This Is Genocide - Blog Posts
just for a bag of flour....even until i d!e i will stand with Palestine no matter what...
"People are dying either of hunger or of bombing in Gaza. Even while trying to get aid, those unarmed civilians are getting killed because the IOF tanks attacks." from Manar Owais, 27/Feb/2024:
...i begging yall do not get desensitised to reading these. this is horrific. this is evil. children... were shredded... SHREDDED. do you understand what that means? do you get how evil someone has to be to do that to another person? can you process that sheer malevolence and wickedness it would take to do that??!! to a child?!?!!!
"Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud from Rafah, southern Gaza: About seven people, a mother and her children were killed earlier today. We’ve seen video from the hospital where their bodies were taken. The children’s bodies arrived in plastic bags. They were shredded in the air strike on the home. The only survivor of the attack is the father.
"This pattern of killing entire families is nothing new after nearly seven months of war. Entire families have been obliterated in Israeli air strikes. Just in the past 30 minutes, there was a strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. We’re trying to get more updates on that attack." from Al Jazeera English, 03/May/2024:
from Eye On Palestine, 27/Jan/2024:
Caption: The food and water crisis continues in Gaza Strip. Thousands of displaced Palestinians couldn’t find any kind of food or water during the ongoing aggression. By mohammed_qndeel1
تفاقم ازمة الغداء و الماء مع استمرار العدوان في غزة
A little while back, I was not educated on everything going on in Gaza. I wasn't on Social Media much, for mental health purposes, and only started hearing and seeing stuff about it when I started uploading my Watcher and other fandom artworks. The people in my life are very conservative, so I didn't see or hear any of this until around late October, I think. I can't think of the exact point in time.
Anyways, since then I have been on here more and have been seeing it more. I have been continuing to educate myself on the matter and stand proudly with Palestine. Some of my family is not happy about this at all. I honestly don't give a shit anymore. I cannot talk about it to most of the people in my family, so since I saw this post, I will say what I'm feeling here then.
She is absolutely correct. This is not normal. She and no one should have to be going through this. To be forced into making this decision is something I couldn't imagine. This is cruel. Those people are human beings. They're not toys you can just mess around with and throw away when you get bored with them. They are not livestock for you to slaughter. They have families! They have loved ones! They laugh, love, bleed, and cry just like the rest of us! They deserve justice!
I saw videos, online entries, and pictures of families, friends, and all sorts of people clutching the bodies of the people they loved most. They are grieving. Some are still processing the idea that those people are gone. Some of these people are processing the idea that they might not even make it home. The people they love were STOLEN from them and for what?
I watched videos of parents saying goodbye to their dead children. Children saying goodbye to their dead parents and friends.
I watched a video of a man sleeping next to the covered body of his childhood best friend. He refused to leave his side.
Journalists holding funerals for other fellow journalists by laying their vest on their corpses. Journalists sending their final videos and messages to their families and to the world because they know they will likely not make it home.
As of January 21:
83 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 76 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
16 journalists were reported injured.
3 journalists were reported missing.
25 journalists were reported arrested.
There have been multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
(If those numbers are wrong, please let me know!)
The CPJ also reported 16 injured journalists and 3 missing journalists.
"Nothing can describe what you feel. You get to the point where you feel it's useless. But you have to show the world what's happening,” says reporter Youmna ElSayed.
The men, women, children, and others have been through and are continuing to go through things I cannot even imagine. There is not enough words to describe the anger I feel at the moment. The anger and mourning they all feel is probably greater than any anger. Why? Because those people are innocent. Those people had and are still having their loved ones, homes, pets, hospitals, schools, EVERYTHING stolen from them.
Since the war started, 25,105 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, while another 62,681 have been wounded.
They are purposely starving these people. 570k+ people have been starving due to war fallout. Prior to the current hostilities, 1.2 million of Gaza’s 2.2 million people were estimated to be facing acute food insecurity, and over 80 percent were reliant on humanitarian aid.
On November 28, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said that Gaza is suffering from at least a US$1.6 million daily loss in farm production and the Palestine Food Security Sector, led by the WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization, reported that over a third of agricultural land in the north had been damaged in the hostilities. Satellite imagery reviewed by Human Rights Watch indicates that since the start of the Israeli military's ground offensive on October 27, agricultural land, including orchards, greenhouses, and farmland in northern Gaza, has been razed, apparently by Israeli forces.
“The Israeli government is compounding its collective punishment of Palestinian civilians and the blocking of humanitarian aid by its cruel use of starvation as a weapon of war,” Shakir said. “The deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza calls for an urgent and effective response from the international community.”
They are doing everything in their power to ensure that the Palestinian people are wiped from the map. I looked a few thing up this week and I was reading this:
"According to a January 2024 analysis, Israel's aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza is responsible for over 99% of the 281,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent generated in the first 60 days after the October 7 Hamas attack.
The carbon emissions from the first few weeks of the war are equivalent to the annual energy use of around 2,300 homes, or the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from around 4,600 passenger vehicles.
The war has also destroyed sanitation and water treatment systems, and left a new layer of toxic chemicals in Gaza's soil. Israel has also targeted the environment by destroying essential infrastructure, such as limiting water, electricity, and fuel supplies to Gaza.
The conflict has also raised energy prices, which could mean that energy security concerns will take precedence over energy transition initiatives. This could entrench the power of fossil fuel interests worldwide."
If you support israel, you aren't just killing Palestine, but you are literally helping to doom our planet. They are genocidal monsters. In October 2023, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said, "We are fighting against human animals". Comments about fighting "human animals," making Gaza a slaughterhouse, and erasing the Gaza Strip are key components of the ICJ genocide case.
Dan Gillerman, the former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, also called Palestinians "inhuman animals." Are these really the people you want to support? Like I stated earlier, those HUMAN BEINGS are NOT livestock. To dehumanise, mock, starve, slaughter, and terrorise those innocent people, is downright disgusting. I am not religious, but if I were I would say that there is a special place in Hell for people like that.
Before you support anyone, or anything, please research, ask around, do anything in your power to educate yourself and support what you believe because you know it is the right and just thing. It can be scary to be around people in your life who are completely against your beliefs and who you are as a whole, believe me, I get it, but thinking and believing/supporting what you believe, for yourself, because you believe it, is an amazing feeling. Think for yourself! If the people in your life support israel and there's no way for you to protest safely, if you have private access to online forums, then do your best to just read up as much as you can. Educating yourself is the first step.
I am still trying to find as many resources as possible to help spread awareness and support. So please, to anyone who is currently uninformed like I was, or just doesn't know how to help/bring support to the genocide going on right now, you can do these things to help:
Call or email your representatives about this. I saw a website the other day. You can join the AFSC online for weekly Action Hour for a Cease-Fire. Every Friday, they share updates from AFSC’s staff in Gaza, tips for advocacy, and then make calls and write letters to Congress. So, I would definitely recommend checking them out! You can sign up for Action Hour -> here
Here is a book you can read. It's about 12 Palestinian writers writing about what they dream for the future of Gaza. The book is called “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire.”
Here's a collection of Palestinian books you can buy: Free Palestine! books
Humanitarian Aid for the Palestinian people: here
Research the subject. Talk to people, whether that be online or in-person. Any source of information you can get is useful.
Avoid companies that you know are in support of the genocide. If you do not know the companies, ask a friend or look up online what companies are supporting Israel. Here is a link to that: here.
I am going to be doing this myself, but even online, like many people have been doing, you can add the flag or something in your bio to show support such as the Palestinian flag or the phrase "Free Palestine!" to make others aware of your support.
Join protests, make art. Whatever it takes to spread the message out into the world to help these people, please do it!
The year has just started, let's do out best to be there for each other and stick together! Whatever help and support you offer will not go unnoticed!
I wish everyone a safe and pleasant night (or day where you come from). Let's do our best! If this helps/informs even one person, I am happy! Thank you for reading! 💛
❤️🖤🤍💚
To the deceased Journalists, we will never forget you. Thank you for everything you've done.
Here is a link to the list of killed, injured, and missing journalists -> here
Free Palestine!
Noor Harazeen you are the world's hero. You're completely correct, this is not normal. This is evil and no human needs to make these decisions.
...i begging yall do not get desensitised to reading these. this is horrific. this is evil. children... were shredded... SHREDDED. do you understand what that means? do you get how evil someone has to be to do that to another person? can you process that sheer malevolence and wickedness it would take to do that??!! to a child?!?!!!
"Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud from Rafah, southern Gaza: About seven people, a mother and her children were killed earlier today. We’ve seen video from the hospital where their bodies were taken. The children’s bodies arrived in plastic bags. They were shredded in the air strike on the home. The only survivor of the attack is the father.
"This pattern of killing entire families is nothing new after nearly seven months of war. Entire families have been obliterated in Israeli air strikes. Just in the past 30 minutes, there was a strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. We’re trying to get more updates on that attack." from Al Jazeera English, 03/May/2024:
WHAT
this is scary, pls share
After the hospital bombing, I finally heard back from my grandmother and confirmed that several of my relatives were murdered by Israeli bombing. Seven of them, to be precise. Three are still going, including her. We've been talking constantly ever since.
Asked if it was possible to head south, and was told they did but were also bombed there. So they decided to go back home, in Zeitoun. Their home was bombed and they were pulled out of the rumble, then driven by ambulances to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital. There were people in every corner. Gazans sheltering, sleeping on the floor. Gazans dying on the floor, waiting for beds.
Four were declared dead on arrival, three were in need of surgery and other three were just bandaged. Then, a bomb was dropped in the parking lot that made parts of the ceiling collapse, like Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah reported in that horrific conference/interview. Those in need of surgery died.
By the way, just in case you didn't know: the Church of Saint Porphyrius, the third oldest in history, bombed by Israel a few days back, was located near the hospital.
When looking for new shelter, they saw schools with signs hanging outside, "We can't take any more families." They met families, sympathetic but already sheltering too many people. They're now staying in an apartment building they found empty. Sleeping in the corner of the living room. If the family comes back, they'll apologize and leave.
Told me she was saving her phone battery for when the bombing stopped, and she had to ask for help to rebuilt the neighborhood. But she doesn't think it's gonna stop anymore. The ones still with her are mute most of the time, like they're saving energy, but she feels lonely and wanted to talk. There's no internet and to connect to WhatsApp, people are buying "a card from the supermarket, there's a password and username." Not sure what she meant. Still, the internet is inconsistent and won't load neither videos or images nor pages, so she doesn't know what's happening on the outside world.
Told her there were a lot of people protesting to stop the genocide, she replied, "The bombings are getting worse by the day." The bombing yesterday was the worst she ever witnessed. The entire neighborhood is infested with the smell of death, of decomposing bodies. Bodies are piling up in the streets and she's not sure if it's because they ran out of places to store them, but most of them are in bags. The smoke of the bombings hide the blue sky—she hasn't seen the clouds for a while.
Asked if I could share their pictures, names and dreams with people and was told, of which I partly agree, "they're not entertainment." If anyone genuinely cared, they would be alive—I'd argue there are people who do care, but I'm not gonna lecture her pain. And they don't deserve to be used to fulfill someone's sick fantasy. Told me to remember what some Israelis do with pictures of dead Palestinians. And I do.
For those of you who are not familiar, many times before settlers got together to celebrate the murder of Palestinians. For one, in 2015, Israeli settlers set a house in Duma, West Bank on fire. An 18-month old baby, Ali Dawbsheh, was burnt alive. Both parents later died of wounds and only a 5-year-old, Ahmad, survived, although severely injured.
Two celebrations of their murder are widely known, one at a wedding and others outside the court in which two were indicted for the terrorist attack. In the wedding, guests stabbed a photo of the toddler, Ali, while others waved guns, knives and Molotov cocktails. Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was present.
That's what happens in an apartheid. Palestinians are so abused by authorities that their "innocent civilians" come to accept the brutality as necessary or are desensitized by our suffering. After all, it's been 75 years—get used to it!
So I won't risk the image of my loved ones, in fear they are used in these kinds of depravity. I will say, though, the world lost a young footballer. Lost a female writer and an aspiring ballerina. Lost a kind father, who was also a great cook, and a loving mother that enjoyed sewing and other types of handicraft art. Lost a math teacher and a child that wanted to become one.
People think Israel is testing new weapons on them. There's civilians arriving at the hospital with severe burns, which they thought was from white phosphorus, but apparently the pattern is different from the one caused by white phosphorus. It's widely believed Israel tests weapons in Palestinians.
Jeff Halper, author of War Against the People, a book on Israel's arms and surveillance technology industries, said: "Israel has kept the occupation because it's a laboratory for weapons."
They've ran out of drinkable water and the "aid" Biden sent was only for the South of Gaza and no fuel, for hospitals, was allowed in. Many shelves in the supermarket are empty. She said many are convinced that if they don't die from the bombing, they'll die from starvation or dehydration, or whatever disease will develop from the dirty water they're drinking.
Told me all people do now is pray, cry and die. Told me she hopes West Bank is spared. Told her Israel bombed a mosque in West Bank and dozens of Palestinians in West Bank are being murdered by settlers, so she bided me goodbye.
Another baby was attacked by Israel. Torturing a baby? They're monsters, I hate all Israeli genocidaires and they supporters.
Zionism is a terrorism!
STOP zionism!
there are no words. she would still be alive but for "israel" and the imperialist coloniser west.
"A father bids farewell to his little daughter in Gaza" from Eye On Palestine, 28/Feb/2024:
This would not have happened had it not been for America, the UK, the West and "israel" and their genocidal intent and action. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED OTHERWISE. NEVER FORGET THAT.
"A toddler in northern Gaza has died after bread, made from animal feed, poisoned him to death." from Al Jazeera English, 27/Feb/2024: