedom.
For folks refusing to contend with Zionist militarism & believe that Israel would cease its bombardment if Hamas was demilitarized, remember: in 1996, Israel deliberately struck a UN compound in #Qana sheltering civilians & protected by peacekeepers. Israel intends to terrorize.
The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues with some of the heaviest airstrikes early Monday morning. So far 198 Palestinians have been killed, including 58 children with 1,300 wounded, according to Palestinian Health Ministry.
. @BBC this is violent trash. Israel struck Al Wahde neighborhood and 2 refugee camps. Not your fantasy colonial war game - #Israel is using US bought weapons to target #Palestinian families, including 21 members of the Qoolaq family. #Shame#GazaUnderAttack#SaveSheikhJarrah
Israel has yet to provide a shred of evidence since 2008 - besides cartoon memes drawn by its army- that targets in Gaza were actually Hamas militant installations & yet after 3 onslaughts, now in 2021, media is willing to run their propaganda-r there no capable journalists left?
If a single Jewish-Israeli child were pulled out from beneath a pile of rubble of what used to be her home & obliterated the rest of her family, not a single Western gov’t would not condemn it or try to blame “both sides”. Racism & colonialism explain this. They expect us to die.