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The last conversation my aunt had with my mum before the power cut was 'my sister, this maybe be the last time we speak. Don't forget us and make sure to give charity on my behalf'. My mum tried to reassure her but my aunt said 'it is different this time'.
We got to the point that children have to now come out and beg us to recognise their right to freedom, food, medicine and education. And they had to do it in English so the world understands their pain!
This is just so heartbreaking,
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
I can't believe my dad kept my Palestinian passport, which was issued to me in 1998. My parents never renewed it, as I was able to enter Gaza on my British passport. However, I can't wait to be able to renew my passport in a free Palestine
🚨 NEW: Labour believe they have LOST the West Midlands Mayoral election because of Gaza
A senior party source said: "It's the Middle East, not West Midlands that will have won Street the Mayoralty. Once again Hamas are the real villains."
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After my resignation yesterday I received this tone deaf message from someone in Keir Starmer's team, without even a proper apology.
If the official Party line is as they claim why won't the Leader of the party publicly apologise for his comments and say as much?
Subhanallah! Omar Suleiman's second episode of his Ramadan series really had me reflecting on my own life. Could it be that my Caribbean grandparents' conversion to Islam is the answered dua of my enslaved ancestors who were worried about their future generations losing Islam?
This war will end.
When it does, my cousins will no longer be here. Family members will be homeless. A whole community will have to grieve and rebuild.
Honestly how are you guys still playing victims?
I never really understood 100% why my mother insisted in all of her children having Palestinian IDs but I understand now. My mum was preparing for a time like now when the future is not certain. That our ID would be the only evidence that we have that we are from Gaza.
Israel's PR team are clearly in crisis. Palestinians are being murdered in Gaza and Eve Barlow is enjoying the beach view. Anyone with common sense can see that this is not a war zone
The scenes of hundreds killed at the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza are absolutely devastating and cannot be justified.
International law must be upheld.
Hospitals and civilian lives must be protected.
I just got told that my cousin's son passed away from his injuries that he sustained when their home was bombed.
I lost 6 members of my family to that bombing, 5 of them were children.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
Genuine question: how is this helping Palestine and the Palestinians?
It is actually disgusting that the mass murder of Palestinians is being used for views and fame! It is getting unbearable now.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
My family have just updated us in our family groupchat that 4 family members have been killed so far! They are still digging for more bodies.
لا حول ولاقوة الابالله
This statement is a failed attempt to backtrack from original comments that were made on LBC. No mention of meeting Palestinians who have been directly impacted by this. As usual, we are not seen as human enough for any form of sympathy. We aren't even an after thought.
A week ago we awoke to the unimaginable and heartbreaking news of terrorist attacks on Israel from Gaza by Hamas.
We repeat our call for Hamas to release all hostages immediately, and for the protection of innocent civilian lives in Israel and Gaza.
My statement:
The bombing of Al Ahli hospital was a test to the international community. To see how far would they be willing to support Israel. For every person who casted doubt on that bombing, blood is on your hands.
Haven’t been able to get out of my head the fact that 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza have no access to healthcare right now. It’s unimaginable, the amount of stress & trauma they’re experiencing. 5,500 are supposed to give birth this month. Bringing new life, surrounded by death.
Let me be clear: NO MORE U.S. funding for Netanyahu’s illegal, immoral, brutal, and grossly disproportionate war against the Palestinian people. Congress must reject any effort to pass $10 billion of unconditional military aid for the right-wing Netanyahu government.
" حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
I just spoke to my aunt in Deir al-Balah, and I can't stop crying. While we were on the phone, her neighbour's house was bombed, and I could hear the panic in her voice. She's pleading with me, asking if there's any way to get them out of Gaza.
Was fortunate enough to be able to video call my grandparents for the first time since the bombing started. Subhannallah seeing how content my grandmother was just in bed reading her Quran.
Even when surrounded by death and destruction, it is the Quran that is keeping her going
Each of us looks at the conflict in the Middle East from our own perspective. We need to respect that. We must hear each other out. We need to see, how we can take small but courageous steps to end the suffering. -
@ABaerbock
at the
#UNSC
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I want to make it very clear: the so-called "pro-Palestinian leftists" who stayed in the party are not responsible for this change in tone. It was the ones who left the party and the ones who were critical of him who did this.
You can not campaign for change within a system.
I was grateful to hear from the Muslim community of the South Wales Islamic Centre.
I repeated our calls for all hostages to be released, more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, for the water and power to be switched back on, and a renewed focus on the two state solution.
Just been informed that my grandparents and uncles who were hosting over 200 displaced family members have been told to leave their home. Now many of my family members are on the streets and have literally no where to go
@ajplus
Israeli air raids have killed at least 18 Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip, reports Hamas media.
🔴 LIVE updates:
Israeli soldier admits he murdered an unarmed elderly Palestinian man who had his arms up in the air & begged to spare his life.
The other soldiers applaud & praise him for it, shake his hand, give him a pat on the shoulder & say "all the respect"!
We can’t take it anymore, we’re exhausted… We’re gonna get killed, it’s just a matter of when. There’s no protection, no impunity. These PPEs don’t protect us. Nothing protects journalists. We lose lives, one by one… Mohammed Abu Hatab was here, half an hour ago.
Thank you to Bibi Khan & everyone at London Islamic Cultural Centre who came to speak with me,
@DavidLammy
&
@CatherineWest1
yesterday about how events in Middle East, Hamas attacks & the humanitarian emergency in Gaza continue to cause huge pain in our communities here in UK
Wow. Just wow. This is just full of nonsense. Not experts?????? No one asked you for answers. We ask for you to stand by your morals and call out the genocide that is happening in Gaza. It took you guys 2 weeks to release this statement?
At NUS, we are not experts on Israel and Palestine, and we do not imagine we have the answers to this ongoing humanitarian crisis.
We've put together advice for students, SUs, officers and student groups on showing leadership in response to the crisis:
Heartbroken by the death of hundreds at the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza. My prayers are with those suffering.
This cannot be justified.
International law must be upheld. Hospitals and civilians must be protected.
The anger I feel right now! But wallahi to do this on an odd night as well! What is it with some people in our community who just insist on entertaining these genocide enablers?
Please what does one get out of this????
Honoured to receive such hospitality and generosity at an iftar this week during the holy month of Ramadan.
It was a pleasure to pay tribute to the enormous contribution British Muslims make to our national life.
I spoke to The Independent about my fond memories of Gaza and how I spent the summer with my family. My family members were killed, but it is those memories that keep me going.
Our loved ones aren't just numbers. They are real humans with real stories
While our so-called community leaders were engaged in idle chatter in Parliament with individuals who literally obstructed debates on Palestine in Parliament, I received news that my cousin's wife, who had survived one airstrike, died of a heart attack that was induced by fear.
My heart is broken watching the live scenes of Gazans praying Salatul Janazah for people have been killed. As they are praying, more bodies are being put in front of them.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل!
I am very aware that I am 9 months pregnant and that the complications I have had throughout my pregnancy have been caused by stress, but I swear if one more person tells me to just not listen to the news or turn off my social media like I can just detach myself, I will explode
I just quit Labour after 24 years.
We deserve better than the race to the bottom between Labour and the Tories.
Labour want you to think there's no alternative. But there is.
Join it:
Looking for a beautiful piece of art for your home? Wanting an Eid gift for a dear family or friend? Hoping to always remember the strength and imaan of the Palestinians?
وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاء عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ
But do not think of those that have been slain in God’s cause a dead. Nay, they are alive! With their Sustainer have they their sustenance,
Surah Ali-’Imran, 3:169-172
y'all wanted this stupid temporary ceasefire but can't get Israel to just stop for literally 4 days. It has literally been less than 48 hours and they have broken the agreement
Israeli troops shot dead 17-year-old Belal Khafaja while he protested on the Gaza border. Over 200 Palestinians were injured, 45 with live fire.
173 Palestinians have been killed at the weekly protests since March.
Al Jazeera's
@YoumnaElSayed17
, reporting from Gaza City, explains how she received the threat warning her to leave her home as heavy bombardment is heard in the background ⤵️
Alhamdulillah for all the opportunities, but I wish they were under better circumstances. Alhamdulillah, my photo is in an exhibition among other phenomenal Palestinian photographers!
Check out the Camden Open Air Gallery for the amazing exhibition of Palestinian photography
Wallah, it is heartbreaking to see the body of my cousin's husband being shared like this. However, Palestinians have no choice because we have been so dehumanized. Please keep them all in your duas and prayers.
A journalist killed, three other journalists - including AlJazeera’s correspondent
@CarmenJoukhadar
, wounded in an Israeli strike on their car in southern Lebanon.
As I said on Radio 4 Today this morning, it is morally wrong to bomb refugee camps. I am appalled by the civilian deaths at the Jabalia camp. I called on and continue to call on Israel to explain how this conforms to international law and how it qualifies as proportionate.
Palestinians have warned about this right from the beginning. You chose to ignore them and now want to play saviour. Please do us all a favour and spare us the fake sympathy.
1.4 million displaced Palestinians are in Rafah, with nowhere to go. It's the gateway for aid to Gaza. An Israeli offensive there would be catastrophic. Far too many civilians have already been killed or wounded.
The fighting must stop now. We need a sustainable ceasefire.
BREAKING: More than 700 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours, according to the Director General of the Gov't Media Office in Gaza
I have so many memories here especially with my cousin (الله يرحمها) who passed away after giving birth. We use go together every evening and get ice cream and just shop around. Breaks my heart how destroyed it is now. Use to be so full of life and busy
This street in Al-Nusairat refugee camp was containing many restaurants, it’s all got destroyed and even if it’s still working there is no materials for them to cook and sell food.
Following the resignation from the Labour Party of Cllr Ajaz Rehman, Cabinet Member at Oxford City Council, there are now 50 confirmed councillor resignations from the Labour Party over Keir Starmer’s refusal to back a ceasefire.
Genuinely want to understand what is the point of this discussion? Over 10,000 civilians have been murdered and people who decided to stay in their roles are coming together to talk about why Labour should join the calls for a ceasefire? Seriously?
If we have learned anything in the past couple of months, it is that social media is direct action! Social media posts have been used as evidence in international courts. So say whatever you like so you can sleep at night, but don't fool everyone else with your nonsense.
4. Social media isn't direct action
Angry tweeting may feel like you're helping, but you're not really. It's noise and a distraction. Those who are quiet may be helping a cause with money or direct help. Those who shout the loudest may only be doing it for clicks. You don't know.