So as you know I am Palestinian ,I am from Nablus and I live there ,I have a friend from Gaza who I have known for a year before the war had started .
he was born and raised in Gaza and even lived in Gaza during the war for about 7 months before managing to go to Egypt ,I’ve asked my Friend if he’s okay with this and he has said yes and the mods have approved of my request as well
So come on ,you’re not gonna get this chance again
ask him anything
As-salamu alaykum, comrade.
The Chechen people feel deep solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice and liberation. Your fight is our fight. Allahu yuthabbitkum, may you stay strong in the face of oppression.
I believe in a future where Palestine will triumph. Glory to the resistance, long live Gaza.
الشيشان يااااه على شيشان والله بنعشقهم و نعشق ابطالهم الملاكمين قديروف أنه شعب عظيم و قوي قول له أن شاء الله سوف تنتصر المقاومة و تتحرر فلسطين و تأتي تزور المسجد الأقصى
In shaa Allah, thinking about it makes me cry so many tears and there’ll be so much to visit and love in a free Palestine. Allahhumma barik
والله متلك ي والله عظيم يا الله اكم من شخص حكالي نفسي ازور القدس و المسجد الأقصى و غزة
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I wanna say that the world’s people are with you, even if the bourgeoisie isn’t. Yesterday tens of thousands of people came out to the streets in Spain alone to protest (possibly hundreds of thousands), in a general strike day summoned by CGT (a union) and coordinated by other organisations like the students union, which was in charge of the prior protests in universities. We’re protesting for our government to stop all relations with Israel, both economical and political, stop the weapon deals, and to close the Israeli embassies.
As a question, I wanna ask what’s some music you love that you can recommend, and what’s a delicious Palestinian dish that I can make at home to eat and to cook!
يا الله والله الشعب اسباني كتير بنحبه و خصوصا بعد ما اعترف في فلسطين حتا من احلامي اني ازور اسبانيا و اروح على مدريد و كتالونيا و كتير عجبني تصاميم البيوت في برشلونه أن شاء الله في يوم من أيام رح ازور اسبانيا
المسخن الفلسطيني كتير زاكي أو المقلوبة بردو
و في اكلات غزاوية بس في غزة معروفة
متل سماقية غزاوية
في أغنية كتير متعلق فيها في هي الحرب
و مضى الرفاق
يوم الفراق مضى الصحاب
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Thank you very much! I’ll report back about the song and I’ll look up the recipe!!
If my searching was accurate, chef in disguise has an article about it that also includes some cool cultural context.
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The people of South Africa stand with you and your friend forever and always, we try our best to help even though we’re a poor third world country on the other side of the globe. I hope one day that you can rid yourself of this horrible Israeli apartheid and live in freedom and peace in your own land. It seems impossible, but that’s what they said about South Africa in the past.
As for a question, what kind of music does he like/listen to? I always find that can be helpful for the soul when going through difficult times.
from earlier response:
there’s a song I really like “and the comrades passed in the day we separated”
قول له أن الشعب الفلسطيني بحبكم وانتوا اول من وقف معنا وانتم في عقليتكم و إنسانيتكم أغنى البشر و حقا شكرا لكم على كل شئ قدمتوه لنا
المشكله انا في الأوقات العصيبة بتذكر يلي استشهدوا و ببقى كدا زعلان وقتها بفتح هي الانشودة ما في موسيقى تخفف عليا و تغير مود تاعي
I don’t know how to formulate this in a way that doesn’t sound too lib, but I’m very curious about the opinion of someone that lived through and endured all the shit that israel has thrown at them: imagine the dust has settled, shitheads like Nethanyahu got their rightful bullet, Palestine is free. How do you feel about the idea of the current population of israel keeping on living in Palestine, enjoying the same rights as everyone else there?
شعور حقا سئ جدا جدا أشخاص يأتون من اخر الدنيا يسكنون في ارضنا و في بيوتنا ,بيتنا ل هلى موجود من سنة 48 في رملة
تعرف ابويا وعمي راح عليها و تصور على باب بيت و ما قدر أنه يدخلها عشان فيها صهاينه, جد ابويا كان من رجال الأعمال في فلسطين, تعرف اغلب الأراضي في مطار بن غوريون لعائلتنا والله ،جد ابيويا كان بيته عبارة عن فيلا ، لو لقيت صورة رح ابعتلك اياها
I’m not even gonna trans let this because I can’t 💔
I don’t have any questions, at the end of the day I’m a dipshit lib, so I’ll leave it to other more informed hexbears. Thanks to your friend for taking the time to answer them
Libreal
Wtf are doing here (this comment is from me not my friend)
it’s just an inside joke on the site, that we are all liberals here
Oh got it 👍
I know I’m not my government but I want to apologize to him for “my” government for being a bunch of spineless cowards who absolutely know what they are doing and what they are supporting being done in Palestine.
It boils my blood to hear them talk as if it’s a war rather than a mass slaughter and to hear them act like “the hostages” (Israelis) are the only ones who matter, as if Israel isn’t holding thousands of Palestinians hostage right now and as if all of Gaza and the West Bank aren’t held hostage by them as well.
I don’t want to say too much but have a family member who is very, very closely connected to the upper ranks in “my” government but I haven’t had contact with them for a long time, which is lucky because if I was near this family member and their colleagues I’d spit in their child-murdering faces and tell them that they’re lucky that it’s the only projectile that I sent towards their heads.
I can’t put it into words how much I hate the injustice of the world and that you, your friend, your families and your people are subject to some of the worst of these injustices. I don’t have a question, I just want both of you to know that I’m sorry that the world has failed you for over a century and that my heart breaks for all of Palestine.
تعرفي والله صحيح كلامه بس بفكروا في رهائن ولا كانه احنا بشر مثلنا متلهم
والله انه شريف و عنده انسانيه والله كلامه دخل جوا قلبي احكيله شكرا كتير لك هاد كلام اصلا يلي كان في داخلي
You translate yourself ,but what government are you talking about
The government of the country I’m in. Some shithole western country. But it’s a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie here so it’s a rich man’s government not my government.
Which one???
I keep quiet about which one because I’m a bit security conscious and I don’t want to put out more info about myself than I already do.
Got it
صحيح كلامك والله كلامهم اعطاني دافع كبير شكرا كتير الهم
A comment from my friend
Thanks Mohammed and thanks to your friend. I want to tell him I’m so sorry that the American left has so far failed in our mission to organize the people. Although both our political parties support Israel, polls show that most Americans want to stop. From underneath our government the hearts of the people are with you.
And I want to ask him: What do you think about political organizations within Gaza? I’m curious to hear your thoughts on Hamas, the PFLP, the various PLO groups; armed struggle and mass struggle. What is working, what is not? What is popular, what is unpopular? Are most people politically engaged or is it too hard because of Israel’s attacks?
كل شعب فلسطيني يساندون المقاومه سوا حماس أو جبهة شعبية او اي فصيل يقاتلون
لا مش معظم الناس منخرطون في سياسة
All of the Palestinian people support every group fighting be it Hamas ,the PFLP ,Islamic jihad or anyone fighting
Not he majority of people are not involved with politics
و شي مؤسف أنه عندكم في انتخابات يتقارنون مين يساعد اسرائيل اكتر و لا كأنه اسرائيل تعمل إبادة جماعية في غزة
فعلا هاد الشي هراء
And something that’s really sad is that in your elections you have two comparing who helps Israel more like Israel isn’t committing genocide ,truly bullshit
Please ask your friend to accept the deepest sympathies and support here from the dark heart of the imperial core. Ask him for forgiveness for the evil our leaders do in supporting the zionists. We are not all like that.
I would like to ask what the mood is like among Gazans in particular and Palestinians in general. Is there hope for liberation? Are there parts of Palestinian society who doesn’t support the resistance but instead believes that more liberal, western approach can solve the conflict?
اكتر ناس يكرهونهم فلسطين و خصوصا شعب غزة هم الغرب يلي و خصوصا الحكومه الامريكيه و كلهم عارفين أنه النهج الغربي كذاب وأنه ما رح يحل شي و أنهم بس يريد مصلحة إسرائيل ولا يهتمون ابدا فينا
و قول له شكرا على إنسانيتك و تعاطفك معنا
مزاج أهل غزة متل الزفت الجميع متدمرون من الداخل, والله انهم على وشك الانفجار من شدة الضغط , الحياة هناك صعبة جدا و فوق ما تتخيل
The people who the Palestinians hate the most and especially the people of Gaza are the west and they all know and understand that the western framework is full of shit and wing solve anything and they just want to benefit Israel and that they don’t care about us
Tell him we appreciate your humanity and kindness towards us
The morale of the gazan people is absolutely horrifically bad and are people there are destroyed on the inside ,I swear by Allah that are about to explode from the pressure, the situation and life there is way worse than you could possibly imagine
What’s his personal opinion on the west bank and PLO? What is the general opinion of gazans on west bank?
His opinion on The PA is that they’re traitors ,he loves arafar but hates that he did Oslo so he likes the PLO before it became inactive
Yeah that track with what alot of gazans I’ve met say, they have lots of guns, lots of money, but they don’t help. As an egyptian honestly I like them both, Egypt is much stronger than Palestinians in the west bank but we sit around and do nothing. Back in the day we used to at least dig tunnels and run guns but now we got nothing
I am sorry that your friend and his people have endured so much and I hope he and those dear to him remain safe. Please let us know what would be most directly helpful for him and those around him beyond having a pro-Palestine voice. I would like to direct as much material help to Palestine as I can but this is challenging when the US limits to whom I or my organizations can donate to.
I hope that you and your loved ones remain as safe as possible. I and my organizations help to educate Americans about Palestine and to oppose the Zionist occupiers but I always feel like it is not enough. I hope our organizations and battles will someday be enough.
Please take care of yourselves and ask for anything that you need.
As he said financially donating to gazan people because no one can afford anything there at the moment
Do you know the best ways to do so? I am only familiar with problematic NGOs. Thank you for any information!
I don’t sadly ,he’s said go fund me’s and pay pals are what works
Ah, I already organize for doing this based on direct connections to Palestinians. It just never feels like enough. Thank you for sharing this information and stay safe.
Your welcome