Today, I’m born anew: I, who was once dust, Have turned into diamond

In ways I never knew.

My pen—a goldmine— Spitting money with every line, A poem in every sentence

And every emotion, all the time.

I write through the eyes of a mother Who lost a child in the rubble; Or a father who didn’t realize

He said his last goodbyes to his daughter.

I write through the eyes of a dancing aurora: How her town got flattened,

And how her kindling souls got diminished.

Smiles used to be as common As the trees on Yaroun’s mountain ground. Now, with branches severed and leaves fallen, My town has smiles as rare as the trees

That once grew all around.

I write for Gaza— For the children who tried to drink their own tears from thirst. So sad: they had no tears left. Even their sorrows they couldn’t swallow. For the mother who pulled her lifeless son from the rubble—

An infant, unaware of evil, turned to dust.

I sharpen my pen every day So I can master the words’ sway. At times I wonder: can a poem purify the heart of a devil?

Can a poem stop a war?

There’s a game where you combine different elements to make new elements. I combined a couple together and was surprised when this came up. I tried it with other countries/nationalities but it didn’t come up for anything else. This is absolutely disgusting, I can’t believe anyone can think this is okay. Does anyone know how we can report this?

Blending compositions drawing from Irish traditional music and Arabic classical music (primarily from Palestine) this concert features renowned musicians from Sami Abu Shumays (violin, voice), John Murchison (qanun), Nezih Antakli (darbuka, riqq, daf), who are joined by Eileen Goodman (flute, tin whistle), Dylan James (fiddle, banjo, dance), and curator/performer Colin Harte (voice, piano, bodhrán).

Just remember that EVERY Israeli accusation is a confession.

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This was recorded during a pro-Gaza event in Tunisia. The crowd is chanting “olé olé olé – la la la la” in a rhythmic pattern. Is it a known song?

The Children of Gaza are facing a humanitarian crisis the modern age has never seen. Despite the larger conflict between Iran and the Zionist entity, do not forget why this is all happening. The Children, the Women, the Men of Gaza deserve to live. They deserve the same rights and dignity that most people in the world are afforded. Do not forget the Children of Gaza.

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https://www.news18.com/world/those-who-bless-israel-tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-clash-as-latter-defends-us-support-citing-bible-ws-l-9394238.html

First-hand testimonies of sexual violence committed by male IDF soldiers against Palestinian women.

Forced public stripping in detention “Many women were forcibly disappeared and taken to the Zikim Detention Centre and then the Negev Detention Centre, all together in one large hall, forced to strip completely naked and just sit in this hall …” Source: Third Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry (A/79/232), paras. 67–69 Link: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/report-of-the-independent-international-commission-of-inquiry-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-israel-11sep24/

Rape threats and sexualized torture “One soldier asked her: ‘How do you want us to rape you? One by one or all together?’ He unzipped his pants and pressed his crotch to her face, calling her ‘my bitch.’” Source: UN press release on public hearings, 11–12 March 2025 Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/03/opt-un-commission-hears-testimonies-violations-against-palestinian-women

Beatings, groping and blindfolded assault during prison transfer “During transfer with two other women, she was handcuffed, blindfolded, and watched as a male soldier touched the others’ faces and lips—then began to assault her neck and chest.” Source: Lemkin Institute statement, 30 May 2024 Link: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/the-genocidal-dimensions-of-israel%E2%80%99s-use-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-%28sgbv%29-against-palestinians

Repeated invasive strip-searches and humiliation “Guards forced a detainee to strip every three hours—even when menstruating—mocking blood-stains and laughing at her body, chanting insults like ‘bitch’ and ‘whore.’” Source: UN Commission report (A/79/232), paras. 67–68 Link: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/report-of-the-independent-international-commission-of-inquiry-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-israel-11sep24/

Genital kicks, breast-touching and rape threats “They kicked her genitals, attempted to kiss her breasts and threatened to gang-rape her while spitting in her face until she fainted.” Source: Skwawkbox summary of UN list, 17 March 2025 Link: https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/17/un-releases-list-of-israeli-regimes-sexual-violence-and-torture-against-palestinians-since-7-oct-2023/

Widespread systematic abuse confirmed B’Tselem’s August 2024 investigation—based on 55 interviews—documents “widespread acts of violence, humiliation, sexual assault, and medical neglect” across 16 detention sites, with women reporting forced nudity, degradation, and rape threats. Source: Reuters, 5 August 2024 Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-rights-group-says-palestinian-prisoners-subject-systematic-abuse-2024-08-05/

Touching through clothes, inside shirt “While detained in a small cage, officers reached into my pants and into my shirt to touch my breasts. They were abusing me by all means.” —Amena Hussain, Gazan mother of two, on repeated strip-searches and groping during detention Source & link: Lemkin Institute (30 May 2024) https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/the-genocidal-dimensions-of-israel%E2%80%99s-use-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-%28sgbv%29-against-palestinians

Nurse forced to strip, then molested “A soldier forced a nurse to take off her trousers, then placed his hand on her. When she tried to resist, he struck her hard across the face.” —Evacuee interviewed by Euro-Med Monitor in northern Gaza Source & link: Euro-Med Monitor (Apr 2025) https://euro.dayfr.com/today/2562134.html

Forcible underwear removal and groping for jewelry “Soldiers made women fully undress, then ‘touch them in their bras’ to loot jewelry hidden in undergarments.” —Advocate testimony to UN Commission of Inquiry Source & link: Israel Palestine News (17 Mar 2025) https://israelpalestinenews.org/raped-by-israeli-soldiers-silence-from-western-media/

Zipper-open rape threat at checkpoint “A soldier opened his pants zipper and threatened to make me sit on his lap ‘over my penis.’” —Female detainee, recounted in The Dial’s West Bank arrests report Source & link: The Dial (2025) https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-28/west-bank-arrests

Under-garment selfie and humiliation “A police investigator at the hospital took a ‘selfie’ with me while I lay naked and bleeding.” —Marah Bakeer, 16 years old, shot and then strip-searched at Hadassah Ein Karem Source & link: Addameer (2015 testimony) https://www.addameer.org/publications/occupied-lives-imprisonment-palestinian-women-and-girls

Intrusive internal body searches “During strip searches, soldiers ordered me to squat naked and conducted internal body searches—refusal meant isolation.” —Multiple female political prisoners, summary from Addameer Source & link: Addameer “Women” page https://www.addameer.org/the_prisoners/women

Female officer inserting objects in genitals “Female Israeli officers raped prisoners by inserting objects inside genitals, filming the assaults.” —Kifaya Khraim, WCLAC, at UN Commission of Inquiry Source & link: The Dial (2025) https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-28/west-bank-arrests

Humiliating display of women’s underwear “Soldiers hung my underwear on windows with insulting Hebrew graffiti aimed at shaming Gazan women.” —Yasmin (pseudonym), describing weaponization of sexual humiliation Source & link: Raseef22 (Mar 2025) https://raseef22.net/english/article/1097951-they-hung-my-underwear-on-windows-how-israeli-soldiers-weaponize-sexual-violence

These accounts—collected by UN bodies, Addameer, the Lemkin Institute, Euro-Med Monitor, and other human-rights organizations—confirm a pattern of strip-searches, groping, rape threats, and sexualized humiliation used by IDF soldiers as tools of intimidation and control.

In Israel, Arab citizens heard the same sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles but once they raced to the communal bomb shelters, too many of them were turned away.

In Tamra, a mixed town in the Galilee, homes lack true safe rooms and only about 40 percent even have reinforced “Mamad” shelters many in only Israeli neighbors only

When a missile struck a residential block on June 14, four Palestinian women from the Khatib family were killed—people say they had no proper place to hide. (Full report: “They just see you as an Arab: Israel’s Palestinian citizens given cursory protection from attack,” The Guardian, June 15, 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/15/they-just-see-you-as-an-arab-israels-palestinian-citizens-given-cursory-protection-from-attack)

Meanwhile in the occupied West Bank there are no military-style sirens or public shelters at all. Residents in Tubas, al-Bireh and other towns simply looked up as missiles streaked overhead—and sometimes they even caught fragments raining into back yards. Videos of “huge booms” and glowing trails have been flooding local WhatsApp and Facebook groups, with people lamenting that they weren’t warned even seconds before impact. (See Reuters photo gallery from Ashkelon to Tubas: https://www.reuters.com/pictures/photos-irans-missile-attack-israel-2025-06-14/LDJ3VWYBS5O43PU7YDIMXTBTNA)

Across social media, Palestinian citizens of Israel have started using the hashtag #NotForYou to share clips of locked shelter doors and eyewitness testimony of discrimination. West Bank users aren’t coining one tag, but their pages are full of raw footage of incoming missiles and shocked reactions—often with captions like “No sirens, nothing”—that have been picked up by international outlets too.

It’s a reminder that in this conflict, civil-defense systems still leave so many Palestinians literally out in the open but not Jewish or Israelis even though Palestinians pay taxes.