[ID: A digital painting in pastel colors showing a colorful crowd of different animals holding a Palestinian and Indiginous Australian flags, with text above them that reads, "From the river to the Sea, always was, always will be", with white doves flying next to the flags. A small artist's signature at the bottom reads, "jesterpunk". End ID.]
๐๏ธ every year in my lifetime, I've seen an ugly blue british flag printed on single use cups and ugly tshirts on January 26th, celebrating stolen land, stolen language and stolen children. this year in particular, I feel the need to make my politics clear through art, as the horrors of colonialism and genocide are mirrored internationally in Palestine. I want to be clear, you do not get to enjoy my art without knowing clearly what my politics are, and you do not get to ignore my politics as an inherent part of my art. no one is free until everyone is free ๐ค๐โค๏ธ๐ต๐ธ
[Emoji description: A white dove with a green sprig. A black heart, a yellow heart, a red heart, and the Palestinian flag. End emoji description.]
This is a picture of Montaser Al Sawaf, another Palestinian journalist killed by the IOF:
I am continually enraged by the normalization of Palestinian people's deaths in mainstream western media, and the constant dehumanization of each of their lives. They are not just numbers -they are people who have dreams, ambitions, livelihoods, families, friends, hobbies, and interests.
The IOF is committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, is breaking dozens of international laws and UN Conventions -is committing mass genocide -but a small fraction of people in power get to determine the narrative of 'who is the REAL victim here,' by reinforcing IOF and American propaganda which sides with settler-colonial violence -and it is beyond abhorrent.
Out of respect for the protest today, instead of a normally queued request, today's post will be dedicated to resources regarding Palestine! We are firmly of the stance that a complete ceasefire should be called, and that everyone should do whatever they can. Even a little bit helps!
For those in the US, this site includes scripts you can use to call your senators and representatives! Emails are also heavily encouraged!
As for a list of resources regarding donations and information! The following list will mostly be based around e-sims and organizations, but we do encourage people to look for verified independent fundraisers as well for those in need!
Arab.org is a place where you can simply click on a button daily and the revenue will be donated directly to the cause! Using different devices and browsers to click multiple times also works!
Gazaesims.com is a place where you can donate money for e-sims! This helps Palestinians access the internet so their voices can be heard, especially journalists who are being heavily targeted by Israel during this time.
This gofundme sends funds to displaced families in Palestine!
This campaign surrounds providing hygiene kits for people who have periods, although many other hygienic products are provided as well!
Finally, decolonizepalestine.com is its own collection of resources that we heavily recommend reading in order to educate yourself about Palestine and what has been going on for decades.
Please remember to keep yourself educated and compassionate for those that are suffering, and to please remember to watch out for propaganda. Colonization is never okay. Ethnostates should not exist. Genocide is never okay. And of course, remember that every little bit, even if it's just a dollar, counts. No one's contributions are worthless.
Iman Abu Asr, 12 years old, speaks from the northern Gaza Strip about the martyrdom of her friend.
pregame korekiyo would definitely be a mukuro ikusaba stan. like, you can say the SLIGHTEST negative thing about her and you'll get at least 10 paragraphs explaining how she's extremely well written plus a whole ass character analysis in your dms in the next 5 minutes
Children in Gaza can tell an F-16 from an F-35 from a drone. They know a whole litany of things that are beyond their years. Things that they shouldnโt have to know. Over 10,000 children have been killed in Gaza. The children who have survived have seen their families, friends and neighbors killed by the Israeli army. They have seen near-death by starvation and death by suffocation, under the rubble and by explosion. Children in Gaza do not have the luxury of death being a mystery. It is a daily presence. If a child in Gaza is hungry, they know not to throw a tantrum. They have become used to feeling hunger. The same is true of the cold. Every child in Gaza now knows what it is to be unhoused, to sleep in a tent or on the streets in winter.
"We were tortured a lot" A number of released Palestinian detainees tell their experience in Israeli prisons.
I also would like to translate what Israa Jaabis shared. If you want to know her story you can ask me or any Palestinian person/ reliable news outlet because I've been checking Wikipedia about her story and it changed drastically the last month, painting her as a criminal when she was wrongfully arrested and tortured.
Freed detainee Israa Al-Jaabis:
She said the Israeli soldiers would torture very young girls in jail. That their screams and cries could be heard from the wall. Also she said that israeli soldiers would put gas in the girls cells and they wouldn't be able to breath, a lady once inhaled the gas next to her room and her lungs were in bad shape for a while even though she wasn't in direct contact. She said Israel tortured detainees but especially young girls who have seen things no human ever could. This is the summary for the rest of her interview:
-We are ashamed to rejoice when all of Palestine is bleeding
- There are many wounded detainees inside the occupation jails
- We must work to liberate all detainees from the occupation jails
- Palestinian underage girls were exposed to many things in the occupation jails
- Palestinian under age girls were subjected to untold practices in occupation prisons
-We were subjected to abuse and beatings in the occupation jails.
hinanami for the soul