my heart absolutely breaks for gaza. imagine screaming for help. for someone to save you and the world ignores you for the most part. shame on anyone and everyone who supports this. where is your empathy.
"If the Israeli assault stopped today, and we decided to hold a funeral every single day for each Palestinian killed in the last eight months, it would take us 100 years to honor them all."
The Palestinian speaker at the UN Security Council highlights the devastating toll of casualties among Palestinians resulting from the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
This year marks the first Ramadan without the Jenin camp msaharatis
The martyr, Abu Ali Al-Sabah.
The martyr, Mahmoud Al-Saadi.
And the prisoner, Mounir Salama.
A msaharati is the person responsible for roaming the streets while drumming and chanting in order to wake people for their pre-fast meal during Ramadan before the break of dawn.
The specific chants being done in this video translate to
“Oh mother of the martyr, your son didn’t die, he is missing from the world, but he’s living a better life [presumably in heaven], oh mother of the martyr.”
“Oh mother of the martyr, oh mother, hold me close to your chest, hold me. Hold me close to your chest, hold me. Tomorrow, we’ll meet again, mother (yumma), in God’s heaven”