16/10/2023
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Itโs quite unfortunate that we live in a world where the oppressed are continuously being oppressed without any end and justice has become a word that we can only ever say, but never physically or successfully see come into fruition.
Since 1948, Israel has tried to erase the Palestinians from their lands and to erase the possibility of a Palestinian homeland. The Israel unleashed its security forces on 7 May 2021 under the pretext of suppressing a Palestinian protest staged last 6 May over the anticipated eviction of six Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah in the occupied East Jerusalem. The area is recognized under international law as part of Palestinian territories but is occupied by Israel.
Israelโs refusal to withdraw its forces from the compound of a mosque considered to be one of the holiest sites in Islam subsequently triggered a response from Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who in turn fired rockets into Israel. On 16 May, Israel began its airstrikes on the Gaza strip, demolishing at least 18 buildings, 40 schools and hospitals, 19 medical facilities, and striking at least one refugee camp.
As the world fought to save lives from a raging pandemic, we watched with horror as hundreds of Palestinian people lost homes, families, loved ones not to an unforeseen health threat but to the cold, relentless and deliberate violence that could only come from a colonizing power.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday, โI have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel; everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we act accordingly.โ There are 2 million people in Gaza. Half of them are children. ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ณ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐, ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐?
As I write this, ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ 830 ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ 4,250. According to Defense for Children Palestine, that number includes at least 33 children; the Gaza Ministry of Health put the number of children killed by the strikes at 91. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who was arrested in 2005 on suspicion of organizing violent nationalist activity and is a booster of West Bank settlements and an opponent of Palestinian statehood, said, the evening of the attack, โWe have to be cruel now and not consider the captives overmuch.โ If it turns out that that informs government policyโif the Israeli government pursues maximum cruelty on Palestinians at the expense of Israeli hostagesโ lives and the tenets of international lawโis supporting such a policy a prerequisite for standing with Israel? ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ, ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐. The recent Israeli invasion and bombardment of Gaza that killed at least 243 Palestinians, among them children, is reprehensible.
We demand an ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. The ceasefire should lead to other measures to address the root causes of the longstanding conflict, a precondition for building durable and just peace. We demand immediate humanitarian assistance to treat the wounded and ensure that food, water, health, and other basic needs of the Palestinian people, especially those most affected in this current outbreak of conflict, are met.
Allah (SWT) said in the Qur-an, "And think not that Allah is unaware of what the oppressors do. He only grants them respite until the day the eyes will stare in horror." - Qur-an 14:42
Every action that is committed in this world is being seen by the Almighty. And it is only a matter of time before Allah (SWT) deals with the oppressors accordingly. Allahumma Ameen.
