I don’t care if Biden wins or loses, I don’t care about western lib moral authority being shot (it’s always been) but I am numbed by our collective helplessness to prevent a genocide.
A majority of the people in this world do not want this to be happening and yet it is.
Tired of this "why does everyone get a state but little old us?" routine. The vast majority of ethnic groups don't have a state to themselves. & that's fine, in principle. The real question is what makes you special enough to deserve a state secured by killing & displacing people
Everyone needs to remember this. They do not want “representation” - they just want the optics of brown faces who agree with them.
They want Sunak and Suella, not Rashida
No one has yet explained why Palestinians should leave their country so that settlers from N America & Europe can take over their homes and land.
In another day & age this was called ethnic cleansing.
Palestinian children in Gaza hold a news conference outside Al Shifa hospital, where they sought refuge.
“We want to live. We want peace. We want food, medicine and education. Not bombs… we want to live as the other children live.” via @Shepherds4Good
Rupi Kaur supported the anti-CAA protests & farmers protests in India in 2019-20. She is also the only diaspora celebrity to publicly identify Narendra Modi as a tyrant (as I wrote for @thejuggernaut: https://t.co/BzWniuo2AW). Good on her for taking a clear, unwavering stand.
Rupi Kaur boycotting the White House Diwali and encouraging others to do the same is 🙌🙌. It's a fantastic litmus test to see how many 'brown' influencers who cannot stop talking about their 'brownness' will actually walk the talk. The world is watching, the world is judging.
When we say these are not harmless opinions or individuals or careers to support, we aren’t exaggerating. Gal Gadot is a former IDF soldier using her access in Hollywood to push propaganda for an ongoing genocide.
There's a Palestinian tradition of naming children after cities that have been ethnically cleansed and illegally occupied to keep history and memory alive. I feel like most nights I stay awake until Bisan updates her instagram. I can't fall asleep before and often if I 1/
BREAKING: South Africa has declared it will "withdraw all its diplomats in Tel Aviv" in protest against the genocidal war against the Palestinian people.
President Ramaphosa had already committed to be in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
just found out that the english word "gauze", as in the cloth often used to cover wounds, was derived from "Gaza" in the ~16th century due to the city being a textile hub