Solidarity with Gaza!

Ali Salem — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:49:28 +0000

An occupied land since 1967 and under Israeli blockade and severe economic sanctions for more than 3 years, Gaza is a highly densely populated area with 1.5 million Palestinians, living under harsh poverty, deprivation and human misery. Last year, Israel launched an aggressive attack against Gaza through its “Operation Cast Lead” resulting in the injury of thousands, death of hundreds, majority of whom were civilians, including 400 children. Since this constitutes one of many other genocides that took place in history across this world, and as much as I personally prefer to place all my bets on the “What has been taken by force, can only be retrieved by force”, I still see such solidarity gatherings from time to time as a means of waking up what’s left of that thing called human conscience. As some may take me now for a temporary enthusiast asking them to carry a gun and go fight, to those I say I ask you not to carry a gun and go fight, but perhaps you’d like to spare some extra time researching the truth of the very world you live in. It may lead you somewhere.

I leave you now with some of the photos I took during a Solidarity-with-Gaza rally I joined yesterday. God bless you all, and bless all the martyrs.

“Judaism condemns the atrocities committed by the Zionists in Gaza.”

“Place of peace.”

“Boycott Israel. Liberate Palestine.”

“Lift the blockade of Gaza.”

“No to the blockade of Gaza.”

“Justice and Peace for Palestine.”

“Gaza. I remember.”

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Solidarity with Gaza!

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