This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :
“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”
— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
@chefjoseandres SNAP should be for whatever people can get access to and want to eat. perhaps you all should put this energy into regulating the ingredients in these and other "non-nutritious" foods instead of advocating for condescending and demoralizing restrictions on people in poverty
Srebrenica 1995.
Gaza 2024.
History is not doomed to repeat itself. We are allowing it to be repeated in the name of colonisation, ethnonationalism, and occupation. Because our leaders do not value the lives of anyone, especially the Palestinians.
Feels like judgment day in the Jabalia refugee camp. For the past hour, artillery shelling has been nonstop. Israeli occupation forces are demolishing houses while residents remain inside. The ongoing horrors include relentless bombing, continuous artillery fire, and snipers that kill anyone who moves. What they are doing is extermination and an effort to empty the entire camp of its residents by killing and starving them.
Israeli occupation forces sent a truck to the Red Cross filled with 80 dead bodies of Palestinians they have killed. The Palestinian Health Ministry has stated that they have no information on where the 80 bodies came from, with no identification and no names provided.
In less than 24 hours, I documented three different massacres. I opened social media and saw Kamala Harris claiming they are doing everything they can for a ceasefire. They are NOT. Kamala is complicit in our genocide, and so is every US politician. They are no lesser evil; they are all war criminals who are responsible for the deaths of 50,000+ Palestinians.
Boomer in spirit if not in cliche: butchers should be competent!! Why am I spending 10 minutes scraping organs out of my chicken leg quarters!! Why am I paying for half a pound of excess skin!!
Netanyahu called the entire Middle East a backwater of repression, and with Western partners, will reform it into a thriving "oasis"
Cannot believe we are hearing this type of racist, colonial, manifest destiny type of bullshit in 2024---
And Congress is gleefully applauding.