#Aed Abu Amro

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The conflict between Israel and Palestine is defined by an overwhelming technological and military disparity. Israel, equipped with cutting-edge weapons, including AI-guided missiles and advanced defense systems, confronts a Palestinian resistance limited to makeshift weapons and relics salvaged from past wars (from the sea). This imbalance leaves Palestinians with no real chance of defense or safety. Cities like Gaza lie in ruins, and civilians, with no refuge, are trapped in a relentless cycle of destruction.

If God were to observe His children indifferent to consciously processing the unjust slaughter of innocent lives, they would understand that every genocide births a diabolical mind capable of even greater devastation. Death is its fuel, and the silence of Christians is the pleasure that drives it.

O conflito entre Israel e Palestina é marcado por uma disparidade tecnológica e militar impressionante. Israel, com acesso ao que há de mais avançado em armamentos, incluindo mísseis guiados por IA e sistemas de defesa sofisticados, enfrenta uma resistência palestina que se limita a armas artesanais, antigas, reutilizados de resgates de outras guerras (fundo do mar). Essa desproporção faz com que os palestinos não tenham nenhuma chance real de defesa ou segurança. As cidades palestinas, como Gaza, estão em ruínas, e a população civil, sem qualquer refúgio ou proteção, se torna alvo direto desse poderio descomunal, condenada a um ciclo de destruição e morte sem saída.

Se Deus observa a todos seus filhos indiferentes ao conscientemente processarem tantas vidas inocentes ceifadas injustamente, saberiam que de todo genocidio nasce uma mente diabólica, capaz de dizimar ainda mais, a morte é o seu motor e o silêncio do cristão o seu prazer que o move.

[poison-er]

Aed Abu Amro photographed by Mustafa Hassona during a protest in Gaza, 22 October 2018

[hzaidan]

Aed Abu Amro (born 1999) is a young Palestinian from Zeitoun, Gaza in the blockaded Gaza strip. He became an iconic figure when a powerful image of him, taken by photojournalist Mustafa Hassona during the Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 22 October 2018���

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I mean, just look at this photo of Aed Abu Amro taken on October 22 2018 by Mustafa Hassona

And other Palestinians fighting against Israeli forces using the same type of slingshot

While, yes, there are armed forces fighting against the IOF and armed settler colonists, but slingshots and rocks are used as well

Wow.

I hadn't thought of it like that.

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[lostincitylight]

When the world becomes “photogenic” in this way, history is mortified, rendered impotent, and reduced to “indifference toward what things want to say”.

[redelli]

Aed Abu Amro, Gaza 2018

[momo33me]

A picture can say a thousand words, but in today’s ever-connected world, the good ones can generate even more retweets. A viral image taken in Gaza by photojournalist Mustafa Hassona, which depicts a bare-chested Palestinian protester holding a large flag and wielding a sling, has achieved both of these feats.

The photograph was taken as protests continue on the border of Israel. Gaza's health ministry said 32 Palestinians were wounded as demonstrators threw stones at Israeli forces, who responded with tear gas and live fire. The image has provoked a huge reaction online, with social media users likening it to Liberty Leading the People, the iconic Eugene Delacroix painting of the French Revolution.

From the moment we sleepily check our phones in the morning, most of us are bombarded with information and imagery, some of which can be disturbing. This photograph is undeniably striking, but the online reaction displays a worrying tone of detachment in the face of human suffering that is becoming all too common.

Paintings such as Delacroix’s have decorated gallery walls for centuries. Encased within ornate gold frames and protected by glass, their figures are distant, providing us with the romantic fantasy of a world gone by. They might be based on historical events, but our minds can easily decipher that there’s nothing real behind the flat oily surface of the canvas.

But Hassona’s photograph couldn’t be more real. Behind its palpable kinetic energy and visual dynamism lies one of the most desperate human rights situations in the world.

The flag bearer, identified by Al Jazeera as 20 year-old Aed Abu Amro, is one of almost two million people that are trapped on the tiny Gaza strip, unable to leave. This year has seen hundreds of deaths at the hands of Israeli forces, who have been condemned by the United Nations for using “excessive force” against protestors. Unarmed medics, such as 21 year-old Razan al-Najjar, are among the fatalities. A 12 year-old boy was shot dead earlier this month. A UN report has warned that Israel's blockade will make Gaza, the world’s third most densely populated area, “uninhabitable“ by 2020. 97 per cent of the territory’s drinking water is undrinkable and there are only four hours of electricity a day.

These facts are distressing to read. But this hopeless situation has been facilitated by governments across the world enabling what will one day be universally accepted as crimes against humanity.

Romanticising the image of a desperate man taking on an army allows us to justify its circumstances and distract ourselves from the grim truth that, in the real world, David rarely defeats Goliath. Aed could die today, tomorrow, or the week after that. If he keeps protesting, it is almost an inevitability.

Protesting is, of course, a choice. But it is also a choice for Israel to continue flouting international law by building on Palestinian land and planning to demolish Palestinian villages – a potential war crime. It was a choice for the US to deliberately inflame the situation by moving its embassy to Jerusalem, causing unnecessary bloodshed and anguish. Left to swelter without a trace of hope in what is essentially an open air prison where 50 per cent of children express no will to live, as the world looks the other way, is there not a chance we would all do the same?

In the most tasteless responses, social media users have remarked on Aed’s chiselled jaw and physique. This overt fetishisation of his suffering is obscene, but the idea that the pain and anguish of marginalised groups is a price worth paying for beautiful art is a notion far older than even the paintings of Delacroix.

From Asad’s chemical weapon attacks in Syria, to the bodies of refugee children washed up on the beaches of Europe, images have a radical, empathy-spreading power that can change the world. But the flippant reaction this particular shot, of someone literally risking being shot, represents our growing detachment from pain and lack of collective responsibility for it.

Don’t let this photograph fool you: there is nothing beautiful or poetic about the oppression of Palestinians. Beyond the lens, the constant misery of wasted life and unnecessary death in Gaza continues - we must not let that drift out of focus.

[burntblackfeathers]

Hello, I saw that you reblogged my post about the comparisions between the Delacroix and the brave guy in Palestine. You said that he was shot? Do you know his name? I want to search about him. I totally understand the meaning of this pic and all the history behind it. I'm sorry if in some way, my post was offensive. It wasn't my intention.

Hi, his name is Aed Abu Amro. 

Don’t worry, I didn’t find your post offensive, I love the comparison. I am more concerned that people will idolise this one man and completely detatch from the very real, very dangerous situation in Palestine that is still happening. 

Thanks for reaching out :)

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The flag bearer, identified by Al Jazeera as 20 year-old Aed Abu Amro, is one of almost two million people that are trapped on the tiny Gaza strip, unable to leave. This year has seen hundreds of deaths at the hands of Israeli forces, who have been condemned by the United Nations for using “excessive force” against protestors. Unarmed medics, such as 21 year-old Razan al-Najjar, are among the fatalities. A 12 year-old boy was shot dead earlier this month. A UN report has warned that Israel's blockade will make Gaza, the world’s third most densely populated area, “uninhabitable“ by 2020. 97 per cent of the territory’s drinking water is undrinkable and there are only four hours of electricity a day.

[tdshay]

Iconic Palestinian protester shot by Israel says he was deliberately targeted

In an interview with Middle East Eye, Aed Abu Amro says Israel singled him out and that he was defending his homeland

Source: Iconic Palestinian protester shot by Israel says he was deliberately targeted

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Mustafa Hassona, Palestinian Territory13th attempt to break the Gaza blockade by sea, 22 October, 20182019 Sony World Photography AwardsPhotograph Aed Abu Amro (born 1999) is a young Palestinian from Zeitoun, Gaza in the blockaded Gaza strip. He became an iconic figure when a powerful image of him, taken by photojournalist Mustafa Hassona during the Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 22…

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Aed Abu Amro, 20, is the owner of a small kiosk that sells cigarettes in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City’s south side. On October 22 he reached internet infamy after photographer for Anadolu Agency Mustafa Hassouna captured a shirtless Abu Amro gripping a Palestinian flag firmly in one hand and a slingshot in the other during a protest at…

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💥Entre delacroix et Robert Capa @lemondefr Le photographe de l’agence de presse turque Anadolu, Mustafa Hassona, a photographié le 22 octobre un jeune palestinien manifestant contre le blocus de Gaza fait par Israel. Dans un nuage de fumée noire, rappelant celle qui est blanche du tableau de Delacroix, se dessine la silhouette d’Aed Abu Amro, 22 ans. Semblable à l’allégorie de la Liberté, dans la peinture de 1830, il brandit de sa main droite un drapeau, son torse est nu et il est au cœur d’une scène de combat. La ressemblance frappante entre les deux images a très rapidement été soulevée sur les réseaux sociaux. Elle a été relayée massivement, dépassant son statut de photo de presse, pour devenir une « icône ». Aed Abu Amro raconte à Al Jazeera qu’il manifeste tous les vendredi et lundi. Et d’ajouter : « Je porte toujours le même drapeau quand je manifeste. Mes amis se moquent de moi me disant que ce serait plus simple de lancer des cailloux sans, mais je m’y suis habitu��. Si je me fais tuer, je veux être roulé dans ce drapeau ». - Photo : Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu @anadoluajansi - #Gaza #LaLiberteGuidantlePeuple #Photojournalisme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZ4Tx4BvZa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=isigsmjirv2g

[hzaidan]

Aed Abu Amro (born 1999) is a young Palestinian from Zeitoun, Gaza in the blockaded Gaza strip. He became an iconic figure when a powerful image of him, taken by photojournalist Mustafa Hassona during the Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 22 October 2018…

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[tdshay]

Iconic Palestinian protester shot by Israel says he was deliberately targeted In an interview with Middle East Eye, Aed Abu Amro says Israel singled him out and that he was defending his homeland Source: Iconic Palestinian protester shot by Israel says he was deliberately targeted