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Dignity in death

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Auvergne63 · 13/02/2024 14:39

This is something that has saddened me since the bombing started in Gaza.
Every single faith has funeral rites who need to be adhered to to show respect to the dead and to help the grieving process of the ones left behind.
How can this be done in Gaza? Water is scarce so the bodies can't be washed. Bulldozers just dumped bodies in mass graves. Are the Muslims in Gaza even buried facing Makkah?
What about the other faiths?
What about the cemeteries being bulldozed?
I am sure, I will get the usual "it's a war; that what happens". For me, it is difficult to witness that , even in death, Palestinians are denied dignity. That's all.

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HeidiInTheBigCity · 13/02/2024 15:12

... and you did not even mention that Israel routinely "kidnaps" corpses - or keeps the dead bodies of those who have perished in its prison system! And, no, that is not "just to check if they are hostages" - they do this in the West Bank, too, and have for many years!

Some of Palestine's dead have, literally, been held by Israel for years!