Han er i Gaza, han har sammen med andre slektninger og venner av familien vært vitne til hendelsene.
(De hjelper hverandre med å finne mat, grave ut de døde fra ruinene etter bombeangrepene, bekrefte navn, dokumentere/sende bilder (også til oss) av de døde, (av utbombede hus) og med begravelsene.)
Vi skjermer vår datter (min yngste), hun har sett bildene av det utbombede huset der hennes besteforeldre bodde, den nedbrente eiendommen men ikke av de døde, vi vil at hun skal huske de døde slik de var i livet.
På et av bildene kunne vi se det lett gjenkjennelige daddeltreet (daddelpalme) utenfor terrassen, min datter tegnet dette daddeltreet, det eneste tegnet på liv i ruinene.
Vi elsket familien svært høyt.
Alt det Israelske forsvaret publiserer er løgn, det de publiserer som "video-opptak" er forfalsket. Kynisk forfalsker de sannheten, produserer løgn etter løgn etter
løgn, propaganda.
"Mohammed al-Hajjar met eyewitnesses of the latest Israeli massacre of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at Gaza City's Kuwait Roundabout."
Ja, han er i Gaza, i nord der familien alltid har bodd og kan bekrefte hendelsene.
Vi vet at alt er sant, vi fikk melding om hendelsene i dag.
Far til min yngste datter er fra Gaza, vi har kontakt med/fikk melding fra hans bror.
"The Israeli army opened fire overnight on Palestinians waiting to collect food aid in Gaza City.
At least six people were killed and 83 injured in the attack.
Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted starving civilians who wait for humanitarian aid trucks at the Kuwait roundabout.
The intersection is on the Salah al-Din road -- a main route linking northern and southern Gaza.
At least 400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on aid deliveries, so far."
"God is under the rubble in Gaza, this is where we find God right now."
"Gaza as we know it no longer exist. This is an annihilation. This is a genocide.
"These are three war crimes happening at the same time. Genocide, collective punishment and ethnic cleansing at the same time."
- Mustafa Barghouti, 10 mars 2024.
(Muatafa Barghouti says Israeli crimes in Gaza constitute genocide)
"Israel is slaughtering our people, innocent woman and children...there is not a single house that is not mourning the loss of loved ones. And above all, we are starving to death. The Gaza people are receiving Ramadan with grief, starvation and blood."
- Imam Nader Abu Sharekh, 11 mars 2024 Gaza.
"October 7th is the culmination of years of oppression"
- Isaac Munther, 7 mars 2024.
"In an extended interview the Lutheran pastor of Bethlehem speaks about growing up under occupation, how the war in Gaza in an extension of colonialism and the world's inaction to stop what he says is a clear case of genocide and ethnic cleansing."
(Munther Isaac: Palestinian pastor speaks on Gaza, Christian Zionism and the future / UNAPOLOGETIC)
This book is my invitation for you to step into the other side of the wall and listen to our stories and perspective.
"Israel is perpetrating state terrorism by definition using arms, military powers to intimidate and scare the civilian population."
We visited Rifqa and Mohammed's home in Sheikh Jarrah, where colonizing settlers had once forcibly entered and pushed their family to the back. Our delegation bore witness and asked what more could be done. "Go back home and tell the world what you've seen here."
- Sitert fra forordet av Aja Monet.
"It is now 2021, and I have the honor of writing the forward to Mohammed El-Kurd's first book of poems, Rifqa."
- Aja Monet.
When I Grow Older
A Gaza Poem
My name is Omar. I am 5.
Today I washed the blood of my father off the sidewalk.
He was shot in front of our home.
My mom said I did a good job.
She hugged me and cried for far too long.
Her tears were salty like the Gaza Sea.
My brother and sister are still missing under the rubble.
My mom keeps telling me to place my ear on the blocks of shattered concrete and listen carefully.
Maybe they are still alive.
Maybe they need company.
She sings them lullabies to go to sleep.
I always sing along.
It has been many days since they were gone.
I didn't die because I stood in a long line to fetch some water.
There was none.
But my mom said 'Alhamdulilah' that I am still alive.
She called me a miracle.
She said I am all that she has left.
I told her that someday we would get a big bulldozer, would save my brother and sister, and rebuild the house.
And grow a garden, with trees so big they'll reach the heavens.
But tonight, we will sleep in a tent.
I keep dreaming of three angels.
They hover around me and sing me songs.
I jump and dance, but only in my sleep.
When I grow older, I will protect my mother from the angry men with guns.
When I grow older, I will have a son and give him my father's name.
When I grow older, I will remove the big rocks smothering my brother and my sister.
When I grow older, I will never forget.
I will never forget.
I will never forget.
"It is important for us to share the suffering and resilience of the Palestinians on the world stage.
There is a lot of work that needs to be done and projects on the ground. I will need your help to spread the message to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza like yesterday's flour massacre which killed over 100 civilians.
I will update you on my next steps, let spread the message of hope together inshallah."
- Mansour Shouman.
In 2009, I saw her rally her body against heavily armed and American-accented settlers and Police in our yard, as they claimed our land as theirs by divine decree. As if God were a real estate agent.
"These were civilians who are starving because Israel has been depriving them from food for months and does not allow any supplies to them for more than a month now, and then they try to justify it by saying that Palestinians are responsible for being killed by the same Israeli soldiers? It's unbelievable."
- Mustafa Barghouti, 29 februar 2024.
"Under en presenning tynade språket."
Kan se en liten trykkfeil i den norske oversettelsen av diktet ansikt mot ansikt på siden her, det står "presening".
Håper feilen kan rettes opp igjen.
"It is a massacre, on top of the starvation threatening citizens in Gaza."
- Reporting from the scene, Al Jazeera's Ismail al-Ghoul.
(Israel Just MASSACRED starving Palestinians Trying To Get Flour.)
"If you have failed to see our humanity, we have not failed to see your hypocrisy."
- Dr. Omar Suleiman, 14 januar 2024.
(Dr Omar Soleiman Calls Out Biden Administration for Hypocrisy Over Gaza.)
Skjellsettende hendelse som løftet håpet opp igjen, et håp som systematisk har blitt tråkket på for å holdes nede.