People of Gaza, We Hear You
I 'd been thinking vaguely about writing some kind of account of what I've been up to lately, a bout what's been going on for the past six weeks in Israel / Palestine, and not just in Gaza but in the West Bank, too. Then this afternoon, this video popped up first in t oday's TikTok feed. I'm so glad it did , because as I wrote in 5 languages in text and WhatsApp messages I sent with the link to friends and family, it re-lighted the fire that's been burning under my ass for weeks now . Before reading on , please watch it . No dead bodies (visible), no screaming injured children ; j ust a guy talking about what happened Nov. 18, 2023, in his home-town: Khan Younis, Gaza, Occupied Palestine. Watch it here . About five or six times in the past couple of weeks, a fter clocking out around noon from the café where I work, and retrievi ng a sign that I made, I 've walked around downtow n for an hour or so, holding the sign above my head ( with my hands; it