they were kids. real kids. kids with lives and dreams and hopes. they had favorite colors and foods and things to do and places to be. some were too young to have any of those things actually. some were infants and toddlers who didn’t get the chance to grow and live and become their own people. they smiled and laughed. don’t forget that. please don’t forget that. don’t let the gore and violence desensitize you. don’t let these children become just bags of unrecognizable pieces of bone and tissue. don’t let them become just masses covered in white clothe. don’t let them become corpses in a mass grave. don’t let them become numbers. don’t forget who they were.
how can you look at those innocent faces, look at that father holding his children in plastic bags, and say that they deserved this?
how can you look at any of these children and say they deserved it?
Nasr Abel Aziz Eleyan (1941) - Palestinian figurative painter whose individual style is concerned with cultural Palestinian traditions. His paintings depict the rural life of Palestinian farmers and the traditional Palestinian way of life.
Photos of Palestinians performing Dabke at Dar El Tifel school in Jerusalem by National Geographic foreign editorial staff writer and photographer Thomas Abercrombie (1974-1975).
For those asking about resources to learn more about Palestine, the Palestinian Feminist Collective had shared the below toolkit which I think is neat.
We call upon all our communities and co-strugglers to take immediate action: to get informed, to spread awareness, to speak out and up, to organize, mobilize, and to commit to standing on the right side of history. This toolkit is an offering and invitation to all lovers of freedom to join or deepen your engagement in the struggle for Palestinian liberation at this critical moment.
We are currently witnessing all the forces of empire mobilize against the Palestinian people, and our steadfast struggle for freedom. The genocide in the Gaza Strip is a continuation of a concerted campaign the Zionist settler colonial regime has been waging against Palestinian bodies, land, and culture for nearly a century. In just the first six days of this assault, Israeli Occupation Forces dropped more than 6,000 bombs on Palestinians in Gaza-amounting in strength to one quarter of a nuclear bomb. The relentless aerial bombardment has targeted all life, killing more than 7,000 Palestinians, including close to 3,000 children.
(this is a list of informative sources, materials, stores, charities, books, documentaries etc to better help Palestinians, learn about the Palestinian struggle, and educate yourselves on us as a people. This list will be added on to with more links as they are recommended to me.)
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