“O Holy Night”
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On Christmas Day, December 25, 2023, Israel bombed Bethlehem.
Bethlehem, the sacred place of Christ’s birth.
Bethlehem, whose people cancelled their holiday celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Bethlehem, whose people created a Nativity out of rubble and clothed the Christ Child in a keffiyeh.
Bethlehem, who recognized the humanity of Gaza’s people, and saw their biblical story within them.
Bethlehem who chose Gaza’s people over all else.
It is now 2024.
Israel continues its’ constant attacks on the people of Palestine, raining hell upon passageways and areas they declared safe for civilians.
Israel continues the bombing of neighborhoods, the bombing of emergency vehicles, and the bombing of hospitals-hospitals full of patients they created.
On January 2, 2024, Israel bombed Lebanon’s Capital for the first time since 2006.
This has never been about their right to self defense, this has, and always will be about keeping a tight reign over the people they oppress.
This is about greed, racism, and the delusions of capitalism and white supremacy.
People who are native to a land would not flatten it with tanks, they would not tear down well tended olive trees, they would not rejoice that the ground is being watered in blood.
Israelis are colonizers, with no love or understanding for the ground they walk upon.
It has been 102 days, and 75 years.
End the Occupation, Free Palestine.
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This piece is dedicated to every Palestinian who has been martyred, and to all who remain alive to tell the stories and resilience of their people.
This piece is dedicated to the South African people, for bringing Israel’s horrific crimes to court, for not letting them commit a genocide in secret.
This piece is dedicated to the beautiful Yemenis who are standing up for Palestine through their blockades while the whole of the Western World is complicit.
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Mourn the dead, and fight like hell for the living.
