"Should we commit genocide in Gaza?" "Do you think there are any innocents in Gaza?" The series of comedian Lior Schlein talking to the youth of Israel continues, and this time he hears why even babies are not innocent. The full scale Nazification of Israeli youth is truly shocking.
“I can’t even carry you”.. Words that capture an overwhelming amount of pain. The exhaustion and frail physical state of newly freed prisoner Mohammad Abu al-Rab reflect the harsh realities of starvation and abuse inside occupation prisons over 4 years, leaving him unable to lift his daughter Mira due to sheer weakness during their emotional reunion in Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
“مش قادر أحملك”.. جملة تختصر حجماً هائلاً من الوجع. الهزل والتعب اللذان بدو على ملامح الأسير المحرر محمد أبو الرب يعكسان آثار القهر والتجويع والظروف القاسية داخل سجون الاحتلال طوال 4 سنوات، ليقف اليوم عاجزاً عن حمل طفلته “ميرا” من شدة الإرهاق في لقاء مؤثر ببلدة قباطية جنوب جنين.
Shavkat Rakhmonov since his last fight:
- Missed a title shot due to a knee injury
- His wife and son were involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of two of his wife’s friends
- Went through a divorce with his wife
- Re injured his knee that kept him out so long and underwent another surgery
- Lost his father
An unbelievably difficult stretch for Shavkat 😟
“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.”
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Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.
🚨The Hind Rajab Foundation has identified Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar as responsible for the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
Keir Starmer's government allowed Tomer Bar to quietly visit Britain last month.
👉https://t.co/q1fLNlRyqN