Have you ever asked yourself what you would do if you were living during the Holocaust? Or during the Bosnian or the Armenian Genocides? You would be doing exactly what you're doing now while Israel is committing a 24/7 live-streamed genocide.
Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were living through a historic tragedy? We often look back at past atrocities and think we would have acted differently, done more, spoken up louder. Yet today, as thousands die in Gaza, as families lose their homes, and as children suffer - what are we doing? We're scrolling past it on our phones, watching it happen in real-time, while most of the world stays silent. Unfortunately, this isn't a history lesson. This is truth of what is happening now.
If you only have 2 minutes to spare today, please watch this video:
Do you know what governments and powerful countries will do? They would be doing exactly what they're doing right now. Either funding the genocide, supporting it, or turning a blind eye to it (with few exceptions).
When the Russian-Ukrainian war started, the world condemned it. The whole world provided weapons, food, and shelter to Ukrainians. Countries put Ukrainian flags everywhere and even silenced news coming from Russia to avoid misinformation. On October 7th, all condemned Hamas, putting Israeli flags everywhere and showing all support to Israel. Everyone repeated the Israeli story without checking or confirming its veracity. Now, after more than 40,000 killed in Gaza —of which 17,000 were children and 11,000 were women—and after the destruction of 80% of Gaza and the devastation in Lebanon, where is the world? Where is the media? Are you still condemning Hamas now? Do you still see the story as if it all began on October 7th, 2023, and not decades before?
A year later, Germany is still showing full support for Israel, either by putting the flag on their government building or even promising to continue giving them weapons. The USA is gently criticizing Israel while giving them billions of dollars in weapons and allowing Netanyahu to speak in their country and at the UN. China and Russia are just watching and condemning what's happening every now and then.
This shouldn't come as a surprise, of course, as the media has been dehumanizing Palestinians and Arabs for years, portraying them as barbarians and terrorists. The media that always puts "Islamic terrorist group Hamas" as a label to ensure you don't forget that it's an "Islam problem." Movies that show Muslims and Arabs as the terrorists of the world but don't show you the real death toll.
Did you know that since Israel was founded in 1948, it has killed, injured, or displaced millions of Arabs? This is in contrast to thousands killed by Arabs resisting the takeover of their land. Are you aware that Europeans have killed thousands times more Jews than Muslims throughout history, yet they continue to label Muslims as antisemitic? Did you know that Israel was partly founded to reduce the number of Jews in Europe, even though at that time, millions of Jews were living in Arab countries in a much safer environment than in Europe?
Did you know that the USA, which has been repeating that the Taliban is a terrorist group, has actually killed hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan—at least many times more than what happened on 9/11?
Germany, which has been repeating since October 7th that it will "Never Again" allow another Holocaust, is funding one in Gaza and silencing anyone who speaks against it.
Previously, it was easy for people to ignore, claiming they didn't know. But now, I think it's too stupid to say that. In years to come, we will all know the whole truth, but then it will be too late.
How to Help
In case you knew all of this but are only missing a way to help, here are some ideas:
Donate (please do your homework researching the best place to donate to)
Fund independent journalism:
Educate yourself, and spread awareness and don't be passive:
What’s the Israel-Palestine conflict about? A simple guide (Aljazeera).
The Question of Palestine (UN)
Urbicide: ‘Even if Israel stops bombing Gaza tomorrow, it will be impossible to live there' (France24)
Israel - Gaza War in numbers (Aljazeera)
Visual View on how Israel replaced Palestine (here)
Gaza toll could exceed 186,000 (here)
The untold story of Arab jews (here)
Der Weg zum Staat (in german - here)
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