[original post that sof's library (@/folkoftheshelf) is reacting to: Globe Eye News reports: "White House says no "genocide" happening in Gaza." May 13, 2024]

Giant mosaic called "Tree of Life" on the floor of the palace built by the Umayyad Caliph Hisham bin Abdulmalik in Jericho, Palestine.

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I am Moataz from Gaza, married and have a daughter named Maria. Our house was destroyed in the war, and we have now been displaced for 8 months. I lost my job and my home, which I built with love. My wife and I are trying to withstand this brutal war and rebuild our lives again. Any small donation will be important to us, Thank you all.

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Maria walks into our destroyed home

Pictures of our home before and after the bombing

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I used to be one of Taylor Swift's biggest fans. I grew up listening to her and I have been a fan since I was five. Which is why it is so disappointing how she has stayed silent about the attack on Gaza. She won person of the year and chose not to use that to bring attention to Gaza. Worst of all, she turned her fanbase against her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, who has used his platform multiple times to bring attention to Palestine. She's only a "feminist" when it benefits her.

perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

Her name is Taylor, and she’ll be your host ✨ a few hours earlier ✨ than expected! Join us March 14 at 9pm ET to watch Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) on Disney+. 🦋🫶💜🧣🏙️🐍💘🌿🌳🕰️

Experience the ENTIRE concert film, beginning to end, including “cardigan” and 4 additional songs from the acoustic set (pssst: watch to the end of the trailer).

Her name is Taylor, and she’ll be your host ✨ a few hours earlier ✨ than expected! Join us March 14 at 9pm ET to watch Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) on Disney+. 🦋🫶💜🧣🏙️🐍💘🌿🌳🕰️

Experience the ENTIRE concert film, beginning to end, including “cardigan” and 4 additional songs from the acoustic set (pssst: watch to the end of the trailer).

please explain to me how it’s anywhere near ethical in the international pov that israel opened fire on nasser hospital a few days ago, killing a patient and wounding several. keep in mind that this is the main operating hospital in southern gaza, and bombing it out of service could mean catastrophic things for the endless stream of gazans wounded. and they don’t even stop there. the IOF proceeded to raid the hospital, on grounds that hamas was “hiding remains of hostages in the hospital” (because that sounds completely reasonable and not an excuse fabricated for the sole sake of justifying murdering palestinian patients). how do people hear this and still don’t think Israel is a genocidal entity. how does anyone read a headline like that and not want to throw up from how depraved and horrific it all sounds.

in light of israel's looming invasion on rafah, south africa implored the icj to call for the protection of palestinians with new preliminary orders. the icj denied this request, insisting that its january orders would be sufficient enough in ensuring the safety of people residing in rafah.

we have all seen how israel responded to the icj verdict earlier this month. they have all but intensified their attacks on palestinians, their favorite of whom seem to be children. this will end in a bloodbath. palestinians, already malnourished and living in literal tents, will be bombarded, they will be shot, they will be slaughtered. and when i say palestinians, a lot of them are actual toddlers. the videos coming out of this are proof enough.

at this point, it has been made amply clear that palestinians will never experience safety in their own homeland. a lot of the families in gaza are trying to raise funds to get out of it, because there's nowhere left to go.

there is nowhere left to go. if these people don't get the funds necessary to escape, they will die.

it's vital that you go to operation olive branch's spreadsheet, choose a family that resonates with you, and donate as much as you can to their gofundme. every last dollar counts. one dollar could be the difference between life and death for a family. please don't fall victim to the bystander effect. your contribution counts, however little it may be. and whether you're able to donate or not, spread this to as many people as you can. each second we stay silent is a second an entire family is brutally massacred.

the video of taylor swift clubbing has more than 5 million likes on tiktok. again, clubbing. she can go out clubbing and post about it but can’t take a minute out of her day to speak up for palestine. you’re so unbelievably stupid if you even try to defend her silence. you’re also stupid if you try to label the people trying to hold her accountable as misogynistic or any other bullshit simply because they’re asking the bare minimum of your favorite celebrity. “what about beyoncé?” “what about justin bieber?” “what about all the other artists?” THEM TOO. but let’s not pretend that that she does not have the biggest platform in the world right now. how many people tuned in to watch the superbowl just because of her? how many people are talking about her upcoming album? how many people will attend her eras tour? how many already have? just think of the major shift she could cause if she simply uttered the word “ceasefire” or simply tweeted “free palestine”. some of you act as if we’re asking her to physically go out there and single-handedly stop this genocide. literally all we ask is that she speak up.

given that the new album and grammys is all everyone is talking about. this needs to be said.

i don’t care about the superbowl. i don’t care about taylor swift and her plane. i don’t care about beyoncé’s new album. i don’t care about how many billionaires are at the biggest sports game in america when there are millions of innocent lives being taken for sport. i’m sick. i can’t stomach any normality while human beings, with stories and lives and real humanity are being wiped off the face of the earth as we speak. save rafah. free palestine. if we don’t, we’ve all failed.

during the Super Bowl, while Americans were distracted, Israel launched heavy bombardment on Rafah, where well over 1 million Palestinians are sheltering. Rafah is the furthest south you can go in Gaza, where Israel promised time and time again Palestinians would be safe while they bombed the evacuation routes. there are reports of a ground invasion. they told them to evacuate. there is nowhere for them to go.

right now it is vital that we do not look away. boost everything you see coming out of Gaza. keep an eye on updates from trusted sources and spread them where you can. take breaks if you have to but please. please i am begging you, do not look away.

annie lennox calling for a ceasefire during the grammys but being completely overshadowed by taylor swift announcing the release of some new songs is like an onion headline except it actually happened