For us in Israel fearing and ashamed of what our government did, we could only share the feelings of Rhiannon Lucy Coslett (While Gaza children are bombarded and hungry, we look – no power. What does this do to us as a society ?, 24 May).
In many months today, as a member of the organization standing together, an activist group of Jews and Palestinians, we show the war. Latter politicians. Tried to stimulate conscience of those who are only interested in territorial profits. Posted mutilated photos and hungry Palestinian children. We don’t know how to heal the democratic world to answer. Many words of condemnation, but no action.
We are at peace, but our voice has no traction of this government. The Palestinian community who does not say a word they know they will be selected by security forces, and demonstrators face more violent police under the ultra-right minister ITamar Ben-Gvir. Movies about occupation forbidden. Television does not show pictures from Gaza. We slide fast to fascism in fascism and silenced our voices.
Two countries for two people we want, and is the only way in peace. We do not have Nelson Mandela here, or Martin Luther King, but we need each of you to raise your voices and shouts: “Enough.”
Olivia Bezalel
Clil, Israel
Rhiannon’s piece Lucy Coslett questions what genocide, ethnic cleaning and forcibly hunger in us, the privileges, in the UK. But he does not have the words for events that the UK is considered “powerless” to stop. He wept at the loss of human faith. I’m suffering. But he is not powerful. He is a journalist in one of the most famous newspapers in the world.
The journalists can start by getting the most basic and obvious step in using the right words. Use genocide to describe a genocide, use the killing description, use ethnic cleansing to describe ethnic cleaning. And tell us, please, who do the works you feel such sadness.
Ang pagkawalay gahum resulta gikan sa kawala nga tukma nga ihulagway kung unsa ang nagakahitabo, aron hukman kini ug awhagon ang mga magbabasa nga mohunong kini, sama sa mga protesta, mga boycotts, o petisyon sa among gobyerno.
Aymen Khoury
London
I collect river stones. I painted them white, built a tables of art in markets, in areas of music and on the road a week of a man’s guard, in the country Jinibara. I wrote the names of killed children and people who painted them, talking about their feelings, as a prayer, or sitting in it all. They take the stones at home or leave it or gift it – most do a donation. The money goes Olive ChildrenA Australian registered register trying to provide for Palestinian children with no longer circumstances.
I call them memories of rocks; It’s called a friend “craftivism”. For me, this is the best idea I’ve ever got.
Steven Neriarty
Valley in Diamond, Queensland, Australia
The words of Rhiannon Lucy Coslett continued to me, and I thought millions other around the world. I sit with a broken anger at what people have done without defense for more than a year and don’t know what to do it. While one blame Israel, what do leaders say “free world”, Western powers, making hunger and destruction of Palestine?
Arif pervaiz
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I am also a new mother and Rhiannon Lucy Coslett who promotes what I am perfectly feeling perfect. From wanting to skip traumatic videos online, even though the feeling of being forced, to feel a great feeling of grief, it is known that the great gaza is at the time of hungry and experienced uninspiring and experienced trauma.
The feeling of powerlessness affects me more than this particular humanitarian crisis than anyone else I can remember. Rhiannon’s moral injury can be correct in the proxy, while it is not compared to the trauma experienced by Gaza with people who witness everyday on their devices, but knows that there is little to do.
Louise Postill
Poole, Dorset
I am a pediatrician neonatologist. I work for six years of international African cooperation programs, even in unstable countries. I have never met such a deliberate targeting health personnel and children as I see today in Gaza. If this is not a crime against humanity, I don’t know what else can do.
Ask us why we are silent and I don’t want to keep quiet. Where is the UN? Why cannot Britain, and European countries, more to prevent all of them? I wish I could join doctors trying to save children today, but not possible. Let me invite each reader to stand up for those who have no voices and raises the children of our government.
YEAR
Enfield, London
