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Haya Abu alOuf, a survivor of the #WehdaStreetMassacre in Gaza that took away the lives of 42 of her family members, neighbors, and loved ones, has something to say to the world. Hear her out!

Video credit: Al Masdar News.

A young man stands next to her, mostly off screen, and about halfway through he holds her elbow as she begins to gesture with more emphasis. They are standing in a street, and there are damaged buildings and a large pile of rubble behind her. End Video Description]

[Text transcription:

“What is your message to the world?”

My message?! We don’t want empty protests and slogans without making an actual difference.

We want a solution; we do Not want war. We want a cease-fire. We are exhausted, we are burnt-out. What we feel is indescribable, words do not suffice. We are drained. What else can we do?

Gather us in one spot and bomb us all at once. Let’s get this over with. But this, what you are doing to us, it’s torture. It’s inhumane. The psychological war you put us through won’t be unpacked in a lifetime of therapy.

We are worn-out. What do you want me to say? God only knows how I’m keeping together. Only God is giving me the strength and composure to hold it together. What do you want me to tell you?

*woman breaks into a sob*

2.  which lends poignancy and power to the attempt by the choctaw nation to send food to starving irish people. 

3.  there was much fanfair about this in the british press at the time, because of course the british government was lying to its own people about what they were doing.  it’s convenient to blame natural disasters like “famine” when in fact it is mass murder– kinda like what’s going on in yemen right now.  but to conclude, what didn’t receive a lot of fanfair in the british press is the fact that much of the corn and other food the choctaw nation attempted to send did not go to starving irish people, it was essentially hijacked and went to feed british pigs and livestock.

“The English never remember and the Irish never forget.” (Chesterton)

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