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Where is the outrage? Where have all the "humans" gone? Israel slaughtered over 400 innocent civilians in Gaza last night. Most of them women and children.

Where is the outrage? Where have all the "humans" gone? Israel slaughtered over 400 innocent civilians in Gaza last night. Most of them women and children.

None of those with #Ukraine, #Canada, #Mexico and #EU flags on their profile raising their voice condemning this outrageous crime.

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The sheikh wandered around the city with a lamp

I'm tired of all the devils and the death, and seeking one human

They said it cannot be found, we have searched, As we said before

That which cannot be found I desire

Rumi
دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌ گشت گرد شهر
کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست

گفتند یافت می‌ نشود جسته‌ ایم ما گفت
آن که یافت می‌ نشود آنم آرزوست
poetry #Rumi #Gaza #Inhumanity #Death #politics #Israel #Genocide #WarCrime
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @iran

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  • The needle is moving. The latest genocidal attack has received far more negatively loaded coverage for Israel than ever before. Even TheGuardian and Reuters are starting to name Israel as perpetrator in their headlines. European countries are condemning Israel. Keep pushing for public awareness. Soon politicians will openly start condemning Israel because the overton window has shifted.

  • That reminds me of a quote (kinda poem like) I made after directly seeing the destruction in Gaza

    "One day the bombs will stop falling from the sky, the barrels will fall silent, and a "normal" will set in, but the soil will be forever drenched with the blood of the innocent"

  • That was possibly the hardest thing to take, surviving the genocide(s). The banal evil, the indifference, the apathy, the heads in the sand, so many wannabe good falling to inaction and wilful ignorance upon confrontation with the overwhelm at the horror... some even going back into denial. Horrible catch22s and psychological fatiguing as strategies to further defeat and divide us by. I KNOW it is hard, but still have compassion and sympathy for those who succumb to losing theirs, while encouraging them back to sense of empowerment, reassuring them, there is something they can do, they will seek it, find it, and do it. On and on. No room here for defeatist self fulfilling prophecies of despair and ignorance. Awaken, mendwards, because it's necessary. Amazing grace... We're not done here. We can still mend this.

  • I've been negative on what's going on in Israel for a long time, but I admit I'm not overly motivated to go into the streets and clutch my pearls in dismay.

    The Canadian govt and organisations in general, to my understanding, aren't really giving a ton of weapons for use in this crap. And clearly, our government's stance has basically zero weight with other countries at this point -- especially with the USA trying to annex us / starting preparations to conduct a Russian style invasion (they're listing 'fentanyl' as a WMD next, so that they can use the tiny amount that crosses their border as an excuse to invade their neighbours it seems).

    The issue of the USA falling apart, given its historic central role in most western/democratic pushes, is a bigger issue for most of us, than the deterioration of an area that lacks democracy. I mean, the USA's authoritarian trend is what's enabling Israel to do these things in some ways. The states falling apart is also a lot more 'directly' impactful for citizens in western countries -- we notice when the USA decides to wage an economic war against us, more than we notice the atrocities occurring on the other side of the world.

    There's also only so much time you can dedicate to 'protesting', in between working a regular job to provide for your basic necessities. People're tired man, and focusing on the protests that mean the most to them.

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