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i love my falastin 🇵🇸 ❤
the thing i’m most proud of is being palestinian. i love my family, my people. i love the clothing. the food. the MUSIC. i love our traditions. i love our beaches (HAIFA ❤). i love our mountains and our markets. i love everything about being palestinian. you know what i’m most proud of? our never ending hope. our never wavering courage. our never weakened resistance. i’m glad to say being stubborn runs in my blood. we come together in a way that fills my heart with joy. we teach each other, our children, our friends to put up a fight. we are strong. we aren’t going anywhere, and israel’s actions have showed our determination. this is a test, and it too shall pass. 🇵🇸
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Settler colonial apartheid Israel: 71 years of colonialism, ethnic cleansing, racism, killing and destruction!
Al-Nakba Series on the Palestinian ‘catastrophe’ of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures. “The Nakba did not begin in 1948. Its origins lie over two centuries ago….” So begins this four-part series on the ‘nakba’, meaning the ‘catastrophe’, about the history of the Palestinian exodus
Maps Palestine Remix In 1947, Palestinians controlled 94% of historic Palestine but after one year, they were left with only 22% of that land. It was divided into two parts: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since May,1948, Palestine has disappeared completely from the world map. Al Jazeera presents a detailed, interactive map tracking the history of the vanishing Palestine over the last 100 years. For more check out : www.palestineremix.com
Commemorating 67 years of our Ongoing Nakba. 750,000 Palestinians dispossessed, over 400 villages destroyed, more than 2 dozen massacres and 4.2+ million acres of land confiscated. See the new Quick Nakba Facts on the ethnic cleansing of
Voices of Nakba Interview with survivors of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), where over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. They now reside in Yibna refugee camp (named after their home town) in the southern Gaza Strip. The film was produced by the Palestine UK twinning group Islington Friends of Yibna.
An all too familiar scene these days..Palestine
A salute to Tunisian human rights protesters who are among the few anywhere in the world who have protested Saudi executioner MBS. The protest was a few weeks after the beheading & dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi embassy & during the state visit of MBS to Tunisia in November 2018. (Photo from Independent)
After confessions extracted through torture, Saudi Arabia beheaded 37 men on Tuesday in different parts of the country for various alleged crimes which according to the official Saudi news agency included: “adoption of terrorist & extremist thinking, forming terrorism cells to sow corruption & disrupt security, spread chaos, incite sectarian discord, harm peace & social security, & attack police centers using explosive bombs.” One of the men's bodies along with his severed head was publicly displayed on a pole, crucifixion-style. Including these executions, Saudi Arabia has carried out over 104 executions so far in 2019, including 40 people who committed drug offenses. It is presently engaged in rounding up women's rights advocates for incarceration, kangaroo trial, & execution. Trump remained dumb as a stump after the Saudi beheading & dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 & has not expressed even a ceremonial protest to these 37 executions. But since the US is engaged in several bombing wars, no one could take any such protest seriously. Cutting people's heads off with swords for taking drugs, thinking rebellious thoughts, or protesting has not interfered with the cordial reception MBS has received from world leaders, including high-fiving Putin at the G-20 conference last December. After all the criticism the Saudi government is receiving from human rights activists for the executions, one wonders if Code Pink or other US 'antiwar' groups will be sending a 'peace delegation' to express solidarity with the regime as they did to North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Syria. This photo is a protest in Tunisia in November 2018 after the beheading of Khashoggi & before MBS was cordially received by government heads at the G-20 conference in Argentina in December. He was paying a state visit to Tunisia but was greeted by hundreds of protesters against the Saudi bombing of Yemen & the execution of political prisoners. (Photo from Independent)
We thank and support these strong WOMEN acting in a sea of men…!!
Zurich: Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly interrupted the FIFA congress on Friday with world football’s governing body set to vote later on whether to expel Israel from the organisation.
This is a Palestinian Easter message to ALL "Christian" supporters of settler colonial apartheid Israel!
The Jewish holiday of Passover is once again fast approaching As the Jews of the world and particularly those that live in Israel get ready to celebrate the Passover holiday or Pesach, This holiday commemorates the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. Pesach marks the birth of the Jewish people as a nation led by Moshe (Moses) over 3000 years ago. This is as much a celebration of their spiritual freedom as the physical liberation from slavery. In their haste, the Jews had no time to let the dough sit and rise. Rushed as they were, the Israelites did not have time to bake their bread, nor prepare any food, and the dough they kneaded did not have time to rise. The Children of Israel wrapped up their dough and their leftover matzah and bitter herbs in their clothing, placed the bundles over their shoulders, and walked joyfully out of the land of Egypt. The dough was baked in hot sun and eaten along with the bitter herbs. Passover marked the freedom of the Jews from slavery. While Jews in Israel get ready to celebrate “freedom”, they continue to oppress, kill, imprison, and starve others. The unleavened bread is now eaten with the leaves of organically grown lettuce which serves as the “bitter herbs” and is grown in many Jewish only colonies, built on the stolen lands of the Palestinians. While Jews around the world recite the traditional Passover prayer “may all those that are hungry eat”, before they commence their feast, those that are truly hungry in Gaza are NOT allowed to eat due to the inhumane closures and suffocating blockades imposed on them by the Israelis! In fact, thousands of Gazans had their homes, fields, and lives utterly destroyed and decimated by the Israeli army forcing them once again to brave the elements in tents while the Jews of Israel celebrate and feast, Gazans a mere few hundred yards away are being starved as if they existed in an entirely different universe For me, Pharaoh’s army was the Israel Defense Forces and we; the Palestinians were the persecuted Jews. Fleeing in fear, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs … something to think about this Passover … While the Palestinians still await their “deliverance” in hunger from modern day Pharaoh..!!!
Last week, Palestinian nonprofit the Welfare Association for Youth announced the results of its 2014 photography contest called “Gaza in Your Eyes.” Out of hundreds of submissions, 13 young people were named winners. Each of their photos is strikingly different, but they all manage to capture the perseverance of beauty and hope against a backdrop of destruction.