It’s this disgusting, nauseating feeling in the pit of my stomach which worsens each day knowing Israel is getting away with genocide and acting like they are above reproach. They pretend and claim they are saving Palestinians while massacring thousands in the name of saving them. It is sickening.
Netanyahu even claims that Hitler wanted to expel the Jews from Germany but a Muslim leader from Palestine urged him to kill the Jews despite the fact that Hitler had stated his hatred of the Jewish faith and was openly antisemitic. Netanyahu is attempting to rewrite history to justify Hitler as if he did not commit a heinous Holocaust against innocent Jews as a means for Netanyahu to commit a heinous genocide of his own, and these baseless lies to be accepted are all meant to undermine reality and humanity. The fact that no leaders are taking action emboldens Israel and Netanyahu to continue murdering Palestinians and emboldens them to create even more diabolical lies.
The lies are mounting. The death toll of innocent Palestinians is mounting. The war crimes are mounting. But nothing is done.
We are forced to watch a genocide of innocent Palestinians while leaders continue to do nothing but take symbolic votes for a ceasefire.
How can this world function? People slap on a smile and feign normalcy to get through the day, but there is a pervasive sadness that cannot be ignored. Governments continue their duties while completely disregarding the 20,000 Palestinians who have died that they could have intervened and saved. The grim truth is that no one on this planet is safe with any of these people in power. They do not defend anything but economies, not people.
How many more Palestinians have to die? What level of depravity must Israel achieve before world leaders embargo Israel and the US?
A little girl died of starvation in Gaza. Aid trucks could not reach her refugee camp and she starved to death. A little girl. It is not just gunfire and bombardments killing children but starvation, disease, dehydration, and the elements.
Where is the compassion? Where is the empathy? Where is the humanity? This world makes me sick to my stomach.
How can people see this suffering and not have a part of them die along with these innocent people? A piece of me does die. It’s the part of me that had faith in humanity that perishes.
The UN has had so many votes. But nothing is done. There is no peace. There is no action. There is only death.
With world leaders remaining inactive and not attempting to stop Israel’s war in Gaza, people around the world watch as thousands of innocent Palestinians are slaughtered and tortured. Protests are ignored. The voice of the people is ignored. Even scholars call the Israeli war on Gaza a genocide and the IDF committing war crimes. They are also ignored. Students across the US are silenced for their protests for human rights. We are being silenced and ignored by the governments that represent us.
This entire horrific situation displays the power the US has over the entire world and how world leaders will remain silent to not disrupt their profits since much of their economy is tied to the US. Not just that, the US has positioned war ships in the Middle East to add further threat. Not one world leader has called out the actions of the US in arming and funding Israel or for their threatening posturing of the US navy in Middle Eastern waters.
Words are not enough from world leaders. Gaza needs the world to take action.
Leaders and governments across the world have proven only to be tools of profit and death. They care for nothing else. They do not care for human rights. They do not care for humanity. They refuse to hear the people. They ignore the cries for peace. They do not care for you. They simply care for the bottom line.
Without an embargo or sanctions, Israel will continue to slaughter innocent Palestinians. There is no accountability for Israel, but there never has been, which is why they act with such impunity. The US shields Israel from criticism and funds their military, while other countries maintain their trade and profits from Israel and the US.
It is all up to the people. It is up to us.
Boycott all governments. Humanitarian organizations, academics, companies, NGO’s, activists, and individuals should cease ties with all government agencies across the world until a permanent ceasefire is established and maintained in Gaza. This is the one power we have. Government employees and civil servants need to stop their work if they care about Palestinians.
I am not calling for humanitarian organizations to stop work or assisting people in need, but there is power in refusing to work with governments that ignore human rights. Continue your fight, but do not continue relations with any government that has not taken steps to create a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
You can still continue the fight and do what is right for those in need without continuing commercial or social relations with leaders and governmental agencies.
We must all boycott every government and all its agencies until a permanent ceasefire is achieved. This is a part of being ungovernable, but as a people, we must be loud and extremely vocal in our ungovernability. Let leaders know what they have ushered into the world- lawlessness. There is no rule of law anymore under these circumstances at the behest of governments which refuse to uphold international laws and human rights.
What if we can unite and refuse to pay taxes in April and other countries also employ a tax protest? If physical protests are not working, we must go harder until they do hear us and we have a greater impact. The greatest impact for any government is money, that is what they hear.
Let’s organize. The fight for humanity is up to the people because our governments will not. Let’s restructure our governments to ensure human rights are protected across the world.
Boycott your government and all governments across the world.
Demand for an embargo on Israel and the US.
Demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Continue the fight to uphold human rights.
From the river to the sea, may Palestine be free. May the whole world be free.
Protest. Boycott. BE UNGOVERNABLE. Demand embargoes. Organize. Volunteer. Contact your elected officials. Share the stories from Gaza. Share the news from Gaza. Share the history of Gaza. Please extend the same energy to other countries and people facing genocide and atrocities- Sudan, the Congo, West Papua, the Rohingyans, Armenians, and the Uyghurs.