Back in March, I made a blog post titled From the River to the Sea, declaring my support for Palestine, detailing how I've felt regarding the ongoing atrocities being committed there, and providing links to encourage others to show support. In the post, I described how much damage has been done to waves of innocent people and their homes and how it needs to stop immediately. 7 months have passed and barely any progress has been made. It's truly saddening.
As time has passed, I've grown to further realize the reality of how the 'people in power' here in the US are trying to make people perceive this situation. Media coverage of the situation has been terrible: news outlets and newspapers only report on Israel's attempts to retrieve their hostages from Hamas and undermine the suffering they've put all of Gaza under in such neutral ways. They'll avoid highlighting the nonstop suffering of Palestinians, only the people experiencing it firsthand with the resources to broadcast it to the world are attempting to do so, but you see their attempts being met with censorship. Like, the reason why a bill is being passed in the US to ban TikTok is more than just to "protect the kids," it's to censor videos showcasing Israel's war crimes. For christs sake, a US senator's admitted it with no shame, and it's disgusting. Then you see university students going out of their way to protest against our nation's corrupt system funding Israel, only to be met with arrests and their efforts being labeled as antisemitism, when that's very much not true. Denzel Curry has shown his support for Palestine in a post and ended it in a statement that I believe resonates with everyone else on the same page as him, stating "And for the record I'm NOT antisemitic I just hate the treatment of the Palestinian people."
Additionally, I think it's worth acknowledging the musicians that've made their stance, have used their platform to bring further awareness, and/or have . Never in my life would I have expected him to show this much awareness and genuine care towards a cause, but Macklemore released a track a few months ago titled "HIND'S HALL" with all profit made off it going towards the UNRWA. I certainly recommend streaming it to contribute
Why does the world have to be this way?
