The scenes coming out of Rafah are nothing short of horrific.
This is Israel relishing in its impunity. Israel knows that no matter the level of atrocities it commits, it will never be challenged or held accountable by those in power.
Your role still matters though. Keep advocating for Palestine, amplify Palestinian voices, find a protest near you - whatever you do, make your stance known.
itâs looking like the iof have officially breached rafah. every palestinian i follow, most of whom have now been displaced to rafah, are posting that thereâs non-stop bombing and sounds of clashes between the resistance and the israeli army (x, x, x). the rnn telegram is also reporting that armed clashes are taking place in northwest of the city and israeli bombing is concentrated around al-kuwaiti hospital (x, x). many martyrs already (x, x, x). in palestine, the time is currently just past 2am on 12th february 2024.
if someone who has never seen sanremo asked me what it is about i'd say it is a gay love story between two old men happening in front of their children, wives, and millions of people told as a musical with 30 songs sung by various singers. it lasts 5 days 6 hours per night. mahmood is there too.
you're in the cinderella wedding carriage with the beautiful old man you've loved for thirty years after hosting the most unhinged music festival in recent history and being psychosexually, in a submissive-and-breedable way, obsessed with him in front of millions of people and he will tell you that he loves you but he will also voyeuristically enact intricate rituals in which he degrades you. and you feel like youâve done something terrible, like letting diodato kidnap aldo moro, or allowing rosa chemical to wave butt plugs on stage, or having oscar-winner benigni talk about dick and balls and pussy, and youâre tired. youâre in the cinderella wedding carriage with a beautiful old man being watched by 14 million people in your country, and youâre trying not to tell him that you love him (again), and youâre trying to choke down the feeling, and youâre trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like youâve discovered something you didnât even have a name for: sanremo.