#but those ppl and not just palestinians

[7amaspayrollmanager]

The arab world's history of bloodshed against palestinians cannot be understated. In Lebanon u got literal segregation and apartheid laws leveled just to keep palestinians out of their face. At college I met a palestinian student who traveled from Lebanon and he said to this day he never goes into east beirut bc of the discrimination against palestinians. But I still die hard for the Lebanese and when the port explosion happened palestinians from the refugee camps (which take several Lebanese checkpoints to get into) were giving blood to the victims. And then few weeks later as you're hearing about food prices soaring u had Lebanese grumbling online about the "aid" palestinians get in comparison to them. And you think we are never getting out of this together lmao never getting the revolution

But i also think of that video of a child in Egypt telling a palestinian refugee that "all of this is yours. Don't say it's mine. It's yours." I think that political consciousness is rising and the children stand in solidarity and so if, God forbid, palestinians are pushed out into Egypt that the ppl will stand by them. That they don't fall for the conquer and divide trick when food prices rise and poverty rises. But knowing that syrian refugee camps are still facing arson attacks and how Sudani refugees r treated in Egypt it's hard to have hope but I still do

#at the end of the day the ppl of the global south are my ppl and what lebanon has done has not lessened the bonds with them #ill never say idc whats happening just bc of that history bc i know just as those that easily fall into sectarianism and direct their #hatred to palestinians against their governments #therell be enough ppl to know who the real enemy is #i think of my fav book by soha bechara #what could we have done without the real solidarity from those lebanese when israel invaded lebanon #enough rn im gonna make this my last post for the day

[queerasian]

since we’re on this topic, jeremy strong, sarah snook, and brian cox are the main succession cast members who publicly called for a ceasefire in gaza last year (along with a painfully short list of others in the industry). here's brian cox reading "If I Must Die" by Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer who was killed Dec 7.

so if we must spend time on celebrities’ voices (+ disproportionate cultural influence) on the current crisis we should at least elevate the right ones.

#for the record i think any attention and energy ppl have should be channelled towards supporting palestine instead of #expecting celebrities to be grand arbiters of truth and justice and activism like - #just because they're successful actors does not mean they have any knowledge about other areas of life #HOWEVER the reality we live in means that a ton of ppl rely on celebrities to inform their political views and knowledge #because of this association between fame/status and Being Right About Everything #so as long as that is the reality id much rather elevate the voices of those among them who at least try to use #their disproportionately powerful platform for good #anyways thats all i have to say about this. im so tired and like. palestinians are dying as i type this . this whole Thing of #GG actors showing up w ribbons for israel or whatever is just. obscene. and so out of touch with fucking reality #golden globes #succession #queerasian.txt

[chaiaurchaandni]

is hamas = isis?

i've been seeing zionists say that 'anti-zionist and pro-palestine jews who oppose israel are not real jews' and ... first of all. who are you to decide who is and isnt a real jew?

and secondly!!! guess what this is a disturbing parallel to? ISIS.

because when the islamic state declared a caliphate, they also said smth similar: that any muslim who opposes the caliphate of the islamic state, is an apostate.

also interesting to note that, according to isis, hamas would also be apostates + isis also opposed hamas bec isis believed that nobody besides the caliphate of islamic state had the right to declare jihad -> so isis declared war on hamas

on the other hand, israel has provided free treatment to isis and other syrian militants in israeli hospitals

obv the tactic of equating hamas with isis is pure hasbara done for the sake of creating mass hysteria against hamas and convincing the usa/nato to sanction the mass killing of palestinians (in the name of eliminating hamas). macron even said the same coalition fighting isis should also fight hamas

some more differences + links mentioned below the cut:

some other differences:

isis is a salafi/wahabi org (look into islamic statism) /// hamas is a sunni org

isis is a transnational org /// hamas is a palestinian nationalist org

the aim of isis is to eradicate all 'bad' muslims+non-muslims & establish their rule all over the world /// the aim of hamas is to secure complete liberation of palestine

isis has conducted militant operations in different countries beyond its territories /// hamas does not conduct operations beyond historic palestine

isis kills anyone who does not adhere to its extremist interpretation of islam (including yazidis, jews, christians, shia & sufi muslims) /// hamas has been tolerant to different sects (alliance with shia hezbollah org) + different religions (palestinian christians/foreign aid workers)

isis literally legalized slavery which afaik no other islamic militant org has done (besides boko haram i think?)

isis is extremely anti-shia and opposes hamas for having links with iran and hezbollah

isis also feels obligated to kill any other muslim that does not pledge loyalty to the caliphate (even attacked some of their own previous allies) /// hamas has an alliance with several other palestinian resistance organizations regardless of different ideologies as long as they share a common goal of liberating palestine (palestinian joint operations room)

pls lmk if any info here is incorrect/needs editing!

links:

What Effect ISIS' Declaration Of War Against Hamas Could Have In The Middle East : NPR

Hamas Is Not ISIS. Here's Why That Matters | TIME

UN Report: Israel in Regular Contact with Syrian Rebels including ISIS - IBTimes India

Ideology of the Islamic State - Wikipedia

Why Islamic State has no sympathy for Hamas - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East

France’s Macron says anti-ISIL coalition should fight Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Salafist ideological challenge to Hamas in Gaza - BBC News

#to all those saying hamas is isis #this is just a way of generating mass hysteria so it can be weaponized to drop even more bombs on palestinians #the point is . idk if ppl who are peddling this hamas=isis stuff even understand just how awful isis was #isis killed so many muslims that even some isis members were disturbed and even defected #and most muslims everywhere do not support isis at all they r literally khawarijites and some muslims believe that we are obligated to #kill all isis members and followers of their ideology #isis was so batshit crazy and unlike other islamic militant groups that that they had to invent the term islamic stateism just to define #their twisted ideology #so its not rlly just some fancy term u can throw around bec isis was a menace to p much the entire world #hamas uses violence as a form of armed resistance to an illegal military occupation and a siege longer than a decade #if anything isis should be compared to america lmao that would be a fair comparison since teyre both responsible for insane amounts of dama #altho in that case the united states of america is actually worse than isis lmao #anyways #israeli propaganda #free palestine #palestine #gaza #long live palestine #glory to the martyrs #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #long live the resistance #death to israel #zionists in their takfirism era

[smonk-wonk]

how are you a holocaust survivor if you're POC?

I'm not a Holocaust survivor I'm 25?

I'm gonna guess you mean descended from Holocaust survivors & victims. In which case it's really sad that you think this way firstly? POC and non Jewish people did in fact die during the holocaust and many were targeted for not fitting the Nazis' idea of the "superior Aryan race".

From The Holocaust Encyclopedia: "When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933, there were several thousand Black people living in Germany. The Nazi regime discriminated against them because the Nazis viewed Black people as racially inferior. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), the Nazis used racial laws and policies to restrict the economic and social opportunities of Black people in Germany. They also harassed, imprisoned, sterilized, and murdered an unknown number of Black people."

Also contrary to what some believe, and this may sound farfetched and I hope you're sitting down but bear with me- some people are actually more than one race. Some people are POC and white. We call this being biracial. Or in grade school, being an "Oreo". A mutt if they really want to dehumanize you

But while my relatives weren't targeted for their skin color as they were white, many people were. Black Germans and other POC did exist, were murdered and traumatized, and have passed down that generational trauma. Just as other persecuted populations even if it was much less it was no less a part of the genocide and ethnic cleansing.

#i was actually never called an oreo but my siblings were #the fun thing about my racial ambiguity is no one irl knows what racial slur or term to call me #anyway there were Holocaust victims that were POC and it's even more reason to compare these events. #we have to mention the holocaust by name. we have to say hitler's name. i feel if we don't we're forgetting that this has happened before #because millions did not die during the holocaust just for us to justify more ethnic cleansing. more destruction of people's land& history #we have to look at how history was rewritten and how they allowed a genocide and massive cleansing to happen #and given my background i can't wrap my head around seeing everything that i heard of the nazis and even the USSR doing #and just going “but hamas”. israel is the cause hamas is the effect. i will never be happy that innocent people died #but people are wrong to say it was because they're jewish and muslims/palestinians/arabs hate jews. furthers the us vs them #they were already being killed and there's a reason colonized ppl & BIPOC see through the propaganda #the “they kill babies and rape women and hate you for how you were born and want to take things from you!” #we are familiar with it bc this isn't the first time it's happened and we remember the result of that mentality #and how it was weaponized #when i say mention it i do not mean above the current genocide. but we know how serious the holocaust was #the scale the lasting impact the destruction the things that were uncovered so much later #there is no “aftermath” of gaza yet bc the genocide is ongoing but we've seen the aftermath of genocide before #if we ignore the parallel we are forgetting history and there's a saying about those who forget history #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza

[autistic-katara]

seeing ur beloved mutual reblogging some questionable shit (probably unintentionally) but not having the energy to argue or explain why </3

#please i dont wanna have to be the one to correct u fuckers every time u reblog a mildly disguised dogwhistle #goyish mutuals please talk to some jews (who r knowledgeable and want to educate ppl) #cause stg some of the stuff i’m seeing is 2 steps below nazi propaganda #and ik its most likely not malicious but god i’m so tired #please educate urself on some stuff #bcz some of the shit ur rbing could easily be found on some neonazi page if u just (((added some of these around the word zionist))) #or just replaced the word zionist with “jews” or smthn #or idk just so many posts if u tweaked the language just a little but kept the same message it would be blatant nazi shit #and yeah sure the post sounds normal nd everything or whatever but u gotta remembered the point of dogwhistles is to seem innocuous #to signal to other nazis to make them sound more sympathetic and to make ppl calling them out seem insane #just please guys i’m begging u watch out for those posts that r like #“the zionists in hollywood r censoring x” or #“oh no! x jewish celebrity is scared of antisemitism in their big mansion? so sad! lets address their hurt feelings right away #dead palestinian children can wait!” #or whatever #like yes what israel is doing is beyond fucked nd the us being supportive of it is gross but please ffs watch what ur reblogging/posting #think abt if its denying/downplaying antisemitism #if u replaced the word “zionist” with “jew” would it sound like a conspiracy theory? #are u dehumanising jewish/israeli ppl in any way? #(bcz yes not every israeli citizen is the actual devil yk i dont think my 2 month old cousin ever bombed anyone) #yk just please think before u post/reblog jesus fucking christ #idk i kinda went off on a whole rant here oops- #antisemitism #ryan shut the fuck up

[sereniv]

As much as one can draw comparisons to the Jewish Holocaust to what israel is doing to Palestinians, i still dont think its right to compare jews to nazis

Its wrong on many levels, from factually wrong, to morally wrong.

not only is it wrong in the way that israel doesnt speak for all jews, so if you were to make a comparison you would refer to israel as the nazis, not jews.

but overall calling the oppressed by the title of their oppressors in the way of 'jews are acting like nazis' doesnt get anything done. among other things

israel is fascist, israel is colonialist, israel is commiting genocide, israel is islamophobic, israel is antisimetic (in the common use of the term that refers to only jews). israel white supremacy. these all true statements

but jews are being the nazis is not. and not only does nothing to help anyone but hits at every jew, both palestinian-hating zionist israeli jews and every other jew

all its showing when you compare jews to nazis is that you dont understand the situation, the nuance, the history. you are using your anger to be antisimetic

what you can say instead is that israel is being islamophobic and commiting genocide. israel is terroising people. israel is occupying stolen land. israel is practicing white supremacy. israel is a fascist state, and brainwashes its citizens to subscribe to its fascist ideas.

Dont let whats happening make you hateful towards the wrong people, and dont makenit lose your ability to understand the complexity that is the israeli citizens upbringing

meaning, regadless of how we emotionally feel first about zionist israeli jews, logically we should recognize that there are ex-zionist israeli jews and that is worth something. that is worth pursing and fighting for, just like for ex-fascists of any kind

this does not mean forgive nor forget. this does not mean you cant feel anger or even hate

it means that you need to recognize what is actually important to focus on. learn nuance, learn complexity. learn to stop and pick apart what youre seeing and hearing and above all else lead with your love of Palestine and Palestinian people and remember that you should also love Jews

Because this is not Jews. Jews are not Nazis. Nazis are Nazis. Israel is not Nazis and Israel is not Jews.

And if you cant tell the difference and this just seems like im being redundant, then idk what to tell you. If youre not willing to consider you may be wrong about something like this and would rather die on the hill that jews are being nazis and that that is an accurate and appropriate comparison, a comparison that is so necessary that you need to say it outloud, then maybe youre more reactionary then you might realize.

#FreePalestine if it wasnt clear

#palestine #tbh i cant say this applies to any Palestinian especially those in palestine rn bc i cant say that if i was in that scenario or my people #were being eradicated idk id id have time to focus on this #what i mean is this is towards everyone else who has no stake in this other than being against genocide and oppression #we who have the ability and time and comfort to regulate the emotions and figure that shit out #if that makes sense #like ive seen palestinians who have been antisimetic talking about thr holocaust and as wrong as that is and #as much as i absolutely dont agree and hate that #and i do combat it with civility #i cant help but recognize and understand why they said that. its antisimetic and its bigotry #but its understandable from their shoes. not understandable as a concept just as a situational response #so this post doesnt apply to anyone who fits that. it fits us who can turn off all the horror and go and do something else #who have time to reflect and think and consider and learn #also when i say jewish holocaust im saying like the part of the holocaust that targeted jews and how israel paints it #as the jewish holocaust. if that makes sense. i know the holocaust affected different ppl other than jews

[intern-seraph]

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#seraph speaks #k word use #everything going on rn is just. awful. my dash makes me sick to my stomach on a regular basis. #but i feel such immense shame at the very idea of blocking The Words even if it's for my own well-being #because then i'll be One Of The Bad Jews or whatever #honestly this site feels really really hostile again #it hasn't felt that way since i was sent graphic gore and death threats during one of the nazi raids years and years ago #and the worst part is that this unsafe feeling is coming from ppl who i generally quite like and even trust. #to make it even worse i KNOW ppl will deride and mock me for the very fact that i (a filthy fucking jew) feel terrified and unsafe rn #because ~i'm not the one being actively bombed right now~ #i've already seen it happening. #and i just. am so tired. #as if this is a fucking competition? obvs i'm not saying i have it worse than palestinians #but honestly if you have the time to mock jews for being afraid rn #bc antisemitism ALWAYS spikes when israel's in the news for crimes (bc gentiles think all of world jewry is responsible for those crimes) #it's already been bad. it's going to get worse. #and if you come into my asks or my replies or w/e about this and get combative #genuinely just call me a fucking kike so i can block you #i just assume that if you have the time to bitch at random jews for the gall to be afraid rn that you aren't someone currently in a warzone #i feel like they have more important things to worry about than harassing jews on tumblr dot com. #anyways sorry for the [gestures] this #im not going to say anything else. will likely block certain words eventually as well. i'm just so exhausted and upset. #it's been all i can think abt.

[sexysilverstrider]

celebrities vas and anyone in general if you see this palestine situation as "both sides" please reeducate yourselves. for the rich people and celebs they are selfish pricks who think of nothing but themselves but for others please please PLEASE reeducate yourself and learn more.

there is no both sides. there are only the colonizer and the colonized.

#trust me i hv so much to say in a not nicer way lmao #but being passive aggressive isnt gonna help #just please. learn more n educate abt the situation #palestine is the victim n forever will be unless israel is stopped #unless the us uk n every social media n news stop assissting israel to bomb n kill away every single palestinian #i pray deep in my heart i pray tht those affected as safe or at least hv their souls rest in peace #but i have 0 tolerance for islamophobia or the very fact tht ppl see palestinians as the terrorists #when all this time is has n will always be the israelians #fafar yaps

[starlooove]

Someone asks “where is this money going and do we have any evidence of it” and suddenly they’re being negative y’all just wanna play at helping ppl without using common sense or listening to the people saying MONEY IS NOT MAKING IT IN! Like. Can we be serious for 5 fucking minutes

#I will say apparently creators clarified it’s not going to Palestine but Palestinian based charities so I’m gonna be looking into that #but ppl just using the filter and saying ‘use this or u support genocide 😍’ and don’t even know how the fuck the filter is helping #like I understand the desperation of wanting to do anything ANYTHING in the face of all this #but y’all A) are being dumb as fuck about it and KNOW it’ll come back to bite you if it turns out to be bullshit #and B) taking the opportunity to gloat 💀 thank you so much for using a filter and donating a few cents to a person who’s word ur taking at #face value. bc lemme remind you these people are calling anyone saying ‘can we get some proof ur doing what u say u are’ NEGATIVE #like if it’s going to charities and individuals who are being impacted and need help or can get some kind of help out to those being impacte #that’s PERFECT #but not only do we NOT know that y’all are using the fact that ur form of revolution is stupidity and half a prayer to feel morally superior #which is sick as fuck to do #anyways #idk if I already said this but I’m not fixing tags but apparently she has evidence that she’s being honest #-the creator of the original filter- #so duh I’ll look into that and see #BTW! there’s more than one filter. this is not a good thing to me sorry #well not that there’s more than one the fact that there’s so many #and if y’all can’t handle a question about one I know you’re not fact checking them all #and unfortunately ppl like to take advantage #and even if they’re not spreading it out across a bunch of filters with no evidence is the same as that person who had a list of shit to #boycott that reached the 30s when BDS already has shit out there #WHICH IS WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST #there ARE things you can do orginizations already out there literally saying ‘if ur x age in y financial situation you need to do Z’ #but y’all wanna be katniss everdeen so bad that it’s impossible to handle that ur not the main character or calling the shots #and as ‘noble’ as it is to feel that ur not doing enough sometimes u do all u need to do and u still have time to kill and that sucks. but #going overboard in ways that are only not productive but harmful is so much worse #whatever tho what do I know #at least it’s sweet that ppl WANT to do so much but it’s not always the thought that counts and shit

[suswous]

It’s sorta funny (not funny) sometimes you’ll see an absolutely atrocious take on Israel-Palestine, and not even know which side they’re supporting.

#like #you’ll see someone be like #actually civilians should have to pay/die for the violence committed in their name #(although not in those exact words of course) #and you can’t tell like #are they like justifying 10/7 or the mass bombing of Gaza? #like bcs you know they only believe it’s the civilians on one side who should be massacred #(which tbf #they are correct in that the civilians on their side should not be massacred #the thing is that no civilians should be fucking massacred) #like so many times I’ve seen an atrocious take that I assumed was someone being ‘pro-Palestine’ #(not actually bcs they wouldn’t give a shit abt Palestinians and just want an excuse to be antisemitic) #and then it turns out they’re actually like a Likud-supporter trying to justify the murder of Palestinian civilians #(but I assume it’s the other way bcs I encounter more pro-Palestine stuff (even the ppl who I follow who are accused of being ‘zionists’ #are pro-Palestine—they’re just Jewish and the hate is entirely antisemitism) #and so thus I’m more likely to encounter shitty takes that claim to be pro-Palestine although of course they aren’t really)

[divorcedyaoi]

wrt last rb im sooo sick of black ppl being called feds for enforcing boundaries? you worthless cunts better use the hard r instead you'll get your point across faster lol

#📝: misc #'weh cointelpro 101 wehhhh' i will gut you #words mean things. and to use a phrase by and for black ppl is disrespectful not just to us but like. palestinians have terms for how they #mourn/respect those who have died at the hands of israel? use those instead? #white ppl especially see black progress and think its general leftism

[bringmemyrocks]

A Gazan's reflection on the ICJ rule and his family who is still living in Gaza.

Reel link for those with instagram--comment in support/visibility if you can: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2kYzKbuzAy

Key takeaways, but please watch the reel. There are English captions.

Many Palestinians in Gaza (talking ordinary ppl, not influencers or activists) have been raised not to engage with politics. [I add for clarity, this is their parents trying to keep them safe] and as such may not have followed Western politics for the past few years.

Palestinians living in Gaza, including his family, genuinely thought this ruling could end the ongoing genocide. They had real hope that the ICJ could save them.

Many Gazans' hopes have completely evaporated as a result of the ICJ not calling for a ceasefire.

The ICJ ruling is an important start, but it is not enough for the hundreds who are dying each day as a result of this occupation.

We need to keep helping Gaza in any way we can.

Important: Mohammed, the creator of this video, has a GoFundMe for his family, which I have personally verified. Note that the narrative in the GFM is that of his brother Faress, a nurse at Al-Shifa hospital: https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-devastation-to-hope-a-nurses-family-journey

His family is currently living in a tent in Rafah after being displaced from Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can.

Mohammed's story was featured in the New York Times in November 2023 (un-paywalled) excerpt:

“Here I am having whatever I want,” said Mohammed Salah Arafat, a Washington, D.C., resident with a brother still in Gaza. “When it comes to food, when it comes to freedom, when it comes to rights, when it comes to freedom of movement, the feeling of guilt is killing me,” said Mr. Arafat, 30, who left Gaza in 2018.

Mohammed also has a poetry blog here: https://moharafat.wordpress.com/ and you can sign up for updates (like with substack or medium) if you input your email at the bottom of the page.

Don't stop demonstrating--find local actions from PYM, PSL, JVP, and SJP on Instagram, don't stop calling (It does help--leave your name and zip code so you're counted--Bernie just called for a ceasefire and Katherine Clark has come close), don't stop spreading awareness.

#gaza #palestine #icj

[chaiaurchaandni]

in the newest al-Qassam video, after hitting a tank & opening fire on the IOF, the resistance fighter says, “This is revenge for my family! God willing.”

The resistance fighters live amongst their people, they are experiencing every bit of suffering that their people are suffering. You cannot distinguish or separate the people from their resistance. The fighters are also orphaned, their parents, their wives, their children are also martyred. They’re not immune to the current situation, nor have they abandoned their people but they continue to valiantly defend them and their honor. In the words of Abu Hamza, “we, in the Palestinian resistance, live your conditions and feel your pain."

In the words of an Al-Qassam fighter, the resistance are the sons of the Palestinian people, they are not people who randomly ‘descended down from the moon,’— they are the people, and they have every right to resist the occupation.

The following is an excerpt from a testimony provided by a former “Israeli hostage” while they were held in captivity by Al-Qassam. The resistance is also offering sacrifices for the liberation of their people, they too, are suffering but continue to be steadfast & fight till martyrdom.

This very basic fact is oft-overlooked, and the resistance fighters are treated as ones completely detached from the reality and the agony of their people— a false, erroneous, distorted notion. They have experienced every bit of persecution, death, brutality, & oppression under this accursed occupation, and have chosen to offer their sweat, bIood, and tears to resist and defend their people, and inspire the generations to come.

#sick of ppl acting as if hamas and other resistance factions just spawned outta nowhere or that theyre secretly israeli agents #when theyre literally on the frontlines being killed by israel everyday their families are suffering under this genocide as well #their children are starving to death as well #its insane to blame them for israels horrible genocide of the palestinians lest u forget that israel has been ethnically cleansing #palestinians since way before hamas or even the pflp even existed #none of these orgs exsted when the nakba happened but israeli brutality has existed from the very beginning #in fact zionist have killed palestinians in their homes since even before the nakba #the resistance is of the people and for the people #any attempt to separate the resistance from the people is a win for zionists #those who condemn the resistance are condemning the spirit of the palestinians themselves #free palestine #palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #glory to the martyrs #long live palestine #long live the resistance #death to israel #death to america

[spacelazarwolf]

apparently a bunch of ppl on social media are trying to call for a boycott of rick riordan because of this statement in a blog post:

Becky and I are just back from a busy weekend with events at the Boston Book Festival and New York Comic-Con.

Before I get into that, however, some words to acknowledge the ongoing horrors in Israel and Gaza. As many of you may know, I am no longer on social media. My accounts post only updates on my books and related projects. I do not read posts, reply to posts, or share my thoughts about world events on those forums. That doesn’t mean I don’t have strong feelings and reactions. It means I am offline as completely as possible, except for the occasional blog post like this one.

I will say this: Over the last eighteen years, I have received many fan letters from young readers, both Israeli and Palestinian, who often told me that my books helped them escape the fear, grief and anxiety they were dealing with at the time. Some had lost family members to violence. Some were writing while in the distance they could hear explosions, gunfire, and the launching of rockets. They used my books as a way to escape into another world, where the monsters were fictional, and where demigods usually saved the day. While I am always glad that my books can help young readers find joy during difficult times, my heart breaks every time I hear about the things they have to deal with. I am grief-stricken by the horrific events now unfolding, especially because I know that they are part of a long historic pattern that has been robbing too many children of their childhood and perpetuating hatred for far too long.

I am also quite aware that when anyone, myself included, tries to speak about this issue, the reader is waiting to pounce, thinking, “Yes, but whose side are you on?” That is exactly the wrong question. If there are two sides to this issue, those sides are not Palestinian/Israeli or Muslim/Jewish. The two sides are humanitarian and dehumanizing. Dehumanizing has a long evil history. It is appealing and easy to buy into, because humans are tribal animals. We are hardwired to think in terms of ‘us’ versus ‘them.’ We are the real humans, the good guys, the ones with God on our side. Those other people are evil monsters who don’t deserve empathy. Hate mongers have thrived on dehumanizing for as long as there have been humans. It provides them with a purpose, a way to rally support, power, and scapegoats. It is easy to point to atrocities committed by our enemies, while justifying or minimizing the atrocities committed by ourselves or our allies.

Humanitarianism is a much harder sell. It requires us to empathize, to see other groups of people as equally deserving of dignity and quality of life. It requires not always putting ourselves and our needs first. But in the long run, humanitarianism is our only hope. If violence could end violence, if we could put an end to “those other people” once and for all, human history would read very differently than it does.

So yes, I am appalled by the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. I am appalled by the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Both things can be true. Both things must be true. My thoughts are with all the people who have died, who have lost loved ones, who have had their worlds and their lives shattered, especially the children. More death and violence will not break this cycle, which has been going on for generations. There is no military solution. Even since I first wrote the post, only twenty-four hours ago, the Israeli government’s brutal retaliation against the entire population of Gaza has reached genocidal proportions. This is not only an atrocity. It is folly. Answering misery with misery only creates more fertile ground for extremism, dehumanizing the “other side,” letting hate mongers thrive, stay in power, and reduce us all to our most monstrous impulses. The only real solution is treating each other like equally worthy human beings, and negotiating a peace that allows all parties a chance to live in security and dignity, with hopes for a future that does not include bombs and rockets and gunfire. This means security and support for Israel, yes. It also means a secure Palestine which is allowed to get the international aid and recognition it needs to build a viable state.

Do I think that will happen? Unfortunately, no. Humans are simply too selfish, too ready to blame “the other” for all their problems, too ready to dehumanize, though I also believe, perhaps paradoxically, that most people just want to live their lives in peace and have a chance for their children to have a brighter future. The problem is when we don’t allow other people to have those same hopes and dreams — when it becomes a false choice of us versus them.

What can I do? I will continue to write books that I hope will give young readers some joy. I will resist the urge to demonize entire groups of people. I will call for less violence, not more violence. And when asked whose side I am on, I will tell you I am on the side of humanitarianism.

So with that said, I return to the world of books . . .

honestly, if you have a problem with this statement, it’s probably because he’s talking about you. this is exactly what legitimate activists (as in not just random westerners who share social media posts but on-the-ground activists who are doing real work) have been saying for decades. and i think all this really speaks to just how disconnected a lot of westerners who claim to be pro palestinian are from those activists.

if you can’t read a statement that says “i am on the side of humanitarianism and less violence” without immediately jumping to cancel them, you are the problem being discussed in the above statement.

#ip

[magz]

The thing am want people to understand is:

The people that will see those unseriously worded and vague "stop treating motaz as your blorbo and stop canceling people for being problematic during a genocide" type posts,

and the reactions to those posts with outrage about woke people are "canceling" palestinians,

Those people seeing those posts aren't going to be the few yet loud callous "allies" making discourse that never truly supported palestinians.

Nor the people making bait trying to intentionally incite distrust in the Palestinian cause, that aren't allies but pose as ally. Or aren't even allies nor try to pretend to.

The people seeing it the most are going to be Sudanese people, and black allies to the Sudanese and Palestinians.

and whether intend to or not - those unserious worded posts and tweets, including when using same language as how u.s. conservatives and antiblack intellectuals talk about black people but in a leftist context -

Are a gateway into other posts having this obfuscated conversation with more expressly antiblack rhetoric surrounding the situation.

Serving to, in effect, steer away the conversation on Sudan and the original context. Make it about how global north people are so entitled, when black people in global south and Sudan are criticizing this. The way Sudanese aid is being redirected by Egypt, the perception of Sudanese being more "foreign" for being majorly black arab, how to boost Sudan plight - which am plan to steer this into.

But in only acknowledge the part of parasocial relations people have with Palestinian journalists where they don't take genocide seriously and are racist towards arabs in general, but not acknowledge the very common parasocial aspect where Sudanese girl criticizing Motaz would result in her getting harrassed and the proliferation of antiblackness - it shows how easy it is to fall for this stuff.

All it takes is a few people either not bothering to check the original context, or reacting to reactions. It doesn't necessarily require someone to have bad intentions nor "mean" to downplay antiblackness and the Sudanese. The effects will do the rest on social media. It is never about just 1 specific post, nor 1 specific person's intent.

Synonymizing "people criticizing Palestinians for legitimate concerns and supporting Sudanese ppl being exposed to discriminations big" with same group that "would abandon the Palestinian cause", in the people's consciousness. The conversations very premise was started wrong.

Yes, we can care about more things at once, but the framing is wrong.

Notice how some of the major Palestinian users on here are aware of this and chose not to do that for a reason.

[Note: am going to allow reblogs temporarily and then turn it off, so as to turn this into a more productive route after magz addressed these issues.]

#antiblack racism #racism #text post #o post #palestine

[autistic-katara]

can you people think before u speak holy shit

#goyim try to talk about israel without comparing jews to nazis challenge! (impossible!) #i hate how half the time i check the blog of a pro-palestinian person they have smthn like this up #both because im tired of this bs and bcz i am very much against the genocide in gaza #but (specifically white) goyim just cannot be normal abt jewish ppl and i do not wanna be around those ppl #cw antisemitism #antisemitism #i/p #tell me if i need to tag anything else #ryan shut the fuck up