
Our people are being slaughtered and I get desperate calls from fewer and fewer surviving friends in Gaza. I am sleepless thinking whether I should share videos and images (they are available on aljazeera.com). Or shall I share how the right wing regime in the US is attacking people in the US and
around the world? Should we talk about break-up of empire or new empires rising? Or should we shed light on traitors in the Arab and Muslim world who aid and abet the slaughter of their brothers and sisters? Shall I speak of how Gaza stands alone fighting hunger and genocide? No water, medicine, food etc. while billions of people around the world go about their privileged lives indifferent (or aiding via paying taxes).
Do our collective protests, emails and social media posts make a difference other than helping us selfishly (action being the best antidote to despair)? What is the difference between our role when we happen to live under the boot of the Israeli occupation (e.g. us in Bethlehem) and role of others living on Western countries? Or should we highlight our on the ground work (for example here. https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH). How do we act when catastrophe looms closer (climate change, nuclear war) while free speech is suppressed? How can those of us active make a bigger difference? I ask
these questions and hope some of you may provide some answers that help us get closer to ending this nightmare. Would it help to have a collective brainstorming session? What can I say to you all that can make a difference? Shall we take time out to think a bit more? Any and all answers are appreciated and I can summarize your ideas in my next email!
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
https://inthesetimes.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-letter-from-a-palestinian-political-prisoner-in-louisiana
On suppression of free speech in the US in service to genocide
https://fair.org/home/in-return-to-war-on-terror-propaganda-murdoch-cheers-suppression-of-protest/
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. Please share these.
Jews Step Forward https://youtu.be/ruMxrJwS3so
Collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera:
https://bit.ly/3yp2nBI
https://bit.ly/2SSpMeC
https://bit.ly/3f0KK3P
Keeper of Memory https://youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg
Empty Sea documentary: https://youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ
Resistance Pilot” documentary: https://youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg
Jenin https://vimeo.com/499672067
The Olive Tree https://vimeo.com/432062498
Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza 1973: https://youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE
Gaza Fights For Freedom https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s
Arna’s Children https://youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI
Short Film “Strawberry”: https://vimeo.com/209189656/e5510a6064
Short Film “The Place”: https://youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII
The Mayor https://youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc
The Creation and the Nakba 1948 https://youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs
Occupation 101 https://youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk
The Shadow of Absence https://vimeo.com/220119035
The Don’t Exist https://youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg
As The Poet Said https://vimeo.com/220116068
Five Broken Cameras https://youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw
Paradise Now https://vimeo.com/510883804
Abnadam Short Film: https://youtu.be/I–r85cOoXM
Wedding of Galilee https://youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U
Keffiyeh https://vimeo.com/780695653
Slingshot Hip Hop https://youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik
Tall al-Zaatar https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
Tall al-Zaatar – The Secrets of the Battle https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
In the Grip of the Resistance https://youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM
Swings https://youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs
Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision https://youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU
The Upper Gate https://vimeo.com/433362585
In Search of Palestine https://vimeo.com/184213685?1
Salt of this Sea https://bit.ly/3c10G3Z
Speak, Bird https://youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q
The Palestinian Exodus Series: https://bit.ly/3bXNAVp
“I Am Jerusalem” Series: https://bit.ly/3hG8sDV
BBC took down this film they funded because the child actor’s father was
part of the resistance movement (Hamas).
https://x.com/ztrk_esr/status/1893313980505997574
Stay Humane and keep hope/love 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
Email:[email protected]
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://palestinenature.org