ZiadRahbani (69 y.o.)
Mazin Qumsiyeh
Fairuz and items shared on day 661 of the ongoing holocaust & staying humane
Personal note: I was surprised at my level of sadness at the death of Ziad
Rahbani (69 y.o.), son of famous Lebanese singer Fairuz (now 90). Was it
related to his revolutionary spirit, his age (like mine), support for
Palestine, his music, his mother’s songs that I grew up with and listen to
regularly (especially after I returned to Palestine in 2008), that sadness
of his mother who still takes care of her other son with special needs, the
family’s deep Christian faith, that Lebanon and Palestine are basically one
country (divided unfairly by colonizing western powers Sykes -Picot) or is
it all of the above? Rest in power Ziyad. Here is one of my favorite Fairuz
songs, Sanarji3o “We shall return” https://youtu.be/M3dfRtwbJRM and
another favorite about Palestine
https://youtu.be/5EyOYZ9T5WI
Island of Hope in a sea of oppression
https://www.greenplanetmonitor.net/society-culture-arts/food/island-of-hope-in-a-sea-of-oppression/
[and thank you to those 125 individuals who donated so far in July in our
matching campaign, your charitable donation is matched if done before end
of September palestinenature.org/donations]
Ori Goldberg: “The campaigns led by Israelis in denial of the hunger and
the genocide are some of the most reprehensible and odious I have ever
seen. The images of complete and utter destruction from Beit Hanoun are
inhuman. The Israeli genocide is one of the worst in recorderd history, and
its history has barely begun to be recorded. As I write this I see a notice
from the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reporting that IDF command has
proposed a ‘new siege plan’ for Gaza. There are no more lines left to be
crossed. This is incorrigible evil.”
Gideon Levi: “Denial has accompanied Israel since the days of the first
Nakba in 1948. It continued during all the years of occupation and
apartheid. The current denial includes the denial of the genocidal intent
and the transparent goal of removing Gaza’s population elsewhere. There is
no society in the world that lives in such self denial. ……With the
onset of deliberate deadly starvation in Gaza, there was no alternative for
Israelis but to turn to denial, no less loathsome than denial of the
Holocaust.”
Israel’s starvation campaign ravages Gaza
https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php
I am starving, a girl writes from Gaza
https://palestinenexus.com/articles/im-starving
Moving message from Ziad in Gaza (french but you can see english google
translate)
https://bandungspirit.org/IMG/html/gaza_meurt_de_faim.html
Israel committing ‘worst crime of the 21st century’ in Gaza
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-un-aid-chief-israel-committing-worst-crime-21st-century-gaza
Israeli human rights organization joins the hundreds of international
groups and human rights organization calling out Israel’s genocide
(holocaust) of Palestinians
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-human-rights-groups-gaza-genocide
https://www.phr.org.il/en/genocide-in-gaza-eng/
https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide
The one plane load of food dropped on Gaza is a PR stunt i s equivalent to
less than one truck-full of supplies. 1000 truck loads of supplied were
buried in the desert rather than let the UN deliver the aid
https://www.thenorthstar.com/p/breaking-an-israeli-soldier-just
Freedom flotilla ship Handala was intercepted by the apartheid regime
forces (thugs) as it tried to deliver id to starving Gaza Strip
https://x.com/thiagoavilabr/status/1949214390999568690
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/israel-kills-palestinians-truce-talks-stall
https://youtu.be/YMVZabFOVDQ
Act now Call Congress: Stop Starving Gaza and Block the Bombs
https://www.uscpraction.org/action-alerts/letaidin
How one Israeli company controls – and cuts off – Palestinians’ access to
water in the West Bank
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-one-israeli-company-controls-and-cuts-off-palestinians-access-to-water-in-the-west-bank/
Stay Humane, act, and keep hope and Palestine alive
Mazin Qumsiyeh
A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bethlehem University
Occupied Palestine
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