Today my mother made me go to the beach. And while I was there I let myself enjoy the water and sand between my toes.
After a little while I felt like crying.
I felt like crying because remembered the videos I had seen of Palestinian children playing in the water of their beaches, of parents chasing children around while they laughed, of people enjoying the water and feeling the sand between their toes.
Then I thought about how these people don't get to enjoy their beaches anymore. Because Israel won't let them, because Israel is bombing the families who used to play in the sand.
When we got in the car my mum rolled all the windows down, said something about the fresh air. And as we drove I felt the cool wind against my face, in my hair.
And I wanted to cry.
Because the people in Gaza don't get to just enjoy the fresh air. Because all they're breathing in is debris from destroyed buildings and white phosphorus, and the smell of the dead.
I looked out my window and saw my old school as we passed. And I felt guilty, because I dropped out. But their are children in Palestine who are crying and begging to go back to school and they can't.
The children in Gaza can't go back to school because Israel has destroyed and bombed them.
And I think about the displaced people taking refuge in those very schools while Israel attacked them. I think about how unfair and cruel that is.
And then I see the trees. My favourite trees, Gum trees that are native to my land. And I think about how the native trees in Gaza are being destroyed and bulldozed, very important trees that mean a lot to the Palestinian people. And those trees are being taken away by Israel.
Then there are houses, homes and people going about their day. I watch them from my car window and I want to cry still. Because the people in Gaza have no homes, they don't get to go about their day.
I think about the displaced people in Gaza, who are lucky to have a tent to sleep in. Because Israel has bombed their homes, rained white phosphorus above their homes, bulldozed over their homes, forced the Palestinian people to flee from their homes.
I'm barely holding in my tears, because I'm in the car on the way to my own home and the people in Gaza don't get to do that.
We pass the shops, and my throat starts to close up because there's people buying ice cream and groceries for their families. And the people in Gaza are being starved by Israel.
The people in Gaza don't get to have ice cream, they can't do their grocery shopping. They don't even have enough food for their own children because Israel refuses to let any aid trucks in, because they control all the borders and entries into Gaza.
We pass by a chemist in particular and I think about all the children in Gaza not being able to receive medical care. Because the hospitals are being attacked by Israel. Because no medical aid can get in. Because they have doctors being killed.
And then we pass by the park. The park is empty. And I think about the empty parks in Gaza. Because there are no children to play on the swings, no children to run and laugh. Because the children are crying instead. The children have no legs to play because they've been bombed. They can't laugh because white phosphorus has burned through their faces. They can't do anything because they are frozen in fear.
Theses children who should be filling up empty parks are holding their baby siblings, trying to keep them alive because their parents, aunt's and uncles, have all been slaughtered by the IDF. These children who should be laughing are screaming out for help because members of the IDF are raping them.
These children who should be having fun at the park are prisoners of Israel for throwing rocks at tanks like the boy David who threw a rock at the giant Goliath to save his people. And these children are being tortured in these prisons because they were hopeful and brave.
These children who should be with their families at the park are dying. Are dead. A lying beneath the ruble. Are cold and limp with no air in their lungs. These children are in pieces scattered across the blood drenched ground.
They should have been at the park today.
I can hear a man talking on the radio, and he's talking about unimportant nonsense things and I feel angry. I feel frustrated. Because why is no one else talking about this!? Why is no one talking about what's happening to these people!??
We pass by the fresh water creak right before my house and I want to scream! Because I know there's no fresh water in Gaza. I know there are Palestinians dying of dehydration and yet there is fresh, drinkable water running right there! But the water in Palestine has been polluted by blood and disease, and the seawater Israel has flooded their water supply with.
And when I get to my bed I finally scream and cry and punch my mattress to get all my emotions out.
Now I'm numb and writing this so that someone will see it, hoping that someone will understand, hoping that someone will fight even harder for the people of Palestine.
I'm hoping that they can enjoy their beaches again. I hope that's sometime soon.
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PALESTINE
Help the Palestinian People with a Click | arab.org
https://www.justiceforall.org/ HEY THE ICJ IS ASKING FOR EVIDENCE OF ISRAELS CRIMES AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS VIDEO AND PHOTO SUBMISSIONS ARE ALLOWED
Palestine 101 — the palestine academy Palestinian history to educate your self
Defund Israel (defund-israel.com)
PCRF
Yemanya (p.19) • Salty Licorice (spotify.com) every time u stream this song all funds go to Palestine
Take Action - Defund Israel - Google Docs
FAQ | Decolonize Palestine
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Israel-Palestine war: How Israel has tried and failed to divide Palestinians | Middle East Eye
CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST (crisesinthemiddleast.carrd.co)
Help Palestinian (helppalestine.carrd.co)
CONGO
abusin' me - song and lyrics by YANAtheartist | Spotify everytime u stream this song all funds go to the people of Congo who are facing a genocide
Raising Consciousness About the Challenge of the Congo - Friends of the Congo
THE EXPLOITATION OF LABOR IN CONGO (google.com)
Congo Action (@congoaction) • Instagram photos and videos
Revive Congo 🇨🇩 (@revivecongo) • Instagram photos and videos
Panzi Hospital and Foundation (@panzifoundation) • Instagram photos and videos
DR Congo - Free the Slaves
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Africa Live this week: 30 October-5 November 2023 - BBC News
SUDAN
Keep Eyes On Sudan
Sudan War Monitor | Substack
Sara | BS on blast (@bsonblast) • Instagram photos and videos
Nas Al Sudan (@nasalsudan) • Instagram photos and videos
Project Taghyir (@project.taghyir) • Instagram photos and videos
Yousra Elbagir (@yousraelbagir) • Instagram photos and videos
Sudan crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help | World Vision
#SudanSyllabus.docx - Google Docs
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Darfur, Sudan | International Criminal Court (icc-cpi.int)
Videos show African ethnic groups rounded up in Sudan’s Darfur region | CNN
Sudan conflict: Thousands flee fresh ethnic killings in Darfur - BBC News
Five things to know about the crisis in Sudan | UNHCR
SUDAN GENOCIDE EMERGENCY (genocidewatch.com)
YEMEN
Freedom Bakeries (@freedombakeries) • Instagram photos and videos
Islamic Relief Australia - Your Belief In Action: Creating a better World
International Rescue Committee | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Home - Mona Relief
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Yemen crisis | UNICEF
CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST (crisesinthemiddleast.carrd.co)
YEMEN & HOW TO HELP (yemencrisis.carrd.co)
Help for Yemen
Yemen: The Largest Humanitarian Crisis (yemenhumancrisis.carrd.co)
SYRIA
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Human rights in Syria Amnesty International
Syria | Stop Genocide Now
CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST (crisesinthemiddleast.carrd.co)
Syria Needs Help
Lebanon
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Help Lebanon
Lebanon & Ways to Help (lebanoncrisis.carrd.co)
HELP LEBANON (oc-lebanon.carrd.co)
Beirut explosion: 7 ways to help Lebanon victims right now (fastcompany.com)
Women call for rights, lead change in Lebanon protests | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera
IRAN
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Iran | Country Page | World | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
MOROCCO
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The World’s Platform for Change · Change.org
WESTERN SAHARA
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ARMENIA
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‘Genocide is happening before our eyes’: Armenian Americans push for US action against Azerbaijan | California | The Guardian
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict | Global Conflict Tracker (cfr.org)
Help the Armenian Community (helparmenians.carrd.co)
Behind the Flare-Up Along Armenia-Azerbaijan Border - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
AFGHANISTAN
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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (genocidewatch.com)
CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST (crisesinthemiddleast.carrd.co)
help afghanistan.
TIGRAY
Tigray Conflict | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
Ethiopia’s Invisible Ethnic Cleansing | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
Ethiopia (genocidewatch.com)
KURDISTAN
A forgotten genocide: 100 years of solitude for the Kurds (cfri-irak.com)
Conflict Watchlist 2023: Kurdish Regions (acleddata.com)
HAITI
80 Years On, Dominicans And Haitians Revisit Painful Memories Of Parsley Massacre : Parallels : NPR
Haiti | genocidewatch
Mission of Hope on X: "NO MORE | An Urgent Update on Haiti. #prayforHaiti THREAD: https://t.co/K7w4Gpj3D0" / X (twitter.com)
UYGHURS
Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide? - BBC News
How One Uyghur Woman Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp (businessinsider.com)
China (genocidewatch.com)
Stand With Uyghurs (hearuyghurs.carrd.co)
Save The Uighurs
Help The Uyghurs
KASHMIR
As Kashmir’s Hindus face targeted killings, hundreds flee valley | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
Call the crime in Kashmir by its name: Ongoing genocide (theconversation.com)
Free Kashmir (howtohelpkashmir.carrd.co)
CAMEROON
Policy Brief: Risk of Mass Atrocities in Cameroon - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org)
WEST PAUPA
Country Report: West Papua (genocidewatch.com)
‘The kids had all been tortured’: Indonesian military accused of targeting children in West Papua | Papua New Guinea | The Guardian
Why Indonesia fails to address the West Papua conflict | Human Rights | Al Jazeera
West Papua: The Genocide That Is Being Ignored by The World (thelastamericanvagabond.com)
Human Rights - Free West Papua Campaign
BURMA/MYANMAR
Burma Genocide - United States Department of State
NIGERIA
Conflict Watchlist 2023: Nigeria (acleddata.com)
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