Stay Human
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
20 November, 2012
Countercurrents.org
More than 105 Palestinians were murdered so far in Gaza (and a few in the West Bank), 30 of them children. Israeli warplanes targeted residential neighborhoods in Gaza for the seventh straight day (>1400 bombings) and round the clock. In one shelling of a building (which Israel says was a "technical glitch"), nine members of Al-Dalou family were killed with two neighbors. Here are the names of the known martyrs of this one shelling alone:
Mohammed Jamal Al-Dalou, the father with his four children:
Yousef Mohammed Jamal Al-Dalou, 10 years old
Jamal Mohammed Jamal Al-Dalou, 7 year old
Ranin Mohammed Jamal Al-Dalou, 5 years old
Ibrahim Mohammed Jamal Al-Dalou, 1 year old
Jamal Al-Dalou, the grandfather
Sulafa Al Dalou, 46 years old
Samah Al-Dalou, 25 years old
Tahani Al-Dalou, 50 years old
Ameina Matar Al-Mzanner, 83 years old.
Abdallah Mohammed Al-Mzanner, 23 years old
In the West Bank, an Israeli gas bomb shot into a Palestinain home near Qalandia checkpoint burned to death a 20-month-old baby by the name of Najib Ahmed Najib. Israeli occupation forces critically injured many Palestinians including in Bethlehem. And in Nebi Saleh they used live ammunition against stone throwing Palestinian. In the volley of live bullets, they murdered our friend Rushdi Tamimi (brother of Nariman Tamimi who is featured in many videos I sent earlier). Here is a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4L3oaYtyLs
Action: Boycott Soda Stream
http://holidaysodastreamboycott.wordpress.com/
Video of Al-Dalou children http://youtu.be/1X67Bzm7OqI
Video of the aftermath from AlJazeerah
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/gaza/video-family-buries-ten-members-killed-israeli-airstrike
Some photos from different locations by Activestills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/activestills/
Names of Palestinian victims of the current assault on Gaza
http://palestinefrommyeyes.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/gazaunderattack-names-and-ages-of-killed-people-who-fell-victim-during-the-past-ongoing-israeli-attacks-on-gaza/
In pain and agony but with renewed determination and hope
Our friend Vittorio used to end his messages with "*Stay human*". This simple message is most pertinent today
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh teaches and does research at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities in occupied Palestine. He serves as chairman of the board of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People and coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Sahour He is author of "Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle" and “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment” http://qumsiyeh.org
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