Unfiltered thoughts on Palestine.
Inside Her Mind: Journal Entry
I’ve been trying to write for the past 30 minutes but nothing is coming out.
Nothing I could say is important.
My personal life, book reviews, education about chronic illness and neurodivergence, it’s not important.
It just all feels pointless.
The only thing that matters right now is stopping the genocide happening in Gaza.
Liberation is all that matters.
Ceasefire is all that matters.
I cannot get it out of my mind. I cannot block it out and look away.
113 days.
One hundred and thirteen days of violence. One hundred and thirteen days of ethnic cleansing. One hundred and thirteen days of murder. One hundred and thirteen days of genocide.
But decades of pain. Decades of occupation. Decades of mass displacement.
I have lost respect for many people in my life: those that I know personally and those that I looked up to.
People I thought stood for something. People I believed cared about social justice and human rights. I am astounded at people’s ability to block out discomfort when it does not directly affect them.
Just because it is not happening on our doorstep, doesn’t mean it is not happening.
I know we shouldn’t expect things of other people but this kind of feels a little different, doesn’t it? Surely, a literal genocide happening in front of our eyes, through our phone screens, is the exception? Surely, this is a situation, an emergency, that requires us to put the niceties aside and fucking speak up? Regardless of who we are. Regardless of where we are in the world.
I don’t understand how people can still remain silent.
Genocide is black and white. And make no mistake this is genocide, not war.
There is a right side here and a, clearly, very wrong side.
What can we do?
Follow pages on social media that are talking about the occupation and genocide.
Follow the brave journalists on the ground that are reporting to us the truth of what is happening (they are risking their lives to show us the unfiltered reality of this, the very least we can do is watch).
Amplify their posts by saving, liking, commenting, sharing to your stories.
Talk about Palestine with your family and your friends.
Read books written by Palestinian authors (fiction and non-fiction).
If you bank with Barclays, switch banks immediately - they are actively arming and supporting Israel’s genocidal violence on the Palestinian people.
Boycott brands that are profiting or actively supporting Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians.
Write/email/call your local MP’s demanding a ceasefire.
Do something.
Thank you for reading,
Georgia Writes.