#amal saad

[saddayfordemocracy]

How the Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Solidarity

The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem. At the time, the Israeli government made public displays of the Palestinian flag a criminal offense in Gaza and the West Bank. 

To circumvent the ban, Palestinians began using the watermelon because, when cut open, the fruit bears the national colors of the Palestinian flag—red, black, white, and green.  

The Israeli government didn't just crack down on the flag. Artist Sliman Mansour told The National in 2021 that Israeli officials in 1980 shut down an exhibition at 79 Gallery in Ramallah featuring his work and others, including Nabil Anani and Issam Badrl. “They told us that painting the Palestinian flag was forbidden, but also the colors were forbidden. So Issam said, ‘What if I were to make a flower of red, green, black and white?’, to which the officer replied angrily, ‘It will be confiscated. Even if you paint a watermelon, it will be confiscated,’” Mansour told the outlet.

Israel lifted the ban on the Palestinian flag in 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, which entailed mutual recognition by Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and were the first formal agreements to try to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The flag was accepted as representing the Palestinian Authority, which would administer Gaza and the West Bank.

In the wake of the accords, the New York Times nodded to the role of watermelon as a stand-in symbol during the flag ban. “In the Gaza Strip, where young men were once arrested for carrying sliced watermelons—thus displaying the red, black and green Palestinian colors—soldiers stand by, blasé, as processions march by waving the once-banned flag,” wrote Times journalist John Kifner.

In 2007, just after the Second Intifada, artist Khaled Hourani created The Story of the Watermelon for a book entitled Subjective Atlas of Palestine. In 2013, he isolated one print and named it The Colours of the Palestinian Flag, which has since been seen by people across the globe.

The use of the watermelon as a symbol resurged in 2021, following an Israeli court ruling that Palestinian families based in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem would be evicted from their homes to make way for settlers.

The watermelon symbol today:

In January, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gave police the power to confiscate Palestinian flags. This was later followed by a June vote on a bill to ban people from displaying the flag at state-funded institutions, including universities. (The bill passed preliminary approval but the government later collapsed.)

In June, Zazim, an Arab-Israeli community organization, launched a campaign to protest against the ensuing arrests and confiscation of flags. Images of watermelons were plastered on to 16 taxis operating in Tel Aviv, with the accompanying text reading, “This is not a Palestinian flag.”

“Our message to the government is clear: we will always find a way to circumvent any absurd ban and we will not stop fighting for freedom of expression and democracy,” said Zazim director Raluca Ganea. 

Amal Saad, a Palestinian from Haifa who worked on the Zazim campaign, told Al-Jazeera they had a clear message: “If you want to stop us, we’ll find another way to express ourselves.”

Words courtesy of BY ARMANI SYED / TIME

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these palestinian suvivors & their families have bravely reached out to me asking for aid & public support. please consider donating, & share this post with as many people as possible.

fadi ayyad is an 18 yr old & the son of a prominate gazan educator. there are 8 people benefitted by this urgent fundrasier, 4 of them children. (verified here)

muhammad al-habil is a father of three young children, ahmed, osama, & mira. this urgent fundrasier also provides urgent need to his his father, his mother, his wife. (verified here)

iyad sami & amal mahmoud, married for 13 yrs, are the sole caregivers of their 4 children, sami, mohammad, sarah, & saad. this family of six are seeking support via this fundraiser. (verified here)

ahmed alanqar is an accountant & the loving husband of dina alanqar. this urgent fundraiser aids their three young children zeina, eileen, & yamen. (verified here)

[opencommunion]

recommended resources on Lebanese resistance and its context

this has been in my drafts for a long time bc I wanted to find more audio resources but in light of recent events I'm posting as is, and will add more later. pdfs for texts without links can be found on libgen ⭐ = start with these 📺 = video resource 🎧 = audio resource Hizballah ⭐ Lara Deeb, "Hizballah and Its Civilian Constituencies," in The War on Lebanon: A Reader, eds. Nubar Hovsepian and Rashid Khalidi (2007)

⭐🎧 Electronic Intifada Podcast with Rania Khalek, "Why Hizballah would deal Israel a deadly blow" (2024)

⭐🎧 Electronic Intifada Podcast with Amal Saad, "How Hizballah Aims to Deter Israel" (2024)

📺 Rania Khalek, Interview with Hezbollah's Second-in-Command Sheikh Naim Qassem (2023)

🎧 Rania Khalek and Julia Kassem, "The Hybrid War on Lebanon is All About Weakening Hezbollah" (2022)

Hassan Nasrallah, "Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah," ed. Nicholas Noe (2007)

Judith Harik, "Hizballah's Public and Social Services and Iran," in Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the last 500 years (2006) Sarah Marusek, Faith and Resistance: The Politics of Love and War in Lebanon (2018)

Abed T. Kanaaneh, Understanding Hezbollah: The Hegemony of Resistance (2021)

Karim Makdisi, "The Oct. 8 War: Lebanon's Southern Front" (2024) Political theory ⭐ Ussama Makdisi, "Understanding Sectarianism," in The War on Lebanon: A Reader, eds. Nubar Hovsepian and Rashid Khalidi (2007)

⭐ Rula Juri Abisaab and Malek Abisaab, The Shi'ites of Lebanon: Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists (2014)

Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism, 1860-1914 (2010) Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael, The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon (1998) 2006 war ⭐ Gilbert Achcar and Michel Warschawski, The 33-Day War: Israel's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences (2007)

The Electronic Intifada with Dahr Jamail, "The world just sat by" (2006)

The Electronic Intifada with Bilal El-Amine, "Lebanon in Context" (2006) The War on Lebanon: A Reader, eds. Nubar Hovsepian and Rashid Khalidi (2007)

Civil war and 1982 invasion ⭐📺 Up to the South, dir. Jayce Salloum and Walid Ra'ad (1993)

⭐📺 Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon, dir. Mai Masri and Jean Khalil Chamoun (1987)

⭐ Souha Bechara, Resistance: My Life for Lebanon (2003)

Jean Said Makdisi, Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir (1990)

Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, Sabra and Shatila, September 1982 (2004) Ottoman era Charles Al-Hayek, "How, then, did you try to rebel?"

Lebanon Unsettled, "Lebanon's Popular Uprisings"

Axel Havemann, "The Impact of Peasant Resistance on Nineteenth Century Mount Lebanon," in Peasants and Politics in the Modern Middle East (1991) Ussama Makdisi, The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon (2000)

Peter Hill, "How Global was the Age of Revolutions? The Case of Mount Lebanon, 1821" (2020) Mark Farha, "From Anti-imperial Dissent to National Consent: the First World War and the Formation of a Trans-sectarian National Consciousness in Lebanon" (2015) French mandate era ⭐ Kais Firro, Inventing Lebanon: Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate (2002) Sana Tannoury-Karam, "Founding the Lebanese Left: From Colonial Rule to Independence" (2021) Idir Ouahes, Syria and Lebanon Under the French Mandate: Cultural Imperialism and the Workings of Empire (2018)

Malek Abisaab, Militant Women of a Fragile Nation (2009) Misc ⭐📺 Leila and the Wolves, dir. Heiny Srour and Sabah Jabbour (1984)

⭐ Fawwaz Traboulsi, A History of Modern Lebanon (2007)

Karim Makdisi, "Lebanon's October 2019 Uprising" (2021)

[abosamisblog]

Help me and my family escape this raging war in order to survive.

I have been married to Amal Mahmoud for thirteen years, and we have four children: Sami, Mohammad, Sarah, and Saad. We are from Palestine, specifically the Gaza Strip, which has been under siege for over eighteen years.

Now, we no longer have a home, and my family lives in a refugee school in the Al-Zaytoun area of northern Gaza, while I live in a tent in Deir al-Balah. I haven't seen my children or my wife for over eight months.

My children and wife are suffering from continuous bombing, lack of resources to live in peace, and a shortage of food and water. Here, I am enduring severe psychological and physical pressures due to my inability to be with them and meet their needs.

I ask anyone who reads my story to look upon us with compassion and help me raise even a small amount of money so that we can leave this country and find a safe place to live. We seek a country that offers us safety and a decent life, far from wars, genocide, and lack of security. We need shelter, food, water, education, and healthcare for me and my family.

My previous account was verified by many people, but unfortunately, it was banned, and I had to create a new account. Please share my new account and help my family reach a larger audience for support and assistance.

Thank you

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My account vetted by @90-ghost

and vetted by

@northgazaupdates

Vetted link 🖇️

My old account// @eyadeyadsblog

My old post//

Note:27/7/2024:

I was sitting with my 4-year-old son, Saad, in a displacement school in Deir al-Balah when the school was targeted by four rockets. I was injured in my leg, while my son suffered injuries all over his body and, unfortunately, lost his sight later. During the attack, I lost my mobile phone and all the data on it. I created a new account on Tumblr and ask anyone who reads my story to help me share it.

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

The penultimate part of my story, The House of Glass. Tintin's investigation hits a wall. Follows directly from this!

If you're enjoying this comic, please consider donating to Eyad, he is a father of four trying to evacuate his family from the Gaza strip. His wife Amal, and their kids, Sami (11), Mohammad (9), Sarah (7) and Saad (5) are currently in a displacement school in the Zaytoun area. Eyad has been separated from his family, and is currently living in a tent in the Dier al-Balah area.

His blog is @abosamisblog

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

verified fundraisers from today and yesterday. please please continue to share and donate in whatever capacity you can. any support you give could easily save lives.

june 3rd & 4th:

Maysara Shaqoura has evacuated but needs urgent heart surgery to save his life (€30,517/€45,000) - @maysarashaquro

Hanaa Ibrahim, her six young cousins (ages ranging from 2 to 14), and their families ($33,048/$100,000)

Shahad Abu Musa and her family of seven (including a child needing vital medical care) ($9,478/$40,000) - @shahdhatem

Laila Shaqoura, her four siblings, and their parents (their mother is pregnant and needs prenatal care) (€8,144/€45,000) - @lailashaqoura

Eman Saad, her 3-year-old son, and her elderly mother (£5,657/£60,000)

The Maliha family (six siblings and their mother, includes a sick child) (€29,391/€44,000) - @dinamaliha

Mohammed Alanquer, his wife Enas, and their four children, one a newborn (€7,770/€30,000) - @mohamedalanqer

Amal Ashour, her husband, and their baby daughter (€3,378/€30,000) - @moatasim20101010

Mahmoud Khalaf's family of eight (€3,740/€30,000) - @mahmoudkhalaff

Bilal Salah's family of 18, including three newborns and five young children (€31,918/€70,000) - @bilalhammadsblog

i know that link-heavy posts like this can seem intimidating, but please don't just scroll. these individuals and their families need our support now more than ever

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[blubberinganarchist]

LIST OF PALESTIAN FUNDRAISERS 🇵🇸🇵🇸 🍉 🍉

I've noticed that answering the asks directly is not working so here's a list of palestians that have reached out to me. Keep in mind that some of these are unvetted, so you can still donate but do so cautiously. (Also I will try to update as the campaigns more get vetted)

Mohammed and his brothers $3,751 raised of $50,000 goal (currently not vetted)

@happyladyparadise Lavine Akoth. Donate to her paypal (the pinned post on her account says it was vetted, but I cannot find futher proof of this unfortunatly)

@ahmed-fathi-gaza the Ahmed Fathi family: €19,912 raised of €80,000 goal (vetted by @90-ghost)

@ahmedhells-blog Ahmed and Dina Alanqar: €64,197 raised of €75,000 goal (vetted by @el-shab-hussein and @nabulsi)

Rasha Saad Al-Din and his family €4,662 of their €50,000 goal raised (vetted by @90-ghost)

Ghada and their family: €3,459 of their €20,000 goal raised. (Currently not vetted)

@joyfultidalwaveobject Ayyad and their family €2,320 raised of €25,000 goal (currently not vetted)

@shadowyavenuetaco Bilal and their family £8,035 raised of £50,000 goal (vetted by @90-ghost )

@save-amal-family Mohammed Hijazi and family €33,880 raised of their €40,000 goal (vetted by @90-ghost)

@mariam-gaza Maryam and her family $1,472 raised of $20,000 goal (vetted but only by association)

[thelambliesdown1974]

GAZA FAMILY FUNDRAISERS

Part one of a compiled list of Palestinians that have reached out to me via inbox requesting mutual aid. If you cannot donate please reblog to reach those who can afford to

The Saad Al-Din Family @kareem-sd // €3,137 raised of €50,000 goal // not yet vetted

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-get-my-family-out-of-gaza-their-lives-have-become-v

Sameh Darar @samhderar // €1,062 raised of €50,000 goal // not yet vetted

https://www.gofundme.com/f/zhgmr-help-me-get-my-family-out-of-gaza?attribution_id=sl:441f20ba-79a1-4d8d-9d26-0ef577b62809&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Maher @shadowyavenuetaco // £5,475 raised of £50,000 goal // apparently vetted here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/your-donation-today-new-hope-tomorrow-emergency-support

Ola @olagaza // $49,256 raised of $85,000 goal // #205 here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-olas-pursuit-of-education-amid-crisis

Etaf Al-Qataa @familyetaf1234567 // €2,008 raised of €50,000 goal // not yet vetted

https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-us-get-out-of-lifes-crises-and-the-woes-of-war

Amal @familygazaamal // $959 raised of $30,000 goal // vetted by association

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-amals-family-in-wartorn-gaza-escape-to-egypt

[useless-englandfacts]

We have had an influx of messages from people in Gaza, and so I'm putting them all in one post.

Please have a read of all of them - I've only included a summary of their stories here (you can read their full stories on their respective blogs and gofund.me pages), and the amount raised is at the time of posting.

If you can't afford to give, then at the very least reblog and share this post.

@eyadeyadsblog: CHF10,758 raised of 20,000 goal

My name is Iyad Sami, and I am 36 years old. I have been married to Amal Mahmoud for thirteen years, and we have four children: Sami (11 years), Mohammad (9 years), Sarah (7 years), and Saad (5 years ). We are from Palestine, specifically the Gaza Strip, which has been under siege for more than eighteen years.

gofundme here

@safaabed8: €34,450 raised of €90,000 goal

I'm Safaa, 25 years old, the wife of the best man in the world and the mother of the two most beautiful children, but the war deprived them of their childhood and its beauty. Please read and imagine that you live in my place, what would you do?! If only your family lived with this death and torment at every moment! Can you imagine?

gofundme here

@ahedalshaer: €6,566 raised of €80,000 goal 

Please read this as if I'm a member of your family . maybe your sister, daughter or a friend and as if my family who's under death now is yours. We are Ahed and Samah from Gaza, specifically the city of Rafah. I am Ahed, 22 years old, I study dentistry at Al-Azhar University in Gaza in the fourth year. Samah is 18 years old. She is supposed to be in high school this year. Her family consists of a father, a mother, 3 brothers, and one sister, the father. His name is Naji, the mother’s name is Kawthar, and the brothers are Jamal, Hamdan, and Hamada.

gofundme here

@samhderar: €827 raised of €50,000 goal 

I am Sameh Darar, 25 years old, living in Gaza. I ask you to help me, my friends, we are living a fierce war of extermination and we do not have any means of life, we are a family of 20 people, my father, my mother, my brothers, their wives and 8 young children, we had our own business before the war but the war destroyed everything we lost our work and our big house and now we live in tents after being displaced dozens of times from one place to another to escape the bombing and death.

gofundme here

@asmaamajed2: $9,524 raised of $50,000 goal

Hello, everyone. I am Asmaa, a student of Computer Engineering, 19 years old, and a dreamer. Before the war descended upon Gaza, my life was a canvas painted with hopes and ambitions. I was diligently working towards my goal of becoming a proficient computer engineer, driven by a passion to make a difference through technology.

gofundme here

@heba-baker: €4,448 raised of €60,000 goal 

Hello, I am Heba Al-Anqar, 21 years old, a university student. My university was suspended due to the war. I am writing about my family: my father Bakr (54 years old), my mother Alaa (46 years old), and my sisters Aya (18 years old), Amal (15 years old), Muhammad (13 years old), and Maryam (8 years old). We have faced many challenges in this war, from the destruction of our home to the famine we continue to suffer in northern Gaza.

gofundme here

@majedgaza1: $4,740 USD raised of $70,000 goal 

Hello, my name is Majed, and I am from Gaza. After enduring the horrors of war, my family of five and I fled to Egypt in search of safety. We left everything we owned behind to escape the brutal conflict, and we came out of it with physical and emotional scars that we are now trying to heal. We are desperately trying to build a new life, but we need your help to do so.

gofundme here

@a-ss-123: £1,068 raised of £55,000 goal

I come to you today with a heavy heart, seeking your urgent help and support. for my relatives and their families and I have been through unimaginable hardships due to the ongoing conflict. The occupation has destroyed our home, leaving us without shelter, and our workplace has been reduced to rubble. Even her car, our only means of transportation, has been lost in the devastation.

gofundme here

@yasermohammad: €21,701 raised of €35,000 goal

I am writing to you in a time of dire need, seeking your compassionate assistance for my uncle Mohammed and his five children, who are enduring the severe hardships of the conflict in Gaza. For over 200 days, they have faced unimaginable fear and suffering.

gofundme here

@abdullahgaza: €83,187 raised of €120,000 goal

‏my name is Abedalrahman Salem Alhabil, 21 years. I live in Gaza. I have5 siblings with my parents. I survived from 6 wars in Gaza. And now, I don’t know that will survive from this genocide war. The Israeli aircraft destroyed my house which we lose every thing in our home such as my laptop ( I am a graphic designer ), This means I can’t work again.

gofundme here

@mohammed-665: €3,288 raised of €45,000 goal 

At the mercy of humanity, I requested urgent assistance. My name is Mohammed Helles, and I write to highlight the tragic situation faced by countless others in Gaza. As the world watches, Gaza is drawn into a horrific conflict, with innocent people being lost every day. Unimaginable atrocities were committed, tearing apart and shattering our future.

gofundme here

@hayanahed: €86,591 raised of €100,000 goal 

I'm Haya from Gaza , from a family of 8 people: my parents, two sons, and four daughters (two of them suffer from allergies).

I've witnessed the evidence of the tragedy that has struck our lives in Gaza, where my family and I have survived amidst numerous previous wars. But today, we face the most dangerous and fierce battle in the current war. The urgent need intensifies for us, as we have nothing left and are unable to secure our basic needs such as food, water, and safe shelter.

gofundme here

do note that we are unable to verify the fundraisers sent to us

[starscelly]

now that you're home, i dont have to be alone.

saad yousuf, twitter / vgk@dal 5.25.23 / adrienne rich, sleepwalking next to death / miro heiskanen, instagram / amal el-mohtar, this is how you lose the time war / x / Stars' top pick Miro Heiskanen talks at NHL draft / x / "the pull of you" by the national / dallas stars, instagram / Stars' top pick Miro Heiskanen talks at NHL draft / dallas stars, twitter / ernest hemingway, the garden of eden / miro heiskanen, instagram / x / dal@sea 3.11.23 / the letters of vincent van gogh / yle tv2 promo / lighthousekeeping, jeanette winterson / dallas stars, twitter / (caption) "woof woof" by arthur

[opencommunion]

also I'm working on a full reading list on Lebanese resistance and its historical context, but in the meantime this interview with Amal Saad covers all the basic points I want people to understand about Hizballah and its involvement in the current war:

[workersolidarity]

[ 📹 Scenes from Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, where children are treated after an Israeli airstrike targeted the Muammar family home in the Al-Nasr neighborhood on Friday, resulting in a number of casualties.]

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ISRAELI SLAUGHTER OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES ON DAY 175 OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP

On the 175th day of Israel's ongoing war of genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 7 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of 71 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounding another 112 others over the previous 24-hours.

As a result of another day and night of intense Zionist airstrikes and artillery shelling of residential structures, dozens of casualties were reported among Palestinian civilians, according to local sources.

At the same time, Israeli occupation forces launched several airstrikes targeting the Syrian city of Aleppo last night, along with the bombing of structures in the Damascus countryside, just outside the Syrian capital, resulting in dozens of casualties among Syrian civilians.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported the arrival of three martyrs targeted in an Israeli drone strike in the Wadi Gaza area, while also reporting the wounding of PRCS colleague, Ali Abu Harbeed, who sustained minor injuries after a Zionist airstrike targeted a residential home next to a building the crew member was sheltering inside near Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, IOF warplanes bombed a residential home belonging to the Muammar family, south of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing 12 civilians and wounding a number of others.

Similarly, Zionist fighter jets bombarded the Saad bin Abi Waqas mosque in the Jabalia area, in the north of the Gaza Strip, martyring one woman and wounding several others.

At the same time, occupation air forces bombed several residential buildings near the Al-Wahda Tower, located in the Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City, as well as bombing neighborhoods in the Tal al-Hawa area, south of Gaza City, resulting in large numbers of casualties.

A group of civilians were also wounded after Zionist forces targeted them as they gathered south of the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Simultaneously, occupation aircraft bombarded several buildings in the Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, while occupation artillery forces shelled the same area. However, it is unknown at this time if or how many casualties resulted from the attack as the shelling continues.

Israeli occupation forces also bombarded new buildings in the City of Hope, also known as the City of Prisoners, south of Gaza City, with a total of 9 strikes targeting the area, causing a fire to break out.

Zionist air forces also bombed the residential home of the Musa family, located in the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, killing 8 Palestinians and wounding several others. Among those killed in the airstrike were the husband, his wife, and his children, while several neighbors were injured by the explosion.

In the meantime, Israeli artillery detatchments repeatedly shelled several areas north of the Nuseirat and Al-Bureij Refugee Camps in central Gaza, while occupation gunboats opened fire on civilian homes along the beach in the central governate area.

Elsewhere, the Zionist occupation army launched several firebelts on various areas in the Khan Yunis governate, in the south of Gaza, destroying several residential homes, while at the same time, occupation forces layed siege to Nasser Hospital, where Zionist soldiers murdered a local nurse.

As the bombing and shelling renewed across central and southern Gaza, local paramedic crews recovered the bodies of three civilians who were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Zionist forces also bombarded several residential structures near the Al-Amal Hotel, west of Gaza City, while the occupation army also continues ground operations in and around Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

According to Gaza's Media Office, it is confirmed that the Zionist occupation army executed at least 200 Palestinians during its operations at Al-Shifa Hospital, while also kidnapping and detaining over 1'000 citizens.

A series of explosions were also recorded resulting from the occupation army's bombing and shelling in northern Gaza.

IOF warplanes bombed the premises of the Al-Shujaiya Sports Club, located to the east of Gaza City, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding more than 30 others in "Israel's" latest war crime.

In yet another criminal strike, Zionist forces bombed the Gaza Industrial Zone, also east of Gaza City, martyring five civilians and wounding at least 20 others.

As a result of "Israel's" ongoing war of genocide in the Gaza Strip, the endlessly rising death toll now exceeds 32'623 Palestinians martyred, upwards of 25'000 being among women and children, while another 75'092 civilians have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning on October 7th, 2023.

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[whattehell]

Hello, 🌹🇵🇸🍉

I hope you are well.

Could you please help me reblog the post on my account to save my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏

I am new to Tumblr and also to GoFundMe.🙏

I hope you can support and stand by me at the beginning .

Thank you ♥️ .

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Of course! Please help Iyed Sami, he is seperated from his wife, Amal Mahmoud, and his three kids, Mohammed, Sarah, Sami, and Saad. He needs the money to reunite with his family, whom he hasn't seen in at least eight months. They are only at CHF411 out of CHF20000, the currency is swiss francs and they are barely at 2% of their funds. Please donate and share!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Amal Saad

U.S. airstrikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday and Houthi positions in Yemen on Saturday marked the “beginning, not the end of our response” to a drone attack late last month that killed three American troops in Jordan, national security advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC on Sunday. The top Biden Administration official also refused to rule out airstrikes on Iranian soil.

The retaliatory strikes are destined to fail, not least because the Biden Administration appears to not grasp an obvious fact: the various and mostly Shia militant groups that make up the Axis of Resistance are far from simply being Iranian proxies that operate at the whim of Iran’s diktat. As with most defensive alliances, each Axis member maintains a large margin of autonomy.

[malcriada]

Hello, 🌹🇵🇸🍉

I hope you are well.

Could you please help me reblog the post on my account to save my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏

I am new to Tumblr and also to GoFundMe.🙏

I hope you can support and stand by me at the beginning .

Thank you ♥️ .

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hello, yes of course! this is a verified gfm (vetted by @/90-ghost here) so please don't hesitate to share and give generously! Iyad and his family suffered tremendously in this war. he is now separated from his wife Amal and their four children Sami, Mohammad, Sarah, and Saad. unable to get to them or protect them. they just want to be able to live a normal life like everybody else. please have a part in not only this family's reunion but also their escape and evacuation because they cannot remain where they are now. as of right now, they have: CHF615 / CHF20,000

this is the conversion rate for swiss francs to dollars, they are not too far apart, but just in case anyone was confused :)