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Israel is starving Gaza, and the United States is complicit.
In addition to dismantling UNRWA, the agency that was feeding people in Gaza, Israel is blocking aid, shooting Palestinians at food distribution sites, and using starvation as an official policy—with the U.S. and British governments’ full support. This is genocide, and it will only continue to escalate as we keep trying to live “normal life.”
Normalcy is gone. Palestinians in Gaza are starving now. And no one else is going to stop this genocide but us. It goes beyond monetary support, but here’s a rotating list of fundraisers for people in Gaza:
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Something I watched
I can’t remember if I’ve talked about Turning the Tables on here before, but it has become me and Elizabeth’s favorite YouTube channel. Every video is pretty much the same. Connor and his dad, Kevin, listen to an album together and give their honest reactions between each song.