βWe want to live as other children live.β Palestinian children have held a press conference outside Gazaβs al-Shifa Hospital to plead with the world to put a stop to Israelβs bombardment. Children make up almost half of all the victims in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera | November 8 2023
House of Representatives Votes 269-144 to Ban State Department from Citing Gaza Death Toll
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: βBut Palestinians are not just numbers. Behind these numbers are real people β mothers, fathers, sons, daughters β who have had their lives stolen from them and their families torn apart. And we should not be trying to hide it. These are innocent children and babies who have been bombed in their tents, burned alive, dismembered and deliberately starved to death. Where is our shared humanity in this chamber? There is so much anti-Palestinian racism in this chamber that my colleagues donβt even want to acknowledge that Palestinians exist at all, not when theyβre alive and now not even when theyβre dead. Itβs absolutely disgusting. This is genocide denial.β
dead numbers, public spheres,
mathematic, truths and fears,
fractal scenes, fractioned seeds,
not so subtle, signal strong,
donβt belong, within, without,
injustice hurts, most vulnerable,
basic human, reality,
transcend joy, a lot at stake,
model virtue, nonnegative,
assumed the number, positive,
certain kind of anger wells,
donβt you dare ignore their pain,
justice means, setting right,
dominant, racial group,
slow to speak, state vile things
subtract, life,
quantity, quality, blood and shed,
home and stead, future, dreams,
divide, pieces,
body, parts, butcher, bomb,
sprinkle, scatter, barricades, barriers,
high-end gates, barbed wire-rich,
multiply, severity,
rapid drop, to terminate,
all life force, atop playground,
aggregate, plentiful,
indecent crimes, of dignity,
terrify, eternity
βCouncil resolution 2720 (2023) has proven ineffectiveβ, Algeriaβs delegate underscored, noting that tree leaves have become a commodity in Gaza β βnot for livestock, but for peopleβ.
Source: United Nations | 9678th Meetings Coverage Security Council | 2 July 2024
then there are, those missing still,
play peekaboo, one last time,
no greater stake, in that outcome,
rubble deep, roulette, free air,
prison-caged, gagged and bound
ecstatic system, celebrates,
poses question, thoughtfully,
βdoes this life, go anywhere?β
bleed joyfully, crying out,
light our face, in tenderness,
as with one, resounding voice,
birthday, two, sweet rejoice,
human depth, amazing sky
everyone, enjoys to play,
an elegant, proof of dream,
love is greatest, manβs desire
advocate, save some souls,
so we may flourish, hands in hold
They voted to not even report the numbers dead in Gaza?! This is just sick. The whole genocide is just sick, and has to stop. I wish...
I don't want to see the noble, steadfast, and exceptionally resilient people of Palestine erased from the world. It's despicable that the Fascist Apartheid Rogue State of Israel has a stay out of jail free card when it comes to the Genocide of Gaza. I'm not antisemitic, I'm antifascist. Viva Palestina, from the River to the Sea.