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r c n's avatar

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for managing, amidst it all, to find the words that so many of us cannot find. Thank you for documenting so that we can bear witness, stand in solidarity, and fight with/for your survival, human rights, liberation, freedom. We will never ever forget and will always act for Truth and Justice for the Palestinian people, for humanity.

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Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq's avatar

I have no words. All I can say is that I read every one of yours, wishing they were saying different things.

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elmer gardinia's avatar

Well, if its that bad, and it sounds terrible, then maybe- just maybe, Hamas should surrender. At the end of WW2, at least the Germans and Japanese knew to surrender before all their citizens starved to death.

Also, the 'no safe place' argument is silly. I'd estimate that half of the Gazan civilians that died, died in places that were evacuation zones. That means in two years of war, 'only' (still a lot) 30k out of 2 million died from Israeli attacks. If you move to the 'safer' places, its actually safer. Odds count.

But, in the meanwhile, Hamas holds out - and every day a little more of Gaza is destroyed, a little more of Hamas's army is destroyed, a few more kids lose their lives and a few more innocent civilians starve to death. Is Hamas going to wait till 100% of Gaza is in ruins? At the end, are their soldiers going to come out of their tunnels - well fed- with new white pickup trucks again?

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Jeff Story's avatar

Mohammed, I cannot question Palestinian motives or strategies. I have lived through horror, but not like this. A part of me wants to see the people of Palestine rise up and take the weapons from the illegal occupiers and slay them one and all. It seems to be what the hate-filled Zionists, which is all of them, are praying for. They need the "dark" money from the Evangelical Christian Zionists who fund and adore Trump and hate Jews openly. There comes a time when it seems like people just need to fight back with anything they can find to stop the Genocide. I have been admiring the martyrs of the earlier Intifadas who blew themselves up on buses and even sent their children to die with bombs. The Vietnamese also did that to our troops under their occupation. It is horrible, but there seems to be a time and place for it. I do greatly admire the Muslim Faith, more every day. Jeff

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Naturally birds 𓂆🕊️'s avatar

No one sent their children to die, that’s Western and Israel propaganda. HRW accepted the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers’ report that "there was no evidence of systematic recruitment of children by Palestinian armed groups". Possible orphans that joined were used by some groups. In 2004 the PFLP admitted it had made a mistake and vowed to improve its age checking procedures.

The idea to use suicide bombers in 2025 is nothing to be admired. It will set the Palestinian cause back to square one. The tide is changing albeit slowly. Palestinians are peaceful people. They don’t need this violence. The ones who would like to contribute and fight are already joining the resistance groups. The majority will attempt to survive until the world leaders wake up and start being humans.

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elmer gardinia's avatar

You admire the Martyrs?

Did the martyrs of the earlier intifada's accomplish anything other than killing themselves and innocent people? NO

Did they advance the Palestinian cause ONE INCH? NO

Did they help create a Palestinian state? NO

And... from your comfortable desk and air conditioned home you are encouraging other people to become martyrs, blow themselves up and kill people to 'stop genocide'. Hilarious.... great thinking gomer.

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elmer gardinia's avatar

You admire the Martyrs?

Did the martyrs of the earlier intifada's accomplish anything other than killing themselves and innocent people? NO

Did they advance the Palestinian cause ONE INCH? NO

Did they help create a Palestinian state? NO

And... from your comfortable desk and air conditioned home you are encouraging other people to become martyrs, blow themselves up and kill people to 'stop genocide'. Hilarious.... great thinking gomer.

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elmer gardinia's avatar

You admire the Martyrs?

Did the martyrs of the earlier intifada's accomplish anything other than killing themselves and innocent people? NO

Did they advance the Palestinian cause ONE INCH? NO

Did they help create a Palestinian state? NO

And... from your comfortable desk and air conditioned home you are encouraging other people to become martyrs, blow themselves up and kill people to 'stop genocide'. Hilarious.... great thinking gomer.

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elmer gardinia's avatar

You admire the Martyrs?

Did the martyrs of the earlier intifada's accomplish anything other than killing themselves and innocent people? NO

Did they advance the Palestinian cause ONE INCH? NO

Did they help create a Palestinian state? NO

And... from your comfortable desk and air conditioned home you are encouraging other people to become martyrs, blow themselves up and kill people to 'stop genocide'. Hilarious.... great thinking gomer.

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J C's avatar

I'm so sorry. 😞

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Etz Zayit's avatar

String words! They carry a lot! A lot of truth! And I feel them! Deeply!

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Carole Cooper's avatar

No words. My heart . . . ..

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