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#gaza genocide #free palestine

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#as always #free palestine

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His love for Gaza shone through in his photographs, seen in his steadfast portrayals of joy and beauty. Whimsical compositions by the sea depict young boys jumping and playing. In a series of works focused on his grandmother, a survivor of the 1948 Nakba who was displaced from her native village of Isdud, Arandas portrays her as a symbol of strength and perseverance in Gaza, zooming in on her weathered hands harvesting olives against deep fertile earth. Traces of personal and cultural histories can be seen in the crisp light of ripe olives and the details of intricate embroidery adorning her hanging dress.

“Where can I begin talking about Gaza and Palestine, and how can I begin when I know that I am the living dead? Everyone who writes about Palestine has prepared himself to be among the dead, but despite our prior knowledge of our fate when we write and write about this land, we do not stop or for a moment hesitate to inhale her love,” he reflected.

Remembering Gaza Photographer Majd Arandas, Killed by Israeli Airstrikes

#majd arandas #shaheed #palestine

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(Dec. 4)

#and it’s still nothing in the grand scheme of things #the most helpless feeling to watch what’s happening and just be able to post about it online

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#it’s genocide and ethnic cleansing in 4K #free palestine

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"A Child’s View from Gaza" was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.

"The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute."

#like when lawyers for Israel got Chelsea and Westminster hospital to remove art from kids in Gaza cos it was traumatising for Jewish patient #despite no Jewish patients ever complaining #anyway #free palestine #always

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rachel corrie’s letters

#rachel corrie #Israelis made pancakes and laughing called them Rachel after she was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer #just in case you wondered if those same Israelis currently doing racist palestine face and mocking Palestinians being bombed on tiktok atm #were more respectful of a white American being murdered by Israel #the answer is no #they were gross about Rachel too #anyway #free palestine #as always

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you can disregard anything the US government and israel says about hamas without solid proof (so far manufactured); they literally already attempted atrocity propaganda, and the US government used atrocity propaganda to promote wars in the past as well.

when it comes to claims made by imperialists you approach them as guilty of lying until proven innocent because those lies have a body count

#yep #the propaganda is real

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#at least the FA told the govt to get fucked about lighting up the wembley arch #but this is messed up #nfl #fuck Israel #free palestine #always

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This is not microaggression. It is a crime.

#free palestine

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[December 3rd, 2023]

#bethlehem #palestine #free palestine

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I know most of you have seen the videos of "Gaza before October 7" and it shows the beautiful sunsets, horses, gorgeous beaches of Gaza

It makes total sense that these videos are made by Palestinian living in Gaza

But it is suuuuuuper weird to blindly repost these without really acknowledging the enormous shadow looming over each of these wholesome, colourful clips

In the background of these clips is a population of 2.2 million, 1.7 million of whom are refugees, crammed in one of the most densely populated areas globally, often described as an open air prison

The same area has been placed under a brutal siege by Israel since 2007

This siege means that no one/nothing can enter or leave Gaza without obtaining permission from Israel which they more often than not deny.

This resulted in over 60% of the population are food insecure as Israel controls all the food that enters Gaza, placing the whole population on a controlled diet.

In turn, 80% of the population depends on humanitarian assistance.

This also meant that over 80% of people in Gaza live below the poverty line with ~50% unemployment rate.

When it comes to water and electricity, 97% of Gaza's water is unfit for human consumption and Gaza receives only 30% of its needed electricity.

On top of that, as part of the siege, people who need treatment outside of Gaza are usually denied permits by Israel and are left to die under siege.

So clearly Israel didn't begin bombing Gaza in October 2023, rather this can only be described as an acceleration of its ongoing violence and bombardment of the besieged strip, not to mention its regular shooting of fishermen at sea as another arbitrary act of violence against the besieged civilian population of Gaza.

Yes, Gaza is beautiful despite everything and it will be most beautiful in the eyes of its residents. But we (us, you and me who aren't in Gaza) should be smarter than to just repost "Gaza before October 7" without any additional context, furthering the assumption that the history of the Palestinian struggle started on October 7.

#remember Gaza has been under siege since 2007 #it’s controlled by Israel #which makes them responsible for its population #and they are committing western backed war crimes against a civilian population #free palestine #always

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FREE PALESTINE / END THE GENOCIDE ON GAZA

This piece was made to show support for Palestinians. This mountain gazelle was created with the colors of the flag and the meaningful patterning of the keffiyeh. 

#free palestine #always

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"Al Jazeera is funded by the qatar government" AL Jazeeras palestinian reports come from Palestinian journalists who live in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza. I don't know how anyone can seriously make this accusation and expect us to believe that every Palestinian al Jazeera reporter is given a script and qatari money in their pocket instead of believing theyre reporting on their every day life.

Instead of putting al Jazeera on your anti semitic bingo card every year, name more than 20 Palestinian journalists that work for (not only have written in) the Times of Israel or CNN. And ask yourself why their reports on Palestine should be more reliable than the many palestinian journalists who work for al Jazeera and other "nefarious" news outlets

#the bbc is funded by the uk government but no one ever says you can’t trust the journalists #so this idea that Al Jazeera isn’t trustworthy is laughable #you only think it’s not trustworthy cos you’re racist and think Arabs aren’t trustworthy #and that Palestinians are crisis actors or whatever fucked up bullshit Israel says about them #anyway #free palestine #always

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HOBIE BROWN & MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) | dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers

#hobie brown #miles morales #spiderman: across the spiderverse #*queue

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Egyptian governments is currently in the process of tearing down Muslim shrines and graves in Cairo's City of The Dead for no reason (to modernize they said) and it's a disturbing trend because if they do this to their ancient heritage, it would attract worldwide condemnation but since these graves and shrines are part of premodern Islamic history, nobody but a few gives a fuck

If I'm not very online on twitter I would have not known about it

#I hate all of this #Cairo is being destroyed #and no one is talking about it #but if it was ancient Egypt then it wouldn’t be happening #Islamic Cairo is just as beautiful and historic and important #egypt #*queue

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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (2021 - ) ↳ 3.01 The Show Must…

#oliver putnam #omitb #*queue