#y'all are protesting against genocide and the pain for palestinian children

[seleneprince]

Hamas member gives details of their fight for Palestine's freedom and against the zionists in IDF interrogation video

The brave tale from this amazing fighter has left me speechless. I distrusted them as first and pinned them as terrorists, since that's what all my favourite zionist activist in Tiktok told me, and you know the people in this platform are very well informed about these conflicts. Seriously, I'm amazed by the level of courage and love for the country this man represents in his words and attitude. Expected no less from a man that follows the Islam, a religion that values human life above everything else.

But out of all his heart-wrenching lines, this one struck me the most:

"We heard sounds of young children crying, we shot at the door, we didn't hear them anymore,"

If you even DARE to come at me to defend these MONSTERS, save those words for other braindead people like you. Get the fuck out of my blog and block me, or I'll block you, I don't care. But I won't tolerate people supporting terrorists that kill children in my blog.

[demonicintegrity]

I know these aren't the prettiest pictures or best handwriting I've had, so forgive me for just trying to get these uploaded. Each page will be transcribed under the read more.

I went to a protest yesterday, and I've drawn at one of these protests before, but because this one was longer and bigger I went through the effort of making a booklet to take notes and draw more scenes.

The biggest thing for me is that there's so much pain at the loss of life. At the horrific events currently unfolding now and in the past that has caused this. Nothing will get better if we don't have a ceasefire first. Most importantly, for us across the world not actively in this, it's important we divest our money away from bombs and war and into our own communities and peaceful resolutions. We have responsibilities here too.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There are certain signs and quotes here that I have way more thoughts on that aren't elaborated here. Please do not take anything I'm writing down that isn't my own words as the be-all-end-all of my thoughts and opinions. There is nuance here and be civil. Also, quotes are likely missing some context in the whole speech.

Transcription under cut, it's a lot but I would at least like y'all to skim it and read my next day thoughts:

Image 1/Cover: A sticker with crayon lines echoing it in red, green, and black. The text on the sticker reads "FREE PALESTINE. SAT MAY 11th 2024 JOHNSON SQUARE Savannah, GA. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! Ceasefire now!"

Image 2/Page one: Start of bullet point notes marked with an X, with additional notes around it. Top right has two circles within it being "I'm not apart of the official organizers" and "@sav4palestine on Insta" Notes are as follows,

My arrival around ~ 11:30am -Set up still happening, just gathering -Missing kid poster on benches, not protest related & not to be messed with

11:50am -Art is unloaded w/ water jugs (drums?) -More people gathered -Speaker set up -WJCL 22 ABC arrived -Haven't noticed any police, ->They were here early last protest w/ the chalk art

Baby post is from an Israeli supporter. It's of a baby kidnapped on Oct 17th by Hamas. He has an Israel flag -Sympathies of course, Oct 7 was tragic for many, but that's not an excuse for the ongoing genocide -Carpet bombing won't bring hostages. Nor will mass graves or concentration camps -A ceasefire will benefit all innocents and hostages (written on side of page) It had a QR code I didn't scan. I'm not trusting any QR codes @ protests -> He's sticking around w/ an Israel flag he's the only one I think

12:04pm -Cops allegedly around the square -I see them now (have been here since the beginning)

12:09pm -Music starts -More news arrives

Image 3/Page two: More bullet points with a rough sketch. Written is as follows,

12:16pm Someone in a royal bike taxi shirt is harrassing protesters bc "Palestine shouldn't have put Hamas in power." -Hamas doesn't define Palestinians just like the Israeli gov doesn't define them. There are Israeli against [Netanyahu] [was misspelled in picture]

Very loose sketch of the protest in Johnson Square from the side. There are multiple people set up and speaking on a stone to the right and a large crowd surrounds them from the left

12:20pm Counter protest truck pulls up -Keeping an eye on it -Crowd is huge -Has an American flag w/him ([new] counter protestor does) -Truck parked behind the news, partially in Traffic -playing their own music?

12:26pm 2 (3?) counter protesters to a huge crowd for Palestine -Speeches starting

Image 4/Page three: Transcriptions of signs read, quotes from speakers, and notes. As follows,

Sign: You will not antisemite me into compliciting with genocide

Sign: It is a priviledge to be able to ignore something that others are dying from

Sign: Your silence will be studied by your children

12:32pm counter protesters trying to cover up speech w/ music

(Quote) "This is not a single university left in Gaza."

USA chants from counter protesters drowned out by free Palestine chat -lol, lmao even

Calvary on standby -I see two police on horses

USA chants @ free speech on other campuses being repressed -shame

Sign: when you need to have hundred of protests just to tell the world that bombing children is not okay, you know humanity (we) failed

Image 5/Page four: More transcriptions as follows

(quote) "The students have never been on the wrong side of history."

Sign: Queers for Palestine

Sign: Hands off Rafah!

Sign: Remembrance is resistance

12:50pm new speaker up -counter protesters packing up?

(quote) "The media put it out, and America ate it up."

12:52pm counter protesters gone

Sign: Man fuck western news follow (insta @'s) [I could not make them out very well]

12:56pm starting march, -No stopping until Reynolds Sqaure -Prob gonna have more counter protesters -will recap after walk

Wrap up: March went well, short, only motorcycles tried to rev and cover up. No other counter protesting -New chanting -1:09pm

Sign: We did it, Joe we funded Genocide! Ceasefire now

Image 6/Page five: More transcriptions as follows,

1:13pm taking this march to city hall

1:18pm reaching new meet up -some revving & flipping off, but peaceful & went well

Sign: Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere

1:23pm new speaker up -Member of the Jewish trans community -Addressing antisemitism claims

Sign: Gulfstream $$$ is blood $$$

United states of Israhell, cut this shit out. You were killing Palestine long before Hamas was created. 75 years under your occupation created Hamas

1:30pm Demanding ceasefire from mayor -He denied early into this -Heard "Fuck You" from hecklers

Sign: Queer Arabs for Free Palestine

Sign: 40,000 people dead is not self-defense

Sign: Congratulations 2024 Palestine graduates

(quote) "This greed has dominated this land for 500 years."

Image 7/Page six: More transcriptions as follows

(quote) "I will not appeal to the morals of the greedy ruling class, they have none."

1:42pm cops hanging out around

Sign: It's not war, it's genocide

1:47pm Closing remarks & chants Organized by @ sav4palestine

Very loose sketch of the protest in front of the city hall. Protesters are on a bench holding a banner as the crowd surrounds in front and behind them.

Image 8/Page seven: Next day thoughts as follows Gone through and corrected any legibility/spelling stuff, but didn't touch the drawings at all. Highlighted quotes from the speeches that stuck out to me. I don't know why I started doing this. I just wanted to be involved. I know the importance of primary sources, I know the importance of being present and aware. Being there was inspiring, even when certain moments and events would strike a chord of wrong within me. Nothing is perfect, but progress and peace is worth the missteps and accidents. We mean well, and that is important. I am not free from my missteps and ignorance either, and as I take notes and continue to dig and learn, I will continue to do better. We all are important in this battle. The conflict is older than us, created by systems intending to divide and self serve. We all have a part to play, from the Palestinian journalists and red cross martyred in their line work, to the protests in Israel criticizing their far-right government and calling for Netanyahu's (resignation) to us worldwide demanding divestment and acknowledgement to our self-serving histories that created this mess. True progress starts with a ceasefire, so no more lives are lost. From there we can work on peaceful resolutions. This conflict has upset me from the beginning. I can only hope a happy resolution is soon and try to work towards that.

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