If I were the US president, I would have ended ties with Israel long ago.
Israel has stated multiple times that they don't care about the civilians in Palestine, hell they don't care who gets hurt in general. All Israel wants is genocide, anyone who supports Israel wants genocide, and anyone who goes like "Well it's complicated" or remains silent is genocide complicit.
Silence.
Is.
Violence.
There's a poem, it's called "First they came for" and it's by Martin Niemöller, it shows that silence does nothing, and in the end, there will be no one to help you because you were silent.
I wanted to do a modern retelling of it, here it is (Note: This is from the perspective of someone who is silent on politics):
First they came for the socialists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for black people—and I did not speak out—because I was not black.
Then they came for the disabled—and I did not speak out—because I was not disabled.
Then they came for trans people—and I did not speak out—because I was not trans.
Then they came for gay people—and I did not speak out—because I was not gay.
Then they came for unionists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a unionist.
Then they came for Palestinians—and I did not speak out—because I was not Palestinian.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
A reminder that this blog (Same with my other blogs) is Pro-Palestine and pro-Land Back.
If I end up posting anything onto here, it will be about how Legacies is pro-Palestine. I do not support Zionism, genocide, racism, and Islamophobia, I also do not support anti-Semitism. Another reminder is that there are Christians and Jews in Palestine, these people are also getting killed by Israel's genocidal campaign. Palestine isn't strictly Muslim and is even home to some of the oldest buildings (Churches, libraries, mosques, etc), those buildings are getting destroyed by the bombings.
I’m very thankful for everyone who has reblogged pro-Palestine content from me. I’m proud that people are doing the right thing.
Please keep it up! Not just from me, but from anyone who supports Palestinian liberation.
Hey! If you’re looking for ways to help people in Palestine, here’s something you can do right now!
These are a few fundraisers I found on Operation Olive Branch’s google doc. Donate what you can and share these fundraisers! Remember every donation, even a small one counts.
Fundraiser for Bilal Hammad and his family. His wife, Amira is struggling with cancer, and recently had a miscarriage. Their 10 year old daughter has vision loss because of white phosphorus. An airstrike took their 8 month old baby from them. They are trying to evacuate so they can live in safety and get the medical treatment that they need. Donate here and share their go fund me
They are line 6 on the Operation Olive Branch google doc. Here’s a link to their instagram.
Suheir Hojok’s family, consisting of elderly, young children, and a new born. They’ve been displaced several times. They are trying to leave Gaza and go to Australia where they can start a new life. They are line 350 on the operation Olive Branch doc. Here is the fundraiser
Khalil Al-Najjar, his wife Hadeel and very young daughter Ghazal (I believe she is 6 months). They are line 340 on operation Olive Branch. Here is the fundraiser link. Here is their instagram
Mahmoud Abu Harb and his family. They have a daughter under one year old. She was 3 months old when the war began. They are struggling to feed her because of how expensive food has become. They are line 187. Link to their fundraiser and their insta.
Banan Hammad and his family. They have a 1 month old baby, he was born in a tent on the Rafah border. They are line 184. Here is the fundraiser and Banan’s instagram
The Qudaih family. They have elderly and young children and they’ve been displaced several times. They are line 382 on the OOB google doc. Here is the fundraiser
Small rant about colonialism and Israel's genocidal campaign
The fact that people continue to support Israel when there are PICTURES of what the hell is happening in Gaza disgusts me.
A four-day ceasefire isn't enough, it needs to be a permanent ceasefire.
I don't even want to think about what will happen when the ceasefire ends...
The dead children, the mothers, the fathers, the sisters, the brothers, the friends...
And then the videos and photographs of the civilians..
All the heartbreaking images I seen, it's permanently in my mind.
"Oh but Hamas-"
SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH YOU GENOCIDE-LOVING MANIAC!
PALESTINE ISN'T HAMAS, CIVILIANS AREN'T HAMAS, GAZA ISN'T HAMAS, THE WEST BANK ISN'T HAMAS!
A MAJORITY OF GAZA'S POPULATION WERE CHILDREN WHEN HAMAS GOT IN POWER! AND A MAJORITY OF GAZA'S POPULATION ARE STILL CHILDREN!
Just admit you like watching innocent children die you fucking monsters.
"Palestinians are like Nazis!"
NO THEY FUCKING AREN'T! KINDNESS IS A HUGE PART OF PALESTINIAN CULTURE!
PALESTINE DIDN'T ATTACK FIRST WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARRIVED, IT WAS ISRAEL THAT ATTACKED FIRST!
IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST I HAVE SEEN THEY KICKED NAZIS OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND NAZIS!
PALESTINIANS. ARE. NOT. NAZIS!
"From the river to the sea Israel will be free."
"Free Israel."
FREE ISRAEL FROM WHAT? THE MAP!?
ISRAEL DOESN'T NEED TO BE FUCKING FREED FROM ANYTHING EXCEPT FROM THOSE GENOCIDAL RIGHT-WINGS!
"Oh so you're an anti-Semitic person because you support Palestine!"
I AM SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GENOCIDE! HOW DOES THAT MAKE ME ANTI-SEMITIC!?
And then there's Israel's propaganda.
What a ton of bullshit.
Creating a fake website and claiming it's an official Hamas website that will cause a virus on devices to try to justify genocide? Bullshit.
Using A.I generated images to make it seem like people are supporting Israel? More bullshit.
Using dentures and implants and claim that it's the teeth of children? Bullshit. And let's not forget that dentists pointed out that it was dentures and implants, and that those didn't look like the teeth of children.
All the attempts to try to get people to sympathize with Israel have been bullshit.
The only thing Israel has succeeded in is showing their ass to the world.
Fuck America, fuck the U.K, and fuck Israel.
"What does the U.K have to do with this?"
Clearly we're forgetting that for a time the U.K was colonizing Palestine, after WWI they took it over as a "mandate".
"Palestine colonized Israel first!"
I'd like to see your source for that. Clearly you never paid attention in history. Palestine never colonized Israel.
I will never support Israel or any nation that funds their genocide. I will never listen to people who try to "justify" Israel's genocide. I will always stand with Palestine.
this is exactly why i refuse to take zionists who say "but the hostages!!! the war would be over if hamas gave back the hostages!!1!!?!" because they've literally tried. they have continued to try. netanyahu does not give a single fuck about the hostages, his own fucking citizens. time and time again netanyahu has rejected any semblance of peace, because he doesn't want it.
Honestly did not know there was a requested day of action/media black out for the 2nd of March.
To help I have collected some resources in this post. This one is going to be Australia focused but applicable to other countries (at least some actions)
Join me and my work colleagues to pressure Australian Universities to cut ties with Israel and demand a permanent ceasefire. Sign the petition here we need 1000 signatures and its open to everyone
Keep up to date with Australian Palestine Advocacy Network. APAN lists events coming up for each state
If you are in South Australia follow Australian Friends of Palestine Association on instagram for latest boycotts and protests
Sign the petition to reinstate funding to UNRWA (takes less than 2 minutes) Australian only
Make sure you boycott companies on the BDS website. They have Australia relevant boycotts too
Email and Call up Senator Penny Wongs and the Prime Ministers office! Write down key points: Your name, where you’re from, how you are concerned and upset about the genocide in Palestine, demand that Australia do more to prevent further death, over 80% of Australians want a ceasefire. Currently we demanding that Australia reinstate UNRWA funding and we stop supplying arms to Israel. If calling stresses you out do it out of office hours and leave a message.
Contact local MPs and councils and demand they pass a ceasefire motion.
Donate eSIMs (extremely easy to do! Ive hit link limit google gazaesims) and donate to humanitarian organisations (image below)