cyberxbattalion
est. 2013
cyberxbattalion
![Screenshot of interview with Palestinian activist and scholar Khalil Abu Yehia, which reads: MR [interviewer]: What do you fear? K: I fear that I will die without achieving my dreams. I want to complete my PhD. I want to rebuild my family’s house, which has been destroyed. And I want—and this, for me, is the biggest dream—to meet my friends in person, to shake hands, to hug them. It sounds very simple, but colonialism disconnects a people from the rest of the world. I dream of a future where people are treated equally, where there is no occupation, no colonialism, no genocide, no ethnic cleansing.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/22486d59308c4187c35faf73b5e1def9/ab297f83008547c4-b4/s1280x1920/dd72171701cd781c8a5fb1d6209e5ae1e441c411.png)
ALT![[interview screenshot continued] MR: What is your message for the world? K: Don’t leave us alone. We are making history now. What would you like your children to read about you? That you justified this oppression? Or that you stood on the side of the oppressed people? Every single action counts. Don’t forget us. We are human beings who are losing our family members and our neighbors and our friends. If you believe in the equality and freedom of the Palestinian people, exert the maximum effort to ensure that your government stops supporting the colonial government. When every government boycotts this colonial system, it will be isolated. And that’s how it will end. — October 16th [Note: On October 30th, Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Maya Rosen and Erez Bleicher remember him here.]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fad70806fb260919a94e75cde1be320b/ab297f83008547c4-e1/s1280x1920/2a59e548bb048c418c5d328e17bed4c80010b52c.png)
ALTI have linked to this interview many many times because i think it is one of the best interviews that has been done with palestinians from gaza, on their political perspectives, their present and their future
on october 30th, one of the interviewees, khalil abu yehia was killed. this is the reality of genocide now. so many people i followed, quoted, shared from since the beginning of the war, only 20-something days ago, are now dead. so many who would have been part of palestine's smartest, bravest and most promising future, extinguished forever.
ill figure it out <- common utterance of a girl who is completely fucked
“Kill them with kindness.” Of course. Just make sure you do kill them.
Palestinians are not "animals."
They are not "children of darkness."
Little kids are rescuing cats and trying to comfort them when they themselves are terrified.
A doctor broke down when his father and brother came into the trauma unit.
And several of his colleagues hugged and gathered to comfort him.
Journalists are playing with babies.
Doctors are refusing to evacuate hospitals because their patients can't and refuse to leave them.
There's a little boy who gives tea to the journalists and thanks them for spreading their stories.
He's displaced at the hospital, his home is gone.
A kid was asked what he wants to be when he grows up and he said kids in Gaza don't grow up.
Kids are writing their names on their arms so they can be identified.
Momin Kireka is a Palestinian journalist who was disabled by an Israeli attack in 2008.
And despite the difficulty in moving around, he vows to continue to show the world the truth.
Awni, a young Palestinian boy has a gaming YouTube channel he loved so much.
He was killed in the bombing.
Mohammed Sami was an artist who's dream was to open an art gallery.
He was playing with the kids to raise their spirits. And the next day he was killed.
They are victims.
They are going through unimaginable horrors and still find it in their hearts to be kind.
They have hopes and dreams just like you and I.
They are people.
And they deserve to be remembered as such.
Credit: Instagram @ translating_gaza
Came across this while I was on Instagram tonight..thought I should share this here because it made me cry.
& there are some people, love, who are better unknown.
Stay up late with me and tell me everything that’s on your mind
My era rn is uncategorizable. The the way I am living is unheard of
its true that romance amd friendship will not solve everything but. objectively speaking its very hard to get sad when you can say 'lets go get cake tomorrow okay' and someone will go get cake with you. like there is some good at least. you know
babygirl i can waste time i don't even have
i can always relate to a girl who wants to leave
I have been thinking of the ways we tell people things. My father's hands shake, but he holds the phone up so I can watch the video from six feet away. My mother emails me the recipe of her beef stroganoff at 6 in the morning with the comment - woke up and didn't want to forget to do this! On the highway, we sing so loudly my voice grows hoarse; on the beach I sneak nice rocks into people's hands so they have something to hold; on the floor we all sit quietly in the same agreeable silence. We are all saying the same thing.
My friends say "Oh you know, keeping busy." This means they are having a hard time but making themselves survive it. I ask them to help me walk me dog; this is me telling them it's okay sometimes to just be present and talk about young adult fiction. When I cancel again because I can't get out of bed, she tells me she's on her way with cookies.
I point out the sunset. She shares her fork before I ask for it. He calls me at 1 AM just because I'm on the road alone, we talk about stupid shit. She waits for me to get indoors safely before driving away. He says - nah, forget it, I'm happy to do it for free.
People are saying it, you know? They say it often and loudly. Sometimes, you know - you just have to be listening.