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My Palestinian Christian family has gone

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Theend123 · 22/10/2023 20:19

I am late to this and name changed as I frequently get accused of anti-semitism for just telling my family story.
I am of Palestinian Christian heritage, I have lived in the UK for most of my adult life and am agnostic because I have faith, but cannot believe in religion due to its destructive nature.
Until two weeks ago, I had 16 relatives living in Gaza, I believe I now have two: my father's cousin and her daughter.
I also have relatives in Bethlehem but the connectivity is bad and no-one wants to identify themselves.
It's heart-breaking on a personal level. My Palestinian relatives have suffered so much living in the Occupied Territories.
There is fault on all sides but I am rarely able to express my family's problems because they are not seen as being legitimately part of the region's natural order.

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Theend123 · 22/10/2023 20:46

@JayAlfredPrufrock there have been talks but nothing ever comes of it. So entrenched. And, as a minority, we are rarely/never included. All talks get escalated up to US/Arab nations and it's so sensitive that no one wants to put a foot wrong.
I sometimes think: just give me a seat at the UN and I will just fillibust them into submission.

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Lavenderosa · 22/10/2023 20:45

The photos and films of dead, injured and grief-stricken people are heartbreaking and I'm so sorry for you that your own family are amongst them. Do you have a supportive network who will help you cope with this trauma?

InTheStars · 22/10/2023 20:43

I'm so sorry for your losses, OP 💐

Babyroobs · 22/10/2023 20:43

So sorry for your losses op.

RandomMess · 22/10/2023 20:42

It's an utter shit show and has been for decades Sad

All about power and money and Willy waving Angry

So sorry for your loss and all those affected, nearly all are ordinary people wanting ordinary lives whilst politicians and terrorists play at being god.

Ted27 · 22/10/2023 20:41

@Theend123

those huge numbers are made up of individual losses like yours, a true tragedy for all thoses innocent lives destroyed and those left behind.

I am truly sorry that this has happened to your precious family.

Dablikeacrap · 22/10/2023 20:40

Christian Palestinian here sending you love x

NigelHarmansNewWife · 22/10/2023 20:39

It is so sad. I am so sorry for your family's losses OP. It's the ordinary people on both sides who are suffering in this.

LoveFlowers · 22/10/2023 20:39

So sorry for your losses. This is heart-breaking to hear.

StarlightLime · 22/10/2023 20:38

Horrific. Sorry, op. There are no words, really.

tinytemper66 · 22/10/2023 20:37

I am so sorry to read this.

CaptainMyCaptain · 22/10/2023 20:36

So much sympathy for you OP. There are no winners in this war.

itsgettingweird · 22/10/2023 20:35

There are no words that can make this better for anyone losing family.

Innocent civilians do not deserve this. Flowers

Almahart · 22/10/2023 20:35

I'm so sorry, this is completely heartbreaking.

JayAlfredPrufrock · 22/10/2023 20:35

So sorry for your loss.

I thank the powers that be every day that I was born in the uk.

Have the two sides ever talked?

OccasionalHope · 22/10/2023 20:35

So very sorry for your losses.

DaisyWaldron · 22/10/2023 20:34

I'm so sorry, OP.

murasaki · 22/10/2023 20:34

I'm so sorry for your losses. What a horrific situation it is, and it is civilians suffering for idealistic aims on both parts without thinking of the personal consequences.

Defiantjazz · 22/10/2023 20:33
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SnakeyS · 22/10/2023 20:32

I am so sorry Op. It’s utterly heartbreaking. 💐

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Theend123 · 22/10/2023 20:30

Oh goodness, I did not expect such kindness.
I feel it's such a small thing given the huge numbers of others. My heart breaks for every life destroyed.
I so wish that people would talk rather than kill but those days have long gone in Palestine and Israel (and increasingly in bordering countries)

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MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 22/10/2023 20:29

I'm so very sorry for your losses.

Innocent people have suffered on both sides of this heartbreaking situation. It is so, so wrong.

There has been an utter failure of leadership in so many different ways - in Israel, Gaza and the rest of the world. Nobody is putting the needs of those innocent civilians first.

I can only begin to imagine how you must be feeling right now, OP. Flowers

Roste · 22/10/2023 20:25

I cannot begin to imagine the shock you must be feeling , I am so sorry for your loss .

GrazingSheep · 22/10/2023 20:25

I am so sorry. It’s utterly heartbreaking .

Theimpossiblegirl · 22/10/2023 20:23

I'm so, so sorry. It's absolutely awful.

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