Thank you all for your kind words and for your invitations to host me in your homes and countries. I feel your compassion for us amid everything we are going through, but unfortunately, there is no way to escape death… my people and I are heading into the unknown.
I pray that your suffering is made easy for all of you and that in the end you will be successful. 🤲🏼Palestine will be free., Insha’Allah The governments are against you but the people are with you.
Right. It is impossible to support any government slaughtering defenseless civilians, day after day, month after month, year after year. All because of a setup on Oct 7 that was allowed in so this could take place. Degenerate, deceptive, and disgusting (similar to 9/11, too).
Words cannot express the pain I feel for you. I am so angry at the Israeli Goverment and the complicit Goverments of the West. I pray for your safety. I wish I could take away your pain.
Thank you for this writing. How horrifically cruel is this genocide and ethnic cleansing? How do we in the US live with the fact that our government is responsible and will not demand an end to the war. Families and children starved and killed. This writing is heartbreaking. How we citizens want an end to this genocide, to assist and support, to provide safety, food, kindness, support. Sending prayers to the heavens for an end to this horror and safety to you and your family.
As an American Jew, I am appalled by the acts of Netanyahu, his coalition, the IDF, the Israeli citizens who support this genocide and the lawless "settlers" in the West Bank. Jews, who have suffered persecutions for thousands of years, should have empathy for the people of Gaza. I was born a few weeks after the state of Israel was born after the Holocaust, and during my childhood, I helped raise funds for tree planting in the new state. Israel's actions towards the Gazans should be to flood the area with humanitarian aid for openers, get the hostages and out leave the territory.
Don't forget the over 10,000 Palestinian "hostages" Israel holds in its extensive prison system, many without charges or trial. Unlike the Israeli hostages who are humanely treated by Hamas, life in Israeli prisons includes torture, starvation, beatings, sexual assault. None of this is reported in western MSM of course
There will be a reckoning someday. Words for the evil atrocities inflicted on the Palestinian people since 1948 fall far too short. To all those who participated in false narratives to hide reality of greed from the world and to all those who knew the reality but chose to support it because they thought it would stay hidden until the Palestinians gave up, how do you live with yourselves? How do we live with ourselves as Americans? There is courage in standing up against injustice and fighting for truth...anything else is cowardice.
How does one ask for mercy while denying it is deserved by a people asking for freedom and dignity?
Your ability to express yourself with such clarity and honesty is astonishing, under the horrifying circumstances. Here in the US, those of us who care protest, call our legislators etc etc but nothing so far has stopped our country from funding this genocide. I’m so sorry.
The article shows what life has become in Gaza, and the hardship the Palestinians have to go through. It’s encouraging to learn how much hope there still is despite a situation we, who are not exposed to it, will never be able to really fully comprehend.
Let me cite a passage from this article which clearly shows the hope the author is understandably clinging to but makes me feel sad because I see the situation differently:
„I told her … that this invasion was just to pressure Hamas at the negotiation table to accept Israel’s conditions to end the war. I think Israel is using Palestinian civilians as bargaining chips and political pressure tools to achieve what it cannot achieve militarily.“
Unfortunately I believe this is not case. Hamas has already several times agreed to ceasefire proposals brought forward by the US and Israel - only with Israel walking away from their own proposed agreements and instead pressing ahead with the destruction. „Hamas“ is a pretext. It probably always was. Israel does not want peace. Peace is the political end for Netanyahu. Israel wants to fully occupy and settle Gaza - as well as the West Bank and East Jerusalem (for starters). This is why it is destroying Gaza and ridding it of the Palestinian population. The goal of ethnic cleansing is in plain view, stated and celebrated over and over again by prominent Israelis in government and elsewhere as well as by Trump.
Unless the UN intervenes militarily - which it could if its member states were willing (they have not shown any willingness yet though) Israel will keep on with its rampage until there is no Palestinian left in the territories. They will not stop at Gaza. The West Bank will be next, and the campaign there has accelerated while public attention has been focused on Gaza. It doesn’t matter that there is no Hamas in the West Bank. It’s never been about Hamas. If Oct. 7 would not have been allowed as a convenient trigger, Israel would have found another excuse to do exactly what it is doing now.
What a horrific decision to have to make! I am so sorry! I'll be heading out to a protest against the selling of Colt weapons to Israel in a bit but this will not help you! Nothing seems to help! The world has gone mad!
Western "civilization" has always been thus. The world hasn't "gone mad," but the imperialist west is carrying on, with its pernicious policies, to exploit the resources, of West Asia and the global South. So people, don't get in our way, or else! Free free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
But remember, these zionist ideologues, "crazies," are armed with the nuclear deterrent. Which country wants to gamble, with the Samson option? Free free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
As a Jewish-American, I'm sickened at the holocaust Israel has perpetrated on the Palestinians in Gaza. A nation founded by Holocaust survivors has lost its soul and raison d'être with this inhumane act. The world needs to act to stop it by boycotting Israel and in massive divestiture in all trade and companies involved in this genocide, as Norway has done in divesting from Caterpillar, whose equipment is being used to demolish Palestinian homes and other buildings.
Oh Rasha, my heart cries for your family. I’m so worried about you. May God be with you whatever happens. None of us have any control. Know that we love you❤️
I live in Ohio, United States, and I know how naive this sounds, and am so sorry; but if you and your family can somehow get out we will provide food and housing for you.
This is a generous proposal. But for most Palestinians it’s probably not about finding a home somewhere safe among strangers in a foreign land. It’s about being able to live in peace in one’s homeland on one’s rightfully owned piece of land.
My heart goes out to you in your situation. If I could bring you to live with me in the UK, I would.
I can't begin to understand what you are going through, but your description is strong, brave & clear. I am glad you are testifying to the west about what is happening to you.
I am doing the only things I can to make the British Government ashamed of their support for Israel. I join with all the pro Palestinian organisations in the UK & fight the US's support for Gaza.
You should be proud that you are getting your voice heard & I hope to read much more from you.
God save you & bless you, your husband & your children.
Israel was admitted on May 11, 1949, following United Nations General Assembly Resolution 273.
Its membership should be revoked and replaced with Palestine admittance.
Thank you all for your kind words and for your invitations to host me in your homes and countries. I feel your compassion for us amid everything we are going through, but unfortunately, there is no way to escape death… my people and I are heading into the unknown.
I pray that your suffering is made easy for all of you and that in the end you will be successful. 🤲🏼Palestine will be free., Insha’Allah The governments are against you but the people are with you.
There are no good choices.
Unbelievable in this day and age !! All paid and supported by the US !! Shame.
Right. It is impossible to support any government slaughtering defenseless civilians, day after day, month after month, year after year. All because of a setup on Oct 7 that was allowed in so this could take place. Degenerate, deceptive, and disgusting (similar to 9/11, too).
Words cannot express the pain I feel for you. I am so angry at the Israeli Goverment and the complicit Goverments of the West. I pray for your safety. I wish I could take away your pain.
Thank you for this writing. How horrifically cruel is this genocide and ethnic cleansing? How do we in the US live with the fact that our government is responsible and will not demand an end to the war. Families and children starved and killed. This writing is heartbreaking. How we citizens want an end to this genocide, to assist and support, to provide safety, food, kindness, support. Sending prayers to the heavens for an end to this horror and safety to you and your family.
As an American Jew, I am appalled by the acts of Netanyahu, his coalition, the IDF, the Israeli citizens who support this genocide and the lawless "settlers" in the West Bank. Jews, who have suffered persecutions for thousands of years, should have empathy for the people of Gaza. I was born a few weeks after the state of Israel was born after the Holocaust, and during my childhood, I helped raise funds for tree planting in the new state. Israel's actions towards the Gazans should be to flood the area with humanitarian aid for openers, get the hostages and out leave the territory.
Don't forget the over 10,000 Palestinian "hostages" Israel holds in its extensive prison system, many without charges or trial. Unlike the Israeli hostages who are humanely treated by Hamas, life in Israeli prisons includes torture, starvation, beatings, sexual assault. None of this is reported in western MSM of course
This is a very important point.
There will be a reckoning someday. Words for the evil atrocities inflicted on the Palestinian people since 1948 fall far too short. To all those who participated in false narratives to hide reality of greed from the world and to all those who knew the reality but chose to support it because they thought it would stay hidden until the Palestinians gave up, how do you live with yourselves? How do we live with ourselves as Americans? There is courage in standing up against injustice and fighting for truth...anything else is cowardice.
How does one ask for mercy while denying it is deserved by a people asking for freedom and dignity?
Your ability to express yourself with such clarity and honesty is astonishing, under the horrifying circumstances. Here in the US, those of us who care protest, call our legislators etc etc but nothing so far has stopped our country from funding this genocide. I’m so sorry.
The article shows what life has become in Gaza, and the hardship the Palestinians have to go through. It’s encouraging to learn how much hope there still is despite a situation we, who are not exposed to it, will never be able to really fully comprehend.
Let me cite a passage from this article which clearly shows the hope the author is understandably clinging to but makes me feel sad because I see the situation differently:
„I told her … that this invasion was just to pressure Hamas at the negotiation table to accept Israel’s conditions to end the war. I think Israel is using Palestinian civilians as bargaining chips and political pressure tools to achieve what it cannot achieve militarily.“
Unfortunately I believe this is not case. Hamas has already several times agreed to ceasefire proposals brought forward by the US and Israel - only with Israel walking away from their own proposed agreements and instead pressing ahead with the destruction. „Hamas“ is a pretext. It probably always was. Israel does not want peace. Peace is the political end for Netanyahu. Israel wants to fully occupy and settle Gaza - as well as the West Bank and East Jerusalem (for starters). This is why it is destroying Gaza and ridding it of the Palestinian population. The goal of ethnic cleansing is in plain view, stated and celebrated over and over again by prominent Israelis in government and elsewhere as well as by Trump.
Unless the UN intervenes militarily - which it could if its member states were willing (they have not shown any willingness yet though) Israel will keep on with its rampage until there is no Palestinian left in the territories. They will not stop at Gaza. The West Bank will be next, and the campaign there has accelerated while public attention has been focused on Gaza. It doesn’t matter that there is no Hamas in the West Bank. It’s never been about Hamas. If Oct. 7 would not have been allowed as a convenient trigger, Israel would have found another excuse to do exactly what it is doing now.
What a horrific decision to have to make! I am so sorry! I'll be heading out to a protest against the selling of Colt weapons to Israel in a bit but this will not help you! Nothing seems to help! The world has gone mad!
:^(
Western "civilization" has always been thus. The world hasn't "gone mad," but the imperialist west is carrying on, with its pernicious policies, to exploit the resources, of West Asia and the global South. So people, don't get in our way, or else! Free free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
military intervention is all that will help the Palestinians
But remember, these zionist ideologues, "crazies," are armed with the nuclear deterrent. Which country wants to gamble, with the Samson option? Free free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
This is the only way at this point. Should already have happened in a decent world, but . . .
A Korea-type solution would work with an impenetrable barrier that protects the Palestinians. They must be protected.
As a Jewish-American, I'm sickened at the holocaust Israel has perpetrated on the Palestinians in Gaza. A nation founded by Holocaust survivors has lost its soul and raison d'être with this inhumane act. The world needs to act to stop it by boycotting Israel and in massive divestiture in all trade and companies involved in this genocide, as Norway has done in divesting from Caterpillar, whose equipment is being used to demolish Palestinian homes and other buildings.
Oh Rasha, my heart cries for your family. I’m so worried about you. May God be with you whatever happens. None of us have any control. Know that we love you❤️
This was hard to read but not as hard as the families experiencing such hardship. This is a nightmare nobody can wake up from.
I live in Ohio, United States, and I know how naive this sounds, and am so sorry; but if you and your family can somehow get out we will provide food and housing for you.
This is a generous proposal. But for most Palestinians it’s probably not about finding a home somewhere safe among strangers in a foreign land. It’s about being able to live in peace in one’s homeland on one’s rightfully owned piece of land.
My dear Rasha... you & all you family,
My heart goes out to you in your situation. If I could bring you to live with me in the UK, I would.
I can't begin to understand what you are going through, but your description is strong, brave & clear. I am glad you are testifying to the west about what is happening to you.
I am doing the only things I can to make the British Government ashamed of their support for Israel. I join with all the pro Palestinian organisations in the UK & fight the US's support for Gaza.
You should be proud that you are getting your voice heard & I hope to read much more from you.
God save you & bless you, your husband & your children.
Victoria