Palestinian children don’t cry

[PeasfullPerson]

Palestinian children don’t cry 

If they fall over and graze their knee 
It doesn’t matter 
They don’t need a strong hand to lift them up
They don’t need plasters 
They don’t need a mother to kiss it better
That’s why lots of them don’t have mothers anymore 

Palestinian boys and girls don’t need homes 
They don’t care about warm beds 
They don’t need toys to play with 
They don’t mind when they have to leave their favourite cuddly bear behind
The one they took everywhere and struggled to sleep without 
They don’t miss their family pets 

Palestinian teenagers don’t care about clothes 
They don’t mind if they are dirty 
They don’t mind it when it rains and they cannot change and they are soaked to the bone, chilled
They find it difficult to post on the internet now, so clothes don’t matter 
And they don’t miss that anyway, the internet
They don’t miss friendship, connection, laughter and fun 
 
Palestinian babies aren’t born full of innocence and light  
They don’t crave to be kept warm and safe 
They don’t cry when they are thirsty  
They don’t cry when they are in pain 
They don’t miss milk and incubators and medicines
They won’t miss their deceased families when they grow up 

Plastinian children don’t cry when shrapnel pierces their skin
Palestinian children don’t cry when their tiny bodies become squashed under rubble 
Palestinian children don’t cry when their legs are amputated without anaesthesia 

Palestinian children don’t mind the sight and stench of dead bodies 

Faraway 

Somehow different
Somehow other 

Palestinian children don’t cry 

This must be why the world watches them suffer

[Rachna83]

That makes me really sad to read. They are in my prayers ❤️

[TakeMe2Insanity]

💔💔

[Sippingmytea]

I struggle to understand how any human with a heart can so easily accept children being killed.

[Honeylemonandginger]

Please please let their suffering end soon.
💔

[Ohlalalalala]

Thank you.
💔

[PeasfullPerson]

Palestinian children don’t need water
Palestinian children don’t need food

Palestinian children aren’t protected by international law

[feralunderclass]

💔😭💔😭💔

[Roste]

And when we do hear them cry it is not a sound we will easily forget.
I will march, I will boycott, I will choose who I vote for very carefully and I will keep donating but it breaks my heart to not be able to wipe away her tears. All children are our children, when will our despotic, corrupt leaderships realise.
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[PeasfullPerson]

The words of a Palestinian mother…

Letter to my baby: In Gaza, I’m sorry I dreamt of a better future

Palestinian journalist and storyteller Maram Humaid’s baby Iyas just turned three months old.

Her nephew Ezz is only one month old.

For Al Jazeera, she has penned an emotional note to the newborns, as they begin their lives amid a destructive war in Gaza.

Life in Gaza has always been challenging, but we endeavoured to live, dream, and thrive. Even hoping now feels like a luxury.

Gaza Strip — My baby Iyas has turned three months old, and my nephew Ezz has just completed one month.

Here’s my note to them:

Dear Baby Iyas and Baby Ezz,
I understand that you sense something is wrong. Your reactions to the explosions are palpable – shaking and crying with each pounding sound.
At times, you seek answers in our faces, disturbed by the constant bombing and planes overhead during the night.
My dear babies,
I write this letter with the hope that you’ll grow up in a safe world to read it. However, sadly, that outcome is uncertain. The ongoing situation compels me to document this testimony for your generation.
As I gaze into your eyes, I imagine premature babies in al-Shifa Hospital being moved, endangering their lives.
The world has transformed into a graveyard for the most innocent beings. I contemplate the agonising stories of parents unable to reach their waiting children due to the ground invasion or, worse, those who may have been displaced or killed.
My babies, my heart weeps profusely. Every day in the hospital, I shed tears for the children growing up amidst this chaos. I cry when I see them laughing in the makeshift tents, oblivious to the tragic disaster unfolding around them – a reality they may comprehend only in the future.
A child bathing outside a tent. More than half of Gaza’s population has been displaced by Israel’s war on the narrow strip [Maram Humaid/Al Jazeera]
My beloveds,
Your wellbeing in these tragic circumstances deeply concerns us, your parents.
Last week, your incessant crying and discomfort puzzled us until your grandmother’s kidney pain revealed the cause – unclean water. Despite our awareness, we had no alternative, leading us on a quest for clean mineral water bottles for your safety.
Daily, we would go to the hospital, also my current workplace as a journalist, seeking information about any available water sources.
The joy of returning home with water felt akin to holding a treasure, a stark reminder of the chaos surrounding a basic necessity – water.
The scarcity extends beyond water, worrying us about your dwindling baby formula and diaper supplies. Ezz, despite challenges, your dad managed to secure formula for you. But Iyas, we had to switch your formula due to unavailability, risking temporary discomfort.
As we navigate this real battle of thirst and hunger, discussing the most suitable formula for you seems like a luxury. Everything now revolves around preventing hunger.
I want to acquaint you with this “wonderful” world witnessing our struggle under various means of genocide.
Beyond water and food shortages, it has been over a month without electricity, internet, communications networks, supermarket supplies, bread or fuel.
Ongoing airstrikes inflict endless bloodshed, targeting every aspect of life, making this world unsafe for innocent babies like you.
Every day at the hospital, I witness bodies wrapped in bloody shrouds – women, men, and elders – but the most heart-wrenching are the children’s bodies. Babies here learn the sounds of missiles before the melodies of childhood.
Displaced, disconnected, bereaved and besieged – this is how the people of Gaza endure ongoing Israeli aggression.
My darlings,
This might be my last letter. Remember not to forgive those who stayed silent in the face of our suffering. Life in Gaza has always been challenging, but we endeavoured to live, dream, and thrive. Now, regret shadows every moment we envisioned bringing you into a better life.
Observing your smiles and hand-holding amid chaos breaks my heart. Hope for a better future here is scarce; the future seems to promise only more torture.

[ButterfliesnWaterfalls]

Little angels ♥️

May God make it easier for them 💔😢🇸🇩

[PeasfullPerson]

As our government appear unwilling to recognise and condemn the suffering of Palestinian children I will keep posting here. That is not to say I don’t understand and condemn the fact that there are Israeli children who have also been caused horrific pain and trauma.

An amputee chasing his dreams amidst the Gaza war, eleven year old Asif Abu Mahadi.

Palestinian children don’t have hopes and dreams.

[eester]

Ceasefire now! 💔😢💔😢💔😢

[Ohlalalalala]

💔

[Toothyfruity]

Every day I see videos of beautiful little children hurt, burned or maimed. Or killed.

God love them. Israel has absolutely lost its way and is a rogue terror state. Only such a state would do what they're doing.

I've seen Rascal Children of Gaza posted a fair bit on social media recently. It's so sad. I'll post it below. It was written when Israel killed hundreds of children in Gaza in 2014 but is even more relevant today given the thousands of children Israel has killed in the last 6 weeks.

Oh rascal children of Gaza. You who constantly disturbed me with your screams under my window.
You who filled every morning with rush and chaos.
You who broke my vase and stole the lonely flower on my balcony.
Come back, and scream as you want and break all the vases.
Steal all the flowers.
Come back. Just come back.

By Khaled Juma, a Palestinian poet from Rafah

[Lizziebest]

Heartbreaking poor children

[Ohlalalalala]

@Toothyfruity

Every day I see videos of beautiful little children hurt, burned or maimed. Or killed.

God love them. Israel has absolutely lost its way and is a rogue terror state. Only such a state would do what they're doing.

I've seen Rascal Children of Gaza posted a fair bit on social media recently. It's so sad. I'll post it below. It was written when Israel killed hundreds of children in Gaza in 2014 but is even more relevant today given the thousands of children Israel has killed in the last 6 weeks.

Oh rascal children of Gaza. You who constantly disturbed me with your screams under my window.
You who filled every morning with rush and chaos.
You who broke my vase and stole the lonely flower on my balcony.
Come back, and scream as you want and break all the vases.
Steal all the flowers.
Come back. Just come back.

By Khaled Juma, a Palestinian poet from Rafah

😭I swear this made me cry. So true.

Just come back. 💔

[PeasfullPerson]

😞

[ButterfliesnWaterfalls]

Absolutely awful.

I’ve just seen the images of the Prem Babies 😢 some of them have died 😔

Imagine the pain of the mother - carrying the baby for months only to be separated at birth and being so helpless.

No electricity, no food, no water 😞

[WomanHereHear]

💔