Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh mourning the loss of his son Hamza, another Palestinian journalist who was assassinated today by an Israeli strike in Gaza:
These are tears of sadness and loss. These tears are what differentiate between us and our enemies. We are imbued with humanity, while they are imbued with murder and malice. Yes, we shed tears, but these are human tears, generous tears of dignity. These are not tears of fright and submission. This pushes us to reiterate that we will keep going. We have embarked on this journey before my son Hamza was born.
Wael had lost 12 members of his family in October of last year, including his wife, daughter, son and grandson who were killed by an Israeli strike on Al Nuseirat refugee camp where they were sheltering.
you know when irish people were fighting for freedom the rebels were never considered revolutionaries or freedom fighters. we had only ever been called terrorists by the british government, because when you call a people fighting for their rights and their freedoms terrorists you can distance yourself from them. people aren't fighting because they've been radicalised by 800 years of colonialism or 75 years of brutal settler imperialism, they're fighting because they're dirty terrorists trying to hurt our democracy and kill our children. and now we don't have any responsibility to reckon with the years of subjugation and settler violence and attempted genocide, because how can you expect us to deal with terrorists? the same story repeats itself over and over n it's shocking how people will eat it up every time when it comes to protecting and maintaining western power.