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Today, I'm going to talk about one very important thing you can do to support the people of #Palestine in general and of #Gaza in particular (besides attending solidarity rallies, or donating money, or sending Palestinian a kind word on social media…):
Boycotting the occupation.
#FreePalestine #FreeGaza #Genocide #StopGenocide #Boycott #BDS #BoycottIsrael
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First, you need to understand it’s very difficult for the people in #Gaza to boycott Israeli products. Gaza has been under a blockade since 2007 (I was 4 years old). Israel built a gigantic wall all around the Gaza Strip. The occupation forces have been deciding what is allowed in to Gaza and what is allowed out.
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There is quite a lot of farmland in the Gaza Strip which used to allow Palestinians to grow their own food, as an alternative to Israeli products. But now all of the farmland is on the forbidden side of the yellow line as per Trump’s peace agreement. So we can only resort to using the little food aid Israel lets in, or Israeli products they allow, which make up all of what we can find on the markets.
3/11
We’re trying to survive war, starvation, a collapsed health system, a collapsed environment full of toxic chemicals and unexploded bombs and ammunition ready to explode as soon as anyone or anything gets too close. And there’s still a blockade. Please show the people from #Gaza some understanding if you see them using ChatGPT, Google, WhatsApp or PayPal, or eating Israeli hummus or Israeli chicken or Israeli canned food. This is all we’ve got.
4/11
However, not all my followers live in the #Gaza Strip. Then, you may have alternatives to Israeli products.
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There’s an international campaign organised by Palestinians called #BDS, Boycott, Divest, Sanction. It’s organised and supported by Palestinian trade unions, associations, NGO’s, as well as worldwide refugee rights organisations and associations, churches, synagogues, clubs… Please note, and it’s important, that I’m not affiliated with any of these organisations. All I want is for the war to stop and for peace to prevail.
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