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Please remember that your emotions are not activism. It is more important to stay in a stable enough state of mind to take action than it is to "face" what is happening in Palestine. The people in the midst of it have my full support in spreading whatever images or videos they choose. It's important for the world to know what's happening. But if you already know, you do not need to expose yourself to it. If you feel the urge to, I beg you to turn that urge towards taking a tangible action instead. Donate, call your representative, attend a demonstration, urge others to do the same.

I know it can feel wrong sometimes to remain calm and collected in the face of tragedy. For some people it isn't possible. But if it is possible for you: good. Protect that. Do not spend your energy on distress, spend it on action, and rest with intention. Step away when you need to so that you can step in again rather than lose all ability to act.

It is absolutely a privilege to be able to avoid images of violence, and of course, the experience of violence itself. But this is not a privilege you should move to give up. It's a privilege you should move to extend to the people who don't have it. No one on earth should have to suffer through this.

I know, because I know how these things go, that there are people who are insisting otherwise. Who are insisting that you must face the bare reality of the Palestinians' suffering. They are wrong. Upsetting yourself, possibly traumatizing yourself, will not help the Palestinians. Acting to help them will. Acting to stop Israel from committing genocide will.

You know yourself better than I do. If you believe facing these truths head on helps spur you towards action, then that is a choice you can make, of course. But do not think that is the only right answer. And absolutely do not attempt to make this choice for others.

You do not have to look. But you do have to act.

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PALESTINIAN DOCTOR AND LEGISLATOR SLAMS ISRAEL'S ONGOING GENOCIDE, SHUTS DOWN PIERCE MORGAN

📹 Footage from the appearance of Palestinian physician and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Mustafa Barghouti on Pierce Morgan Uncensored, a show aired on the British broadcaster TalkTV.

Dr. Barghouti shuts down Pierce Morgan's attempts to interrupt and disturb his responses, telling the British "journalist" to "Shut up please!"

"These are children for God's sake. I am against the killing of 30 Israeli children, which happened on the 7th of October because they are children and civilians," Dr. Barghouti says in the interview, adding "But nothing in the world could justify because of the killing of 30 children, the killing of 12'000 other Palestinian children. That is unacceptable."

"30'000 Palestinian civilians have been killed, and 72'000 people have been injured by the Israeli murderous army. This is 4.5% of the population," Barghouti says before being interrupted once again, telling Pierce Morgan, "I didn't interrupt you, so shut up and let me finish!"

"4.5% of the population of Gaza have been killed or injured. If that happened in the United States of America, you would be talking about 12 million people killed or injured in four months of time. Is that acceptable?" Dr. Barghouti asks.

"70% are civilians, more than that. Israel is killing Palestinians not only with this terrible genocide, with their bombardment, they are killing civilians with starvation, this terrible siege," adding that "50'000 pregnant women, Palestinian women, don't find a place to give birth in, 64'000 breastfeeding women cannot help their babies. And more than that, 700'000 people are now starving because Israeli is preventing milk, flour, food to the population of Gaza City and the north of Gaza, and more than that, they shoot the Palestinian hungry people when they are trying to get some food."

"They shoot them and they kill them like they did two days ago. They killed 100 people and 860 others were injured."

"So my response to you, yes, this is a genocide. These are three war crimes happening at the same time: genocide, collective punishment and ethnic cleansing at the same time. 70% of all homes were destroyed. All universities were destroyed. 30 hospitals out of 36 hospitals were destroyed. 347 of my colleagues, medical doctors and nurses were killed."

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we all know who are the perpetrators here. and zionists can't gaslight people into "hamas started it" bullshit anymore. everyone is actually sick of Israel's dumb colonialism propaganda where they just repeat same old tactics “how dare you palestinians resist us, after we have your stolen land, freedom, human rights and subjugated your people under fascist colonial regime.”