#songs for Palestine

[mariampoetry]

Lyrics by Mariam Alammuri

Vocals by Feryal Dolah

Translation

Worldly unhappiness, oppression, darkness, and a structure without basis.

People who can't bear their own selves, who are floundering in their own evil doings

And who thought the ground they step on becomes their property in which they rule.

But they will suffer the consequences. And will drink from the same bitter cup

حْوَال ودنيا وقهْرُ وعتمه.. وبُنيانِ ابْلا سْـاسْ

وعالم مَ بْيتحمَّل بعضو.. فِ فْعالوا مِحتاسْ

ظنِّ الأرض اللّي يخَطِّيها

صارت مُلكو ويُحكُم فيها

رحْ يتمرمرْ من تاليها

ويشرب نفس الكاسْ🥀

[drumlincountry]

I was at a Palestinian solidarity gig last night & the one Palestinian artist who was going to perform had COVID so the organisers asked around to see if there were any Palestinians who'd like to say a few words instead.

A local guy who was born & raised in Gaza offered to speak. He started with "I'm an engineer. i'm not a poet or a politician. I don't... do public speaking… I had no idea what to say when I came up here. So i'm just going to tell you about the street I grew up on."

And then he did! He went down the street building by building. He told us about the ice cream shop on the corner, the grocery shop, the charity that supports people with intellectual disabilities. He told us about the people who he knew growing up, the families who still live in the different houses. He told us about the university buildings and about his friends who quit being accountants to start a band together. All on that street.

All of which is gone now, by the way. Bombed to dust.

[condensed-ink]

[freefalasteen]

Free Falasteen Free Palestine

"I wish that I could do something bout bombs dropped on Gaza" hits hard

[squirreljc2]

Just reading about all the Eurovision happenings rn

[akajustmerry]

Palestinian-Canadian artist, Nemahsis, was dropped by her label for speaking up on Palestine in October 2023. Since then, she's been shared across social media for her cover of Lorde's 'Teams' that went viral after Nema recorded her version of it over her own personal footage of Palestine. Nema has produced, recorded, and released her latest single, 'stick of gum' entirely independently after multiple labels refused to work with her for speaking up as a Palestinian. She is a truly outstanding artist with an unparalleled voice, sound, and vision that's eclectic, full of heart and conviction, and mesmerising in its beauty. Please, listen to her and support Palestinian artists.

[palipunk]

“Palestine can’t be real because there’s no P in Arabic” I’m about to blow your mind when I tell you we don’t say ‘Palestine’ in Arabic

[taviamoth]

acceptable: genocidal mass slaughter, concentration camps, torture, rape, organ theft, poisoning wells, destroying every single necessary service, using chemical weapons, forced starvation

unacceptable: pushing a camera out of your face

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 2024 - With Eurovision coming up, and the fascist state of Israel being allowed to pinkwash their genocide of the Palestinian people once again, let's remember Icelandic anti-capitalist band Hatari who showed their support for Palestine in 2019 when Eurovision was being held in Tel Aviv, and were fined for it (€5000,- lmao). Later that same month they brought out the pro-Palestinian song Klefi / Samed (صامد) together with Palestinian artist Bashar Murad.

anyway, the BDS movement is calling for a boycott of Eurovision 2024!

[determinate-negation]

the actual descendants of murderers calling completely historically uninvolved stateless refugees jew gassers… genuinely has anyone ever done an analysis of how germans maintain this belief on a psychological level? its just incomprehensible to me 🤦🏻

[cehlo-yyy]

BOYCOTT THE 2024 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

It has been announced officially that israel will be participating despite the many calls and petitions against it due to the genocide of the Palestinians that they are conducting.

Russia was banned because of the war with Ukraine, why not israel?

BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT

[mariampoetry]

شارة مسلسل نزيف التراب

شعر: مريم العموري

كلمة وقلناها يَكفينا.. مَا بْنرضى المستعمر فينا

لا يقهرنا .. إحنا اخترنا

بِالعزّة نحرر أرضينا.. والشمس تبوّس خطوينا

كُلِّك إلنا يَا فَلَسطينا.. كُلِّكْ من نهرِك للمَينا

تِحرَم هالروح .. ما تِبرى جروح

لو عَنّك لحظه اتخلينا.. نفديك بحبّة عينينا

يَا عَلمنا ولوِّن أسَمِينا.. بالأحمر جنْبِ المَرتينا

أخضرْ جَنّة .. أبيض غَنَّى

أسود يِغشى اللي ايعادينا.. ويا ويلك يالطامع فينا

دمّ الشُّهَدا من حَوَلينا.. يغلي فينا وينادينا

ثوره ثورة.. هالله هالله

أفواج وجينا ولبّينا.. والقدس بتشهد علينا

[crystalis]

'During the aid efforts amidst the Israeli war in Gaza, a musician plays the oud to bring solace to displaced Palestinian children residing in tents in Rafah.'

from Quds News Network

[vaitape]

Eric Saade wearing a keffiyeh (Palestinian scarf) around his hand during his performance in the opening act of the first semifinal in Eurovision 2024, as a protest against EBU banning Palestinian flags

Erics father is Palestinian, and he has been very vocal about this feelings about EBU’s choices and why he is participating in this years Eurovision

[spaceforawesome]

I am reactivating an account that has been dead for 10+ years to inform everyone of what is happening.

Israel will win Eurovision 2024.

After tonight's semifinal, the Italian broadcaster RAI accidentally released the results of their televote, normally this only happens after the grand final so as not to influence voting.

Israel won the televote with 40%.

This can be compared with Ukraine winning the Italian televote in their 2022 semifinal with something like 25%.

This can almost certainly be guaranteed to be replicated in every voting country on Saturday which means that Israel is likely to max out the amount of televotes they could receive.

This is not necessarily because the majority of people watching are in support of them, but rather because pro-Israeli votes will be concentrated to one (1) song while the anti-Israeli vote will be watered down between the remaining 25 songs.

The only way that Israel will lose on Saturday is if they somehow are tanked by the jury vote, but the jury is essentially 180 individuals who themselves might vote pro-Israeli and their vote will carry an immense amount of power.

So the likelihood of Israel losing is essentially 0%, and Eurovision will be in absolute shambles and probably won't recover for years.

EBU did this to themselves by not banning Israel all the way back in January when the first protest lists started appearing.

[enigmaxcx]

we're witnessing the downfall of Eurovision. All this for a "country" that's not even a part of Europe.