A-Infos (en) Italy, FDCA, Cantiere #36 - WITH GAZA IN OUR HEART, REFLECTIONS FROM A VOLUNTEER - Luce Stranieri (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Anger! Helplessness! These are the emotions we often feel when we bend 
over backwards to see justice, truth, and freedom for the Palestinian 
people established. In many international documents, Palestine appears 
as the "Occupied Palestinian Territories"... Occupied by whom? They 
always forget to say by Israel. It's perhaps implicit, but not saying it 
makes us complicit in this occupation and makes us forget our 
responsibilities. I was talking about anger. Anger over a massacre, or 
rather a genocide, unrecognized by those who have always championed 
rights and freedom. A policy that uses double standards to define 
Russian aggression in Ukraine and Israeli aggression in Gaza, but 
also-let's never forget-in the West Bank, which is in some ways more 
invasive, and which is almost always silenced (it's the settlers... it's 
the young Palestinians protesting... and other excuses) because it would 
reveal the clear policy of settler colonialism and ethnic cleansing that 
the Israelis have been clearly pursuing since 1948, but Zionism even 
before that.
It must also be said that in both Gaza and the West Bank, it is 
civilians who are being targeted, with a dramatic percentage of women 
and children. In effect, they are attempting to attack the very future 
of a people!
So what to do? It's difficult to answer. We have the power to protest, 
to take to the streets (how many demonstrations we've held over the 
years, but especially since October 7, 2023), always unheard; 
Demonstrations that also enliven the entire Western world, 
demonstrations often punished with numerous expulsion orders, 
particularly in the United States. They're also trying in Italy, as 
happened a few days ago in Milan.
And then there's international solidarity. Charity. Humanitarian 
gestures? Sure, but it's more than that: it means helping Palestinians 
survive, but above all, resist, telling them they are not alone in the 
face of genocide, the unpunished monster. It's support/solidarity with a 
people at risk of genocide due to hunger, thirst, lack of essential 
services, electricity, water, fuel, medical care, and the right to 
education. These are all actions practiced by Israel that reveal its 
genocidal intent, as the International Court of Justice in The Hague 
declared in January 2024.
Unheard even by the countries that not only founded it, but also 
supported it.
Since 2008, I have been collaborating with the Gazzella ODV association 
(formerly a non-profit organization), which since 2020 has promoted the 
long-distance adoption of wounded children in Gaza (Israel's favorite 
target!) and, since March 2024, has been able to send funds for hot 
meals, water, bread, hygiene products, as well as shoes and essential 
school supplies, distributed in various areas of central and southern 
Gaza. Other organizations, like us, are involved in this aid, not only 
in Italy but in many other countries around the world.

And it's not easy: international banks often block the transfer of 
funds, complicit with Israel in their efforts to avoid financing 
"terrorists." Just like Israel: when it bombs tent cities, hospitals, 
and the few remaining buildings, they say they are Hamas shelters!
And the population continues to be exterminated. And there is still no 
vision for the future other than cynical and apocalyptic descriptions. 
Instead, the future must be sought in the Palestinian population's 
ability to organize itself, not only to survive but to build a political 
alternative to the current ruling class, immobile and silent... but also 
in the population of Israel, starting with the refuseniks, who refuse 
military service, or the reservists, whose ever-increasing numbers are 
deciding to no longer participate in the genocide. Faint hopes? But are 
there any others?
The possibility of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) exists, and we 
should all commit to this. It worked for South Africa, let's make it 
work for Palestine, and let this too be added to other expressions of 
solidarity and aid.
Gazzella is a non-profit organization that provides assistance, care, 
and rehabilitation to Palestinian children injured by war weapons, runs 
educational projects, and distributes basic necessities to the 
population of Gaza.
Support Palestine solidarity projects with your 5x1000 (tax code 
97256870581) or with a donation (bank account no. 1052792 at Banca Etica 
di Roma in the name of "Gazzella Onlus" IBAN 
IT54D0501803200000011052792). http://www.gazzella-onlus.com/
Distribution of food and school supplies to children in Gaza by 
volunteers from the Gazzella association.

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