Hello everyone, I am Hussam Al-Qazzaz from Gaza, where we are facing harsh and difficult conditions. I lost my home and now live in a tent. I lost my job and am now suffering from extreme poverty. I can no longer provide food and water for my family, and we are living in a real famine.

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I have 4 children: Bashar (9 years old), Hani (8 years old), Diana (4 years old), and Habiba (3 months old). Unfortunately, I cannot provide them with clothes and food, and their health is deteriorating. My little daughter, Habiba, who was born in the war, I cannot provide her with milk and Pampers.

I also take care of my elderly parents (75 years old), as my father suffers from serious health problems. His body was burned and he is in urgent need of treatment, and my mother (72 years old) suffers from blood pressure and needs constant care.

You can imagine. My family and I were displaced under bombardment from Khan Yunis to Rafah, and we suffered a lot before returning to Khan Yunis, where we now live in a tent next to the rubble of our destroyed house.

We're not asking for much, just a little help:

🏠 We need to build a modest house that protects against the cold of winter and protects against shrapnel from aircraft bombing

👕 We would like to buy some clothes for the children.

🛋️ We need simple household supplies.

💊 We want to treat our father for burns and buy expensive medicines.

🍞 Most importantly, we need food! Prices are very high, and we don't have any money to buy what we need.

All we want is to live in dignity. Any help, no matter how small, will have a big impact on our lives, even if it is only one euro 🙏❤️ Unfortunately, everything we collected does not exceed 400 euros.❤️🙏

For the sake of children and the elderly, help us 🙏❤️

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not to detract from your point, but that is quite literally what happened, and the resemblance is fucking terrifying.

around the time when the 1943 warsaw ghetto uprising began, the nazis set up a merry-go-round right next to the ghetto's walls along with music, and people were dancing, having fun in the pleasant april weather. marek edelman, one of the most prominent leaders of the uprising and a notorious anti-zionist as well as a leftist organizer, in the book "shielding the flame" (which i believe everyone should read as it provides insight into how the ghetto operated and made me realize how uncannily close the sitation looks like modern day gaza), stated that he could hear the music outside, and he could see the happy people, and he was so, so terrified that all that joy outside will drown out their screams for help, the gunshots and the fire.

and i can't help but think about how familiar it sounds now.

this is hisham awartani.

he was one of the three palestinian students shot in vermont by a racist, for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. here is a statement from his cousin:

I spent the past week in Burlington with my cousin Hisham and his friends, who are recovering after being shot.

While I was praying for a better outcome, Hisham’s injury turned out to be life-altering. The bullet lodged in his spine has caused paralysis from the chest down. Hisham has a long journey ahead.

to help hisham with the next phase of his life, his family has started a gofundme page.

please donate if you can.