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"Blank is not a zionist, they just acknowledge Israel's right to exist!" Acknowledging Israel's "right to exist" has ALWAYS been the definition of zionism. Yes, even if you're "critical of the government". Yes, even if you "feel sorry" for Gaza.

The reason zionists (who claim they aren't zionists, they just support Israel's right to exist) are suddenly bending backwards and doing incredible mental gymnastics to try to convince you that zionist doesn't mean what it has always meant and that instead it purely means "people who are cheering on the genocide" is that these zionists are trying to put distance between themselves with the "racist, bloodthirsty ones" because they don't want to confront that they are and have always been complicit in this genocide by acknowledging and normalizing the establishment of a settler-colonial project, by seeing ANY "right" to this ethnostate, by claiming there is any worth or good in apartheid. You ARE a zionist, and there's blood on your hands.

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A few weeks ago the UN reported that everyone in Gaza is facing a food crisis -and that 1 in every 4 people in Gaza are starving -a quarter of their population is hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people. EVERYONE is hungry -their medical systems have collapsed and there are imminent outbreaks of diseases. How HUMILIATING and dehumanizing it is to have to fight for basic necessities. Imagine seeing a humanitarian truck -something rare because as we know the IOF has been collectively punishing Palestinian people for months now and has been committing mass genocide under the guide of 'war.' Not letting through resources to prevent people from dying from starvation is beyond depraved. And the fact we will NEVER see this on western/European mass media is just... absolutely infuriating.

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Amid the backdrop of a usual family gathering in the late '80s, where the laughter of my parents, uncles, grandparents, siblings, and cousins mingled with stories and teasing, my mind wandered off from the stories to match the kids to their parents. Yasser stood out, like an enigmatic figure, shrouded with mystery—always present, always favored, and always sad. Yasser had no father. 

Exploiting a burst of laughter following one of my grandfather's quips, I leaned forward to my mother, curiosity getting the better of me. I whispered in her ear, "Who's Yasser's father?" Silence.

And as I asked the question, a bit of a lull took place, and the question came out as the shout of an oblivious 8-year-old child, piercing the air and disrupting the jovial atmosphere. The room fell into an uneasy silence, and the weight of the disapproving glares bore down upon me. At that moment, I realized I had stumbled upon a deeply sensitive subject. 

Yasser was 16 years old. His father, Oun Alareer, was tortured to death in an Israeli prison before Yasser was born. 

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It was a cold February night in Gaza. Rafik, Oun's younger brother, had just put out the fire and gone to bed. The night was calm. The noises of the night creatures were some of the only things he could hear. The room was stuffy. Five siblings were crammed under their heavy blankets. The parents were in the next room. And Oun, who had been married only a few months, was in the adjacent room.

Rafik could not determine whether the hushed voices were due to the wind going through the holes in their walls. But his wonder did not last. 

In seconds, the home's small yard was filled mostly with tall men with guns, the roofs occupied by snipers. They were Israeli soldiers. 

According to Rafik, they separated the women, held them in a room, locked the door, and asked the men to stand against the walls, hands up. The women's weeping could still be heard despite the soldiers' aggressive shushes. 

"Where's Oun?" came the question, coldly. 

"Me."

Two soldiers pulled him aside and handcuffed him. Oun's father shouted, "Where are you taking him?" 

"Don't worry. Five minutes, and he will be back," replied the short soldier. 

[...]

But Oun never came back. This would be one of millions of Israeli promises that are not only broken, but turned into trauma and pain. 

And just as they had less than a month earlier, Israeli troops came at night. This time, the household was silent in anticipation of any news about their son in Israeli prison. 

This time, they could hear the troops tread heavily on the ground. 

Oun had passed away.

The order of the Israeli military commander was that only the father, another family member, and the headman of the area (the mukhtar) could perform the burial rituals and lay Oun to rest. And it had to happen at night. 

According to the headman's testimony, there was a massive gap in the back of Oun's skull, and his body showed a Y-shaped autopsy incision. The body told us that Oun's body parts may have been harvested. But what was certain was that Oun had been beaten to death. 

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In 1991, Yasser, then 20, applied for an Israeli permit (laissez-passer) to travel to Hungary for education. 

"In my mind, I had to leave Gaza. My life was full of trauma. I was living in the shadow of a father I never knew. And Israel was killing Palestinian youths like me for nothing," Yasser says. 

But his family, especially his grandparents, wanted him to stay. He is all they have of Oun. And the final word was for them. 

"I was my father's age. Our courses were almost identical. I found a job. I got married. And my wife became pregnant. It was like a déjà vu. Then the inevitable happened: I received a summons from the Israeli intelligence for interrogation. To me—and to everyone—we feared that mine and my father's tracks were identical." 

The days leading to the date of the interrogation were intense. Fear and frustration intertwined, and its grip tightened as Yasser was allowed into the interrogation room. 

It turned out the Israeli occupation authorities feared Yasser did not travel to Hungary because he was planning to avenge his father's death. 

"Yasser, we know you are married. We know your wife is pregnant. If you ever think of wanting to become 'a hero' like your father, you will never see your child," barked the Israeli officer. There was silence. Yasser could not talk back or defend himself.

And in a display of extreme cruelty, the officer's callous words echoed through the air, reverberating with the weight of a thousand fatherless nights. With a smirk, he brazenly boasted to the grief-stricken son, "I killed your father." 

The room fell into an abyss of silence. Time stood still, shattered by the impact of those haunting syllables.

"It was like they killed my father twice."

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— refaat alareer writing about his uncle oun, who was tortured to death in israeli prisons in 1970. refaat was killed by a targeted israeli airstrike on his sister's home in gaza on december 6th, 2023. you can read his full article here:

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This is human trafficking

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Josh Paul, senior State Department official for many years, says he raised the horrific case of a 13 year old Palestinian boy raped by Israeli forces. The regime responded by shutting the charity that reported it. Israel is mass raping Palestinian children.

Israel is a safe haven for pedophiles who mass rape babies, toddlers and children. Every accusation is a confession.

Just recently, a Palestinian who was released gave direct eyewitness testimony of mass rapes by Israeli regime forces of Palestinian hostages, which includes many children as young as 5 years old:

we know Israel is a safe haven for mass rapist pedophiles who rape babies and children until their pelvises break. We know they lured Ukrainian girls into Israel to mass rape them with the approval of the regime. Literally every accusation is a confession.

Copied from: twitter: @zei_squirrel

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Children saying "I'd rather be dead" is not normal. Children crying "is this a dream?" is not normal. Children wondering "am I being taken to the cemetery?" is not normal.

We can all reckon the lasting psychological effects of this genocide on these children, but also remember that to many of the children of Gaza, this is the second, third, or even fourth Israeli aggression they had to live through.

Almost 50% of Gaza's population are children, over 10,000 of which have been murdered by Israel since October of this year.

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A report just came out from a Palestinian hostage saying he was strapped with bombs and sent into a Hamas tunnel, with Israel prepared to blow the tunnel up with his body if fighters were found inside and yet people are still making the “Hamas uses human shields” arguments that have been confirmed to be a myth with no supporting evidence

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Yemen, a country that had to endure a genocide at the hands of Saudi Arabia and America for over a decade, and one of the poorest countries in the WORLD- has singlehandedly applied more pressure on israel than any other exisiting force. In just 2 weeks they have cost israel 2 BILLION in lost revenue by forcing their ships to go around africa instead of passing through the red sea.

Already, the imperialist powers are punishing yemenis by cutting them of from the world food program. More than 17 million Yemenis – over half the population – don't know if or when they'll eat another meal. With multiple threats closing in from all sides, untold numbers of innocent people could starve.

If you can, please donate so yemeni families can have something to eat:

https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/emergency_food_baskets_for_yemen#!/

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full fucking offence but for the past 70 days you all have literally seen israel attack hospitals time and time again, bomb residential buildings, flatten entire neighbourhoods, wipe out entire families, bomb places of worship, literally blow up schools, strike refugee camps, block food and aid trucks and cut fuel and water and cell communication off 2.8 million people......... and much more...

you've had the past 75 days of extensive documentation of our genocide. we have been screaming about it for the past 75 years!

you absolutely can no longer use the excuse of "I don't know enough". you absolutely cannot even lie about not being sure who the aggressor is. you absolutely cannot. we both know you're lying.

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Today, Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of the Shifa Hospital's emergency department, was murdered, along with his wife, Dr. Sameera Ghifari, & their 5 children: Shireen, Tia, Sameer, Wafa & Sara.

In the video, he is holding a week old baby that was not yet named and was the only one saved from an airstrike.

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please read this if you don’t support the fucking genocide

there are palestinian kids who should be in school, getting ready for a new semester. they should be procrastinating their homework, texting their friends. they should get to go home when they feel unsafe or upset.

instead, the school year was suspended on november 6th. over 200 schools have been bombed. more than 7,870 children have been killed. kids do not have a safe place. anywhere. their homes are being destroyed and their schools are being destroyed and the places they used to hang out at and eat at and shop at and pray at and mourn at and live at are actively being destroyed

people of palestine, of all ages, should be living their lives. they should be having normal experiences. they should be going to the movies or redecorating their rooms or celebrating birthdays or scrolling their phones for no reason. but they’re not. they’re not allowed to have the comfort of mindless human joy without constant threat and fear and bloodshed, and it is the fault of israel, the united states, and other fucked corrupt governments.

there have been close to 20,000 palestinian deaths, almost 2.2 million people displaced, and an estimated half of those people face starvation.

we need to fucking do something. the fact that the US still refuses to support a ceasefire is disgusting and evil. the claim that all anti-israeli statements are based in antisemitism is hurting both the people of palestine and jewish people worldwide.

here’s some things you can do:

-donate if you can or ask someone you know to donate

-sign a petition to demand a ceasefire

-fill out a form to email your representative. then do it again. then do it again. then do it again.

-boycott and avoid all companies on this list that you can (especially now that the holidays are rolling around: buy from independent stores, non-big name brands)

-spam text your friends and family with this post and these links

-reblog to spread awareness, interact with other posts that give instructions for direct action, follow palestinian voices

-instead of feeling guilt or denying yourself personal happiness, do all you can to make a difference. it doesn’t matter if you don’t have money to donate or if you’re a minor. you can always contact representatives or sign petitions

DO NOT LET THE GENOCIDE CONTINUE.

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After cutting off telecommunications in Gaza, Israel's military invaded Kamal Adwan Hospital and buried patients alive then bulldozed them.

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yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.

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yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.

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after killing 8 NICU babies at al-shifa hospital and four NICU babies in al-nasr hospital and facing NO consequences at all, israel is now leaving another 12 babies to die in kamal adwan hospital in north gaza that was also evacuated at gunpoint (whose doctors were among the men stripped and photographed by the israeli military)

there are 12 babies in kamal adwan hospital that could not be evacuated from kamal edwan hospital with no food or water right now. israel does not allow anyone to enter or exit north gaza and communications have been down for 70 hours with only e-sims working. the baby-killing nation continues committing war crimes unimpeded by any global or international authority

dec 16th 2023