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I do not have the energy to make this look nicer but i felt i needed to get this out or it would consume me.

I have been feeling an immense amount of rage and grief lately and this only encapsulates some of my thoughts

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1 child killed every 15 minutes in Israeli occupation airstrikes on Gaza.

"Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children. It's a living hell for everyone else."

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Here's a map of the original names of Palestinian cities before its colonization.

Why does it matter to know this? Because changing the names as part of colonialism is not new in history.

Learning about the history of colonialism and imperialism is important. When we say educate yourself on these matters, it's because you need to learn to recognize patterns and prevent them from reoccurring.

The idea of the West being civilized is all a sham. The idea of Arabs being terrorists is a mere lie similar to the endless lies that have been told about Native Americans and many other indigenous groups.

If you're going to use the word 'terrorist', it's about time you use it on the real enemy.

Free Palestine.

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"dont forget the grand prize: all of palestine! for free!"

and 8 hours of meni mamtera, the song used in the israeli tiktok trend of kidnapping and torturing palestinians in the west bank

the blog itself is such low effort, boomer-brained garbage that it's barely worth mentioning, but i thought it was worth highlighting the names of some of tumblr's 'totally-not-zionist' zionists who thought a 'play for a free palestine' bingo was a fun idea

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me when mayonnaise ppl say the angry Arabs are only standing up for each other bc of “tribalism”

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Have you heard that the IDF used to be a terrorist group that was recognized by the US and the UN? And apparently the same terrorist group that carried out the Nakba? Basically meaning THE terrorists?...Because BOY, it sure would have helped learning that little detail earlier!

Oh yeah, the Irgun? Haganah? Lehi? All of these literal terrorist gangs made up what we know today as the IDF. Before that, they carried out terrorist attacks against the British as well as commit massacres against Palestinians such as the Deir Yassin massacre in 1948.

All of their terrorist acts are well documented and can verrrry easily be found if you look them up. For instance, the Lehi's focus was literally assassinations of British officials and the Irgun was in fact regularly described as a terrorist organisation in US media outlets, and they were all also described as "terrorist organisations" in official British and UN documents that detail their terrorist activities.

To add, the leaders of these terrorist groups later became Israel's prime ministers (David Ben-Gurion, Menahem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir).

If you're interested in learning more about this, The Institute for Palestine Studies has recently published The Roots of Zionist Terrorism, a paper that includes more info and a rundown of these gangs' most infamous terrorist acts committed against Palestinians starting the years leading up to the Nakba.

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Here is the video of tens of thousands of Congolese people gathering at a cobalt mine:

If you aren't conscious about the products you consume, you should be. Congolese people should have never had to and never have to do this enslaved labour. This is beyond hyper-exploitation, violence, and abuse of power by western imperialist entities and corporations. Until this whole system charges, boycott big tech. Don't change your phone or lap tops every year (although that in itself is a privilege), and demand these companies like Apple be accountable for the blood they have on their hands.

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“But what about Hamas?” I grew up with this question whipped at my face every time I declared my people’s right to survive. “What about Hamas?” It didn’t matter if I’d just asked for clean water or the right to return to our stolen land. “What about Hamas?” they’d ask, holding my humanity hostage. Their smug smiles at this question, which they saw as a rhetorical coup. I gave them hours, pages of my words. I filled rooms with my hot breath, panting, “We are not terrorists—Hamas is a symptom of oppression—yes of course I condemn extremism—this is a struggle for human rights—Israel propped up Hamas for years—please look at our children—please, don’t you see our helpless elders?—please, if you don’t respect us as humans, could you spare some pity?”

Sarah Aziza, Doomsday Diaries.

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This is your reminder that famines are tools of genocide

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There are currently 4 or more genocides going on right now not just the genocide of Palestine. Yemen🇾🇪, Congo🇨🇩, Sudan🇸🇩, Palestine🇵🇸, Armenia🇦🇲

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“But what about Hamas?” I grew up with this question whipped at my face every time I declared my people’s right to survive. “What about Hamas?” It didn’t matter if I’d just asked for clean water or the right to return to our stolen land. “What about Hamas?” they’d ask, holding my humanity hostage. Their smug smiles at this question, which they saw as a rhetorical coup. I gave them hours, pages of my words. I filled rooms with my hot breath, panting, “We are not terrorists—Hamas is a symptom of oppression—yes of course I condemn extremism—this is a struggle for human rights—Israel propped up Hamas for years—please look at our children—please, don’t you see our helpless elders?—please, if you don’t respect us as humans, could you spare some pity?”

Sarah Aziza, Doomsday Diaries.

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