What does Free the Hostages Mean? What about Stand with Israel ?
Radical Love
Radical love understands
#freethehostages means
all Palestinians living
under an inhumane occupation
2 million innocent souls in Gaza
1/2 of whom are bewildered
children under the age of 18
being collectively punished
— denied water, electricity,
medicines & mercy —
in one of the most densely populated
spaces on earth, casually,
known as an ‘open air prison’
#standwithisrael means denouncing
700,000 Israeli settlers,
since who understands better
the curse of homelessness
and wandering in the wilderness
#supportIsrael means disowning
apartheid, ethic cleansing, genocide
because we solemnly swore, before
as one human family: Nevermore
#bringthemhome refers to the right
of return for some 14 million Palestinians,
scattered throughout an indifferent world
Radical love understands
there is no October 7, 2023
without May 15, 1948,
our September 11th…
© Yahia Lababidi, author of Palestine Wail (Daraja Press, 2024)
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