هيام

 كيفك بابا طمنى عليك وع ماما يمكن يكون بالك مشغول فيني ما بحب أقلقك بس ما بعرف ليش أول حد بحب ألجألوو انت ي بابا يمكن لأنك بتعنيلي وجزء كبير من حياتي كتييير تعبااانة ونفسيتي مدمرة كل يوم عن يوم عم تزيد حالتي سوء بكون عم كذب إذ خبرتك اني بخير ..

النكبة 1948 2025

استلمت التقرير من مستشفى العيون والدكتور شخص حالتي ضروري أركب عين صناعية وفحص نظري ضعيف كتييير كتييير خايفة ع حالي انو يصيرلي شي وأفقد نظري كتيير عم يجيني احباط وشعور سلبي عم فكر بالمستقبل ي ترى كيف ممكن أكفى حياتي وانا نظري عم يخف شوى شوى لحتى ما أقدر أشوف لأشخاص لى بحبهم و أمارس حياتي الطبيعية بشكل طبيعي متل الكل  ..

الوضع عنا بغزة وكأنها أهوال يوم القيامة .. القيامة قامت في غرْة .. الطائـ.رات المسيـ.رة كواد كابتر ...بترمي  قنـ.ابل متفـ.جرة وحارقة بالعشرات وبشكل عشوائي على الناس وممتلكاتهم وخيامهم . جنوووون مش طبيييعي ما بعرف متى بدنا نخلص من هالكابوس ..بكفي 💔💔 والله ي بابا تعبنااا وين نروح لا في خيم ولا في مكان ننزح عليه حتى الجنوب ما في مكان ولا وسع تخطى فيه ..

مجبرين ع هالعيشة لى بتقصر العمر ..أتمنى يخلص هالكابوس ونكفى حياتنا بسلام وأمان واستقرار يارب الصبر .

مسا الخير بابا ….الوضع بغزة أصعب مما تتخيل هلأ نزلو مناشير إخلاء كل قطاع غزة إخلاء ع جنوب ..خلااااص مش قادرة أكفى بهالحياة المتعبة أنا يأست ع الآخر أنا هلأ بقمة الإحباط واليأس .. لا الحياة لى عم نعيشها حياتنا ضاعو سنتين من عمري وعمر ابنى ع حساب مين ؟؟ مستقبلنا ضااااع نحنا عم نعيش بتوتر وقلق وين ممكن نروح ما في وسع بالجنوب الناس عم تنزح كل يوم .. عم أمر بأسوء أيام حياتي ي بابا مش قادرة أستحمل لي بصير فينا متعبة جدا وخائفة نبحث عن الأمان ..لكن القصف يلاحقنا بكل مكان تعبناا من فكرة النزوح ما في مكان أمن نحنا مضطرين نبقي بغزة لأن ما في مكان يأوينا ..الحرب هاي أخدت كتييير منا أخدت حياتنا وصحتنا عمرنا ضحكتنا ومستقبلنا ..ئلبي يؤلمني، حجر ثقيل، خفقان ثابت، لست وحيدًا في هذا الألم الهادئ، الغيب والعميق، بينما الحزن أحاول الاحتفاظ به. صرخة صامتة، نداء مكتوم، قلبي المجروح يصرخ ..ما بعرف إذ هادا هيكون أخر محادثة معك ي بابا ولا لأ ؟؟

دعواتك بابا...عم نشوف الموت بألوانه عم نعيش أصعب وأسوء أيام حياتنا ي بابا بغزة ..

كتييير الوضع صعب وسئ للغاية كتييير ناس عم تنزح كل يوم بالالاف متوترين كتييير من كتر القصف والاستهدافات ممكن نضطر ننزح مشي ونترك كل شي ورانا .. المشكلة هون المواصلات كتييير غالية بيطلبو 2000ش ما معنا إمكانية ممكن نضطر نمشيها أنا كتييير خائفه ع ابني وعائلتي يصير لهم شي ..كتييير بسأل نفسي ؟! "ي ترى الصاروخ وين هينزل؟هيحرقنا ولا يقطعنا أشلاء؟"...دعواتك بابا 🥹

لقد نجونا هذه الليلة كانت قاسية جدآ ما غمضت عيونا من القصف العنيف عم يرمو إنارات ضوئية علينا وانفجارات عنيفة..

ماذا بعد ؟؟ ما بعرف شو ممكن يصير فينا بعد الآن ..

بعتذر هلأ منك مش قادرة أكلمك من كتر الانفجارات ما بنعرف وين ممكن نروح هلأ إخلاء المكان لى نحنا فيه ..

هيدا المكان لى نحنا فيه ما نمنا الليلة من الانارات والانفجارات ..

هلأ كتير بنحاول نعمل المستحيل بس نطلع من دائرة الخطر بس متى الله أعلم ربنا ييسرها معنا ..

نحنا بس خايفين تسكر الطريق لأن بعدها بدنا ننجبر ننزح مشي مع قمة الخوف والرعب وماما وبابا مابيقدرو ع المشي مشان كدا بنحاول نطلع مشان ما نتحاصر ونخاطر بحياتنا ربنا يسلم ..

بيحكوو الطريق كتييير زحمة السيارات عم ضل لتاني يوم من كتر الزحمة تتوصل ع الجنوب كل يوم ناس عم تطلع بالالاف خايفين تسكر الطريق ونتحاصر

كل عنوان جديد يبدو وكأنه حجر آخر سقط على صدري. أرى الأخبار وهي ليست مجرد قصة - إنها عائلتي، أصدقائي، شعبي. كل يوم هو وزن جديد، جرح جديد، تذكير بالأعمال الوحشية التي يتم ارتكابها. إنه سم يتسرب إلى بيوتنا، وأحاديثنا، وأرواحنا. لا أعرف فلسطينيًا واحدًا استيقظ اليوم وهو يشعر بتحسن مما كان عليه بالأمس. الحزن هو رفيق دائم. كل محادثة مع أمي أو أبي أو أحد أبناء وبنات أخي الصغار تحمل محاولة لإخفاء مخاوفنا، وتشتيت أنفسنا عن الغيوم الداكنة فوق رؤوسنا.

لكن هذا ليس حزنًا يشلّنا. بل هي نار تشتعل في قلبي. ليس الأمر بإقناع من يريد بنا الضرر بإنسانيتنا، أو السعي إلى التصديق ممن غض الطرف. تركيزنا على البقاء والمرونة. لن نتوقف.

هناك مقولة نتمسك بها: "كل شيء سيكون على ما يرام. ’ إنه ليس وعدًا، بل تعويذة. وإذا لم يكن الأمر بخير، فهي ليست النهاية. نحن نستمر - مدفوعين بالحب لأرضنا وشعبنا - نعلم أن معركتنا هي من أجل مستقبل حيث السلام والعدالة ليس مجرد كلمات، بل حقيقة

تخيل ي بابا ..التنسيق زمان للفرد الواحد عشان يطلع من غزة كان 5000 دولار، ووقتها قلنا المبلغ كبير ومستحيل.  اليوم نفس المبلغ بتحتاجه عيلة كاملة بس عشان تنزح من مدينة غزة للجنوب!  يعني اللي معه بقدر يتحرك، واللي ما معه بيضل محاصر مع أولاده تحت القصف.  شو هاد؟ أي منطق؟ أي عدل؟

تخيل كمية الناس لى عم تنزح ع الجنوب ولسه الناس عم تنزح كمان .. الناس مرعوبين

غزة عم تباد ي بابا قصف عنيف وانفجارات حوالينا وكأنها أهوال يوم القيامة..

يارب سلم 🙏

وجع النزوح تبهدلنا ي بابا

Gaza’s Contribution to Civilization

(By Mazin Qumsiyeh, aided by AI)

The Gaza littoral - a narrow coastal corridor between Asqalan (Ashkelon) in the north and Rafah at the Egyptian border - occupies a strategic position on the coastal axis linking Africa and Western Asia (the Levant) and is often referred to historically as the Via Maris. Its geography made it a repeated meeting place for goods, peoples, and ideas and explains why archaeological and textual records show continuous human activity from the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze periods onward (de Miroschedji et al.; Tell es-Sakan excavations). This study synthesizes major published finds and contemporary reporting to outline Gaza’s long-term contributions to Mediterranean and Near Eastern civilization. In the 1947 UN Partition plan, the strip was much larger than it is now (and being demolished). Estimates of 200,000 to as many as half a million perished in the past two years of Israeli onslaught on that land (3/4 women and children, and most of the residents are refugees from the Nakba of 1948-1950).

Recent archaeological work has shown that the Gaza littoral hosted urban settlements as early as 8,000 years ago. Excavations at Tell es-Sakan (discovered during construction work in 1998 and excavated by teams including de Miroschedji) reveal mud-brick urban deposits, storage contexts and evidence for a mixed agricultural-maritime economy during the Early Bronze Age. Such evidence indicates that Gaza’s coastal settlements were part of the emergent urban economies of southern Levant and were in contact with contemporaneous Egyptian administrative and economic activities. The Tell es-Sakan sequence places Gaza within the first waves of coastal urbanization in the eastern Mediterranean.

During the 2nd millennium BCE the Gaza littoral was integrated into the Canaanite network and repeatedly intersected with Egyptian imperial interests. Archaeological assemblages (imported pottery, architecture and small finds) and Egyptian texts show that southern Levantine coastal sites functioned as waystations and focal points for goods moving between the Nile, the Levantine interior and the Mediterranean. Excavation reports and regional syntheses emphasize Gaza’s position as part of coastal exchange networks during this period.

The Iron Age coastal transformation included the arrival (or intensification) of Aegean-influenced material culture in the southern Levant — the so-called Philistine phenomenon — of which Gaza was one of the principal polities in the Philistine pentapolis (Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath). Philistine pottery styles, new craft traditions and evidence for specialized workshops and maritime activities attest to cultural fusion between local Canaanite traditions and incoming Aegean elements. Although modern development has limited large-scale excavation directly inside some parts of Gaza City, comparative work from neighboring coastal sites and site surveys indicates Gaza’s role within this dynamic maritime and craft network.

From the Persian through the Hellenistic and Roman periods Gaza sustained major port facilities and urban morphology demonstrating integration into Mediterranean trade networks. Archaeologists have identified the ancient port installations often called Anthedon (sometimes identified with the Balakhiyya/Blakhiya/ Tell Iblakhiyya area north of Gaza) and Maiuma (the port quarter associated with Gaza) among the principal maritime facilities. Excavations and rescue archaeology, including Franco-Palestinian missions at Anthedon, and the 2023 discovery of a substantial Roman-era cemetery (with lead sarcophagi) near Jabaliya, testify to a complex, economically engaged society with elite burial practices and broad Mediterranean connections.

Byzantine churches (recorded on medieval maps such as the Madaba mosaic) and early Islamic administrative records show continuity of urban life and the adaptation of port and land networks and continued fluporsihing economy as well as peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims from 6th to 20th century AD. During the Mamluk periods coastal fortifications and administrative structures continued to emphasize the strategic importance of Gaza. Under Ottoman administration and into modernity Gaza functioned as a regional market center and waypoint for caravan and coastal traffic; travelers’ accounts and administrative records document a long continuity of agricultural production, market exchange, and civic life. Throughout its history this heroic strip of territory defeated mighty armies and inspired legendary victories while continuing to prosper [that is until this recent genocide which is not only unprecedented in the region but globally).

Recent decades have seen important archaeological discoveries (e.g., Tell es-Sakan publications, Anthedon excavations, the Roman-era Jabaliya cemetery) alongside increasing concern about threats to sites. Scholarly analyses and investigative reports emphasize the twin pressures of conflict, urban development, coastal erosion and inadequate heritage management on Gaza’s archaeological record. International teams and local scholars have collaborated in rescue excavations, but wartime destruction and damage to heritage structures have been reported (notably during the conflicts of 2023–2024), raising urgent ethical questions about documentation, local stewardship, and international responsibility for preservation and reconstruction.

Our own environmental studies in the area some using detailed satellite images/remote sensing show 1) rich biodiversity, 2) decimation of the tree cover and habitats (see Yin et al. 2025). Thus, there is devastation for both natural and cultural heritage of this rich area.

Gaza also enriched is with thousands of scholars and contributors to human civilization. Here are just a random selection

Silvanus of Gaza (d. ~311 CE) – Early Christian bishop of Gaza who was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. He is remembered as one of the earliest Christian leaders in the region.

Aeneas of Gaza (~5th century) – Neo‑Platonic philosopher and Christian convert, associated with the Rhetorical School of Gaza. He wrote philosophical works that merged classical philosophy with Christian thought.

Dorotheus of Gaza (~500–560/580) – Monk and ascetic teacher near Gaza, author of spiritual discourses that influenced early Christian monasticism and ethical thought.

Sulayman al-Ghazzi (c. 940–1027) – A Christian bishop and poet in Fatimid Palestine, Sulayman al-Ghazzi was the first known Arab Christian poet to write religious verse in Arabic. His diwan (poetic anthology) offers insights into Christian life during the era of caliph al-Hakim. 

Ibn Qudama (1147–1223) – A prominent Hanbali jurist and theologian, Ibn Qudama was born in Gaza and is renowned for his works on Islamic jurisprudence, including al-Mughni, a comprehensive legal encyclopedia. 

Abu Bakr al-Nabulsi – A 17th-century Islamic scholar from Gaza, al-Nabulsi was known for his contributions to Islamic jurisprudence and theology, particularly within the Shafi'i school of thought. 

Shady Alsuleiman – A contemporary Islamic scholar and imam, Alsuleiman is recognized for his work in Islamic education and community leadership, focusing on promoting understanding of Islamic teachings in modern contexts. 

Ayman Hassouna – A Palestinian archaeologist and university lecturer, Hassouna has worked extensively on excavations in Gaza, including the Byzantine Church of Jabalia, contributing significantly to the understanding of Gaza's ancient history. 

Sufian Tayeh (1971–2023) – A physicist and educator, Tayeh served as the president of the Islamic University of Gaza. He was known for his work in physics and applied mathematics and was tragically killed in an Israeli airstrike in December 2023. 

Mohammad Assaf (b. 1992) – Singer from the Gaza Strip who gained fame by winning Arab Idol, becoming a symbol of hope and cultural pride for Palestinians.

Dr. Refaat Alareer (1979–2023) – A Renaissance scholar from Gaza, Alareer was a professor and writer who contributed to academic and cultural discourse. He was killed during the 2023 conflict, leaving a legacy of intellectual engagement.

Conclusion: Early urbanization and administrative activities in Gaza contributed to the regional network of production, storage, and exchange that underpinned complex societies in the Near East. Acting as a coastal conduit, Gaza facilitated the transmission of commodities and material culture between Egypt and the broader Levantine-Mediterranean economy. Port infrastructure, long-distance maritime commerce, specialized fisheries and the movement of Mediterranean goods and ideas through Gaza contributed directly to the economic vitality and cultural pluralism of the region. Technological and stylistic exchange (ceramics, metallurgy, textile production, and ship-related crafts) that flowed through the Gaza littoral influenced craft traditions across the southern Levant and beyond.The Gaza littoral’s long-term contributions to civilization are best understood as a combination of (1) geographical advantage (coastal route and hinterland productivity), (2) sustained maritime and land exchange networks that carried goods and ideas, (3) local craft and agricultural production that fed regional markets, and (4) repeated cultural contact zones that produced hybrid forms of material culture and religious life. Gaza’s sustained role as a market, agricultural supplier, and transport hub helped to link inland and coastal economies for centuries, transmitting crops, commodities and cultural practices. This was an essential contribution to circum-Mediterranean coastal communities and over 30 countries have direct connections to Gaza. Gaza’s archaeological record informs broader historical narratives of Mediterranean connectivity. Preserving that record is necessary for reconstructing local histories that feed into global understandings of ancient economies, religions, and technologies and is an essential component of knowledge to shape a peaceful future that is not repeatedly marred by genocides and holocausts (due to colonialism, imperialism).

References

Al-Houdalieh, S. H., et al. (2024). Heritage and Conflict in Gaza [report/PDF]. (ResearchGate summary).

Andreou, G. M. (2024). Establishing a baseline for the study of maritime cultural … International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (summary online).

Forensic Architecture. (2022). Living Archaeology in Gaza. Forensic Architecture. Retrieved from Forensic Architecture website. 

International news report: Associated Press. (2023, September 24). Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophagi. AP News. 

The Guardian. (2025, March 17). Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war. The Guardian. (reporting on 2023–2024 damage and restoration efforts). 

UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (n.d.). Anthedon Harbour / Blakhiyya (tentative listing and site information). UNESCO Tentative Lists. 

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Tell es-Sakan; Anthedon; Maiuma. Wikipedia. (Used as quick references to excavation histories and site identifications — consult field reports and excavation monographs for primary data).

Yin, H., Eklund, L., Habash, D., Qumsiyeh, M. B., & Van Den Hoek, J. (2025). Evaluating war-induced damage to agricultural land in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 using PlanetScope and SkySat imagery. Science of Remote Sensing. Vol. 11: Article 100199

 

We are inspired

 The holocaust/genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza strip continue [1]. Calculations show that excess mortality has been much higher than the reported 64,000 violent deaths (71% women and children)[2].  And now the largest push for ethnic cleansing is happening with methodical destruction of any remaining buildings in North Gaza and Gaza city. But my friends there tell me since there is no safe place and death is the same whether in north or south, that they are staying (including the Palestinian Christian community). But the carnage is not merely in the Gaza strip. Israel also bombed the West Bank (creating tens of thousands of homeless Palestinians) and bombed seven other countries (latest being Qatar, a supposed ally). Israel even wanted to punish a Palestinian village so it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees [3]. Western Zionist controlled media talk endlessly about the 20 Israeli soldiers still captive in Gaza (calling them hostages). They do not talk about the 12,000-15,000 political prisoners kidnapped [4] and held by Israeli army and being tortured (75 already perished under torture).

Child who left to get his father's watch returns to find him and others slaughtered

The ephemeral Zionist regime added to its long list of international law violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking yet another country (Qatar, seventh country attacked in the last two years). Somehow US and Qatar "successfully defended" the US military base in Qatar against the Iranian missiles after the US attacked Iran but did not move a finger to defend Qatar against Israeli missiles.

But the primary sponsor of our people's genocide is the US government which continues to fund, help, and shield the Israeli apartheid regime as it commits the most heinus crimess known in history. All while claiming to want to mediate while giving Israel a green light to kill any negotiations (and negotiators as happened in Qatar). Trump's 100 word "deal" for the resistance to please his Zionist (Epstein video holders) masters [5].

This US current administration like the previous one is genocidal but the crudity and vulgar arrogance that is exhibited now is beyond belief. The Zionist lobby is using blackmail and bribes to destroy not only Palestine but also US interest for the sake of Zionist fantasies to build a new 21st century colonial power between the Nile and Euphrates. In the past two years, the world has changed and clearly supporting the genocide is not a winning card so the US "leaders" who succumbed to the lobby are on the wrong side of history. Things are changing. Zionists now try all sorts of tactics. This did not start now but they are pulling all the dirty tools from their history. From false flag operations to labeling human rights activists as "anti-semites" to using legal and financial leverage to crush free speech (e.g. showing support for Palestine Action is considered "supporting terrorism" in the UK) to outright blackmail [6]. None of this seems to make a difference as poll after poll show increase in public support for Palestine even in traditionally well controlled Western Countries [7].

Ordinary US citizens have begged for gun control for decades. At least 20,000 Americans are senselessly killed each year. Ironically, right wing MAGA republican spokesmen Charlie Kirk was killed by a sniper while he was advocating for NO gun control![8].
While he rose to fame supporting the genocide and dehumanization of our people [9], he was also beginning to change and challenge the Zionist stranglehold of the US politics and thus we would not discount this being a Mossad hit to 1) silence him, and 2) provide yet another false-flag operation (there are many). The shooter was a highly professional sniper who conveniently disappeared (maybe already back in Tel Aviv)

But times as indicated above are changing. The crime syndicate otherwise known as he Zionist project is unraveling. The signs are everywhere and the US cannot even prevent its own collapse to help stop the collapse of Zionism [10]. There is even "Death of the Holocaust Industry" [11].  Western elites reinvented their ugly racist system of control and sold it as a ‘moral’ cause packaged in Zionist propaganda [12]. But the game is up and even among the elites, things are starting to change. Peter Mandelson Jewish Zionist (Israel first) is now sacked as a British ambassador to the USA following revealed connection to Jeffrey Epstein (Mossad agent who obtained videos to blackmail politicians and business people) [13].

We continue to be inspired by the millions on the streets who are making a difference. We are inspired by by both individual actions like confronting Trump [14] and by collective action like the Hind Rajab Foundation pursuing the perpetrators of genocide [15] and the flotilla of boats headed to Gaza [16]. We continue to be inspired by conferences like the People's Conference for Palestine 2025 [17] and the Second Palestine Health Alliance Symposium, titled “The Gaza Strip in the Grip of Genocide: Death, Starvation and Trauma”. The symposium will take place remotely via Zoom and is scheduled on Tuesday September 30, 2-4 PM, 2025 Palestine/Lebanon time [18]. We continue to be inspired by the BDS movement [bdsmovement.net]. 

We continue to be inspired by the activities at our Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability ranging from children programs to volunteer work to the seedbank to field work to publications and community service [19].

[1] https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/worlds-shame-gaza
https://www.globalresearch.ca/gaza-atrocities-horrors-genocide-no-end/5899412
[2] Perhaps as much as 600,000 casualties so far inthe genocide not 65,000
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-right-to-exist
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext
https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/human-toll-indirect-deaths-war-gaza-and-west-bank-october-7-2023-forward
[3] https://mondoweiss.net/2025/08/israel-wanted-to-punish-a-palestinian-village-so-it-destroyed-10000-of-its-olive-trees/
[4] https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-controls-bodies-minds-palestinian-prisoners-how
https://x.com/RoyalIntel_/status/1966155723123093957
https://x.com/hippyygoat/status/1966176400731418706
[5] https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/exclusive-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-trump-hamas-israel
[6] How Israel blackmails Washington https://www.youtube.com/live/lGroog6ewJ4
[7] example https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/new-poll-shows-plunging-us-public-support-for-israels-war-on-gaza https://www.brookings.edu/articles/support-for-israel-continues-to-deteriorate-especially-among-democrats-and-young-people/
[8] Here he is being sniped. https://youtu.be/Cz6tIR-k0k8
[9] https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=758071726851015
https://x.com/Partisan_12/status/1965935477028237781
[10] See Losing support https://youtu.be/ww3B0u99IAM
Why the American Dream is DEAD. It’s not possible, no matter what you do.
https://youtu.be/2-obt64AI08?si=7JcxIh1iE-xdzQT6
[11] https://x.com/ChrisLynnHedges/status/1966118623136854131
[12] https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-truth-about-western-colonialism-unmasked
[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson
[14] https://youtu.be/KHv9G6Bl3-g
[15] https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/perpetrators
[16] https://flotta.noblogs.org/free-palestine/
https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1965202434298708363
https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1965248455326175679
https://x.com/davidrkadler/status/1965205953164575120
https://youtu.be/fls_um1vut8
https://youtu.be/BHqDKPEK0Vg
bit.ly/3VAF6K1
[17] https://www.youtube.com/live/8yAwocJxas8
https://peoplesconferenceforpalestine.org/
[18] To register for the symposium, please use the link below no later than Friday, September 26, 2025: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tY5J-VbACstkDQklA8az9Dt_Y5RAJDf2nZVouL6fzAM/preview
[19] see our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH
and do DONATE here https://www.palestinenature.org/donations/
and or volunteer here https://www.palestinenature.org/volunteer/

Day 624

Two nuclear armed regimes run by lunatics bombing a non-nuclear country now to bring on the looked for Armageddon! Sirens blaring here in Bethlehem on day 624 of the accelerated genocide (friends and UNICEF now tell us children are dying of thirst and hunger in Gaza Strip and we are besieged here in West Bank), we hear the thuds of explosions now near us after Trump did the only thing he could considering the Epstein files/videos. We maybe in the last few days before the end of our lives here in the belly of the beast so I want to say that MAY ALL GET THEIR DUES. Those who live by the sword die by the sword and those who work for peace will get it. As Jesus noted in his sermon on the mount:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

I and other analysts have repeatedly said that this genocide in Gaza and attacks on five countries so far in 21 months is not done by the Israeli regime alone. Israel/US killed >1000 civilians in Iran and Palestine in this last week. Israeli leaders still boast about their use of starvation and thirst as a tool to achieve their stated goal to "reshape" (dominate) the region and liquidate Palestine as an idea. Western media like the AP, the BBC and CNN and Fox News regurgitate the lies fed to them by Zionists and try to shield the public from facts like the fact that we are already in the middle of a global war started to support colonialism and imperialism. The common people get their information from independent sources which explains why there is now a big chasm between people and governments in the West and why those same governments are now trying desperately to suppress free speech. The facts cannot be hidden. Facts include that the Israeli regime which refuses to sign non proliferation treaty has the only nuclear arsenal in our region. Facts like 8.5 million Palestinian refugees caused by ethnic cleansing by this western supported regime. Fact is that some 18 trillion in US national debt is due to wars done on behalf of the Israeli regime.

Here is another smaller example of propaganda. According to Iranian and independent media outlets, the target 19 June 2025 was the techno park for the Israeli military intelligence with hundreds of officers working there developing cyberwarefare. By all measures, the attack was successful and damage to an adjacent and rather empty Soroko hospital building was due to strength of the blast (no patients or staff were there). Yet, suppression of information immediately started and no mention was made in the propaganda blitz about "Iran targeting civilians" and "hospitals" was made of the three hospitals targeted intentionally in Tehran or the 38 hospitals targeted or blown up in Gaza by the Israeli intentional campaign collapse all healthcare system in Gaza. Israel passed a law that makes it illegal to photograph or report on damage done during this war to Israeli infrastructure with anyone violating this subject to up to two year imprisonment. Their worry is that this can result in citizens finding out that the official narrative is false and might increase dissent. But Israelis are looking to leave anyway (70% hold foreign passports) even against government attempt to keep them hostage. Israel killed 230 journalists in Gaza to enforce no reporting of methodical and intentional genocide and destruction of essentially all hospitals and clinics in the Gaza Strip (see reports by World Health Organization and other UN agencies).

Social media and alternative media help common people understand why there is an ongoing genocide and why a global war is being waged and this information empowers action to resist empire.
Why BBC editors must one day stand trial for colluding in Israel’s genocide (same for other western media agencies) https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-06-20/bbc-editors-trial-israel-genocide/

Last message I sent logical analysis from five thoughtful people. Here is five more to help you understand the "shit" we are in thanks to narcissistic fascists:

British journalist Richard Medhurst https://youtu.be/5dO4LWQVmeE
Chris Hedges and Colonel Wilkerson https://youtu.be/br_xcGgoXio
Ali Abunimah https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-made-catastrophic-mistake-attacking-iran
Jonathan Cook
https://en.reseauinternational.net/lattaque-disrael-contre-liran-la-violence-du-monde-qui-est-en-train-de-naitre-va-vous-horrifier

On #WorldRefugeeDay, Palestinian climate campaigners, sea rescue workers, GretaThunberg, civil society & activists launch The Madleen Declaration! Together, we call for a unified movement for a free Palestine, safe movement & climate justice
https://www.palclimateinstitute.org/madleen-declaration

Urban defender manual is now available in many languages (from John Spencer) https://www.johnspenceronline.com/mini-manual-urbandefender

Stay Humane and keep hope alive (even if there is now a 70% probability of cockroaches inheriting the earth)

Dustbin of history

There are now credible reports from many sources that the levels of extermination and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the Gaza strip is higher than officially released and in 19 months could be over 250,000 [1]. The evidence is so compelling that all human rights organizations and the UN documented GENOCIDE and ETHNIC CLEANSING [2]. Over 200,000 are already out of the Gaza strip (enriching pockets of Egyptian officials who demanded $5000-10,000/person for exit) and 95% of the remaining population homeless.  Perhaps that is why Trump is now speaking about taking one million (who are left) Palestinians to Libya after Israel finished cleaning them from all areas of Gaza towards the south concentration camp of Rafah. Meanwhile 'business' goes on as usual: billions milked from corrupt Arab dictators, Israeli embassies function around the world (no sanctions), the Zionist lobby infiltrated more organizations and governments globally, blackmailing/extorting weak politicians like Trump and Bin Salman with scandalous videos and information gathered by Mossad agents like Epstein, "Israel" is competing in Eurovision, Arab "leaders" (not one of them elected fairly by people) met in Baghdad to issue yet another useless declaration that their masters feel happy about, famine spreading, expenditure on arms expand to trillions, the climate and environmental global catastrophe deepens, education and healthcare globally get worse. The tiny 0.5% (in numbers) continue to reap money and get richer from their positions and now own 50% of the world’s money by thievery from the poor [3]. US taxpayers are saddled with trillions in debt thanks to wars fought on behalf of Zionism [4].

The bad news may lead some to despair and tell us we are entering a new dark age [5]. Yet, candles in this darkness are far too many to snuff out by the Zionist/imperial/colonial juggernaut [6]. Actually hundreds of millions of good people acting positively for sustainability, peace and justice. Look around you for these positive initiatives and support them and create more. Organize. Afterall, every social positive movement came from such people action: there are thousands of examples from women right to vote to civil rights to Zapatista empowerment to Rohingya to Algeria and Vietnam independence. Even in the heart of the empire today, the movement is tremendous. Look at student movements at universities or even common people in Palestine and how they resist. These are the true heroes. The profiteers (oppressors) will be swept to the dustbin of history. They are the few, we the oppressed are the many and must organize better (it is an existential threat). Action based on knowledge is the best antidote for despair.

For us at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (palestinenature.org), we do this daily and thus balance our lives by doing positive work/building on the ground and educating globally [6]. This is how we keep our sanity and how we keep the hope alive. We urge you to join us (email PIBS@bethlehem.edu to learn more).

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext (till July 2024) and life expectancy losses https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02810-1/abstract

[2] https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/15/gaza-latest-israeli-plan-inches-closer-extermination
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/genocide-as-colonial-erasure-report-francesca-albanese-01oct24/

[3] There was increased sales and valuation of arms companies like Elbit, Rafael, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockhead Martins. Companies like Microsoft and Google help Israeli genocide (e.g. look up Nimbus project). The Zionist billionaires  (https://lama-fortune.com/en/top-richest-jews-in-the-world/#google_vignette) with some of the being Israeli (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israelis_by_net_worth) go unnoticed while subservience enriches some goyim/gentiles: Gulf monarchs, Trump, Mahmoud Abbas’ family and their circle, Elon Musk and this character https://jacobin.com/2025/05/trump-uk-ambassador-trade-deal among hundreds of war/oppression profiteers.

[4] https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/2x6jggs466xgktphxb7shm4ckzn47r
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opinion/yemen-war-trump.html
and see ongaza.org question 13

[5] https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-new-dark-age - very good analysis based on things like what Bisan explains https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GcEM1TikD94 and reality of power dynamics illustrated in this example: Hamas Says Witkoff Personally Promised to Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for Edan Alexander

[6] Few examples from thousands just last week: Ben Cohen from Ben & Jerry’s confronts RFK Jr. and Congress: “you’re killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting medicaid for kids here.”  https://youtu.be/3Sv3HxzNq-Q
Taxpayers against genocide file historic case in US
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eIt-zJwU_V4x7SNjWEkPLB3L3mzj7BSnc1Y7L-Y7Gfo/edit
Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona (she was killed by Israhell a day later https://youtu.be/tk2mGkl4alc
Students and faculty at Stanford University announce they are joining the nationwide campus hunger strike movement to protest attacks on academic freedom and complicity in the Gaza genocide.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/hunger-is-our-weapon-against-injustice/
Conservative MP Pritchard does a 90 degree change on Israel.
https://youtu.be/aSQM4u3SB-E
15 May Joint Nakba day event held in Beit Jala (Palestine) https://www.youtube.com/live/YUHBlnGkZdE
Medea Benjamin deserves a Nobel Prize for her daily, relentless efforts. Examples
https://youtu.be/6h3d8a6c7rQ
https://youtu.be/FuzjaxiUBxo

[7] Check out our facebook page for daily posts about activities https://www.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH
and our short video https://youtu.be/qt8OTGoS198

and the evolving plans for the new museum https://youtu.be/u1zur3lYRfc

I stand beside the mountain gazelle
https://www.istandbeside.life/ea_work/mountain-gazelle/
Example talk given 23 April University of Notre Dame "Conflict, War and Ecology"
https://youtu.be/ZpuI_ACHRf4
(in Arabic) Hima magazine from Lebanon includes an article (page 26-27) about us learning from regional experiences
https://www.spnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Al-Hima-Magazine-Issue-No.-5.pdf

Shocking

 Sorry my last message copied an incorrect line from the British individual who shared it with me. Teaches me not to rush with copy-paste, I corrected on the previous blog

Settlers and soldiers are still destroying lives, livelihood, and ecosystem of indigenous Palestinians here in the West Bank and in Gaza. They also enforced closure on us preventing even movement from happening between the isolated Palestinian ghettos. Our field team cannot do environmental work now much of our land. But we collected data both in West Bank and Gaza sometimes risking lives to get the data and do publish on this (contact us for publications in different areas). But the most destructive damage is in the Gaza strip for nature and for people (so far, although Israeli forces are doing similar tactics in the north of the West Bank). Here are some photos from Gaza Strip

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BHLewgJBX/

Released Four Israeli soldiers/prisoners of war (western/zionist media calls them hostages but do not dare to mention let alone call tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners hostages)

here is what they said  https://youtu.be/isCKMzM1PKY

And ofcourse western media does not cover the thousands of Palestinins kidnapped (2% released in the prisoner exchange).  Here is a handful of thousands of video evidence of torture of Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli regime forces. Who is the terrorist, colonizer or victim

https://youtu.be/wvmiXrRnkLc

https://youtu.be/ic247PhEqow

https://youtu.be/2Ver8-aky-w

https://youtu.be/rZgkoXCkmE8

https://www.voanews.com/a/palestinian-prisoners-report-of-torture-in-israeli-jails-/7677418.html

https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/1881597600086003852

https://youtu.be/K1PBSeN-o00

Our friend Ali Abunimah (executive director of Electronic Intifada) was detained in Switzerland! Shocking that the Swiss act on behalf of colonizers to suppress free speech. 

https://electronicintifada.net/content/eis-ali-abunimah-arrested-switzerland/50333

Here is Abunimah explaining logically how the bishop who scolded Trump enabled Gaza genocide https://youtu.be/j7Uj2tcz9_8

The systematic destruction of Gaza healthcare system

https://www.alhaq.org/cached_uploads/download/2025/01/23/destruction-of-gaza-healthcare-system-one-page-view-1737653644.pdf

From Gaza to California: the flames that connect us all. The fires burning in Palestine and Los Angeles today are symptoms of the same disease: a system that values conquest over conservation, profit over people, and expansion over existence.

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-flames-that-connect-us-all/

Facts, alternative facts and Edward Said: Narrating a genocide
https://johnmenadue.com/facts-alternative-facts-and-edward-said-narrating-a-genocide/

Old story- new twist

 

Will history repeat itself but now with a very different outcome especially in the era of global environmental catastrophe powered by greed and militarism? To review reality locally and globally helps us find answers. Locally, Israeli apartheid forces are now doing in our parts of the West Bank what they did to Gaza. Ethnic cleansing, destruction of property, and massive violations of human rights ranging from right to move right to worship, right to simple dignified life.  People here are scared that this is merely the beginning of accelerated genocide and ethnic cleansing  as oerpetrated in Gaza.  We have repeatedly warned of the consequences of Western collusion with genocide and ecocide.  The fate of Gaza will be the fate of humanity if not enough people wake up in time to the global reality of simply unsustainability of "might makes right" colonial policies.  

At Trump's inauguration, the billionnairs were in the front row while his picks for secretaries were behind them. This image sums the momentous transformations gripping our planet. It used to be argued that the deep state consist of moneyed interests, largey hidden. Now we reached a point that murderous moneyed interests no longer work behind the scenes. The ultraright and afscists and neoNazis and Zionists are front and centre and openly cause millions to suffer with impunity. They even brag about their "common interests". For example, let us take the spectacle of the "World Economic Forum"  this past week (for a run-in I had with this forum in 2006, see http://qumsiyeh.org/theworldeconomicsforumcontroversy/). The right wing CEOs and government officials like the President of Argentina openly declared building an alliance of leaders around the world who believe and practice policies of "money trumps people". At the same forum convicted felon Donald Trump delivered a belligerent, triumphalist, and (textbook) colonialist speech touting a vision of the world where elite business interests trump human rights.
 
Eisenhauer warned US citizens in his farewell speech: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."

Eisenhauer did not anticipate how horrific it would be in the 21st century nor did not anticipate an alliance of neocolonial powers reinvigorated and working towards the same  goals: makin the rich richer, the poor poorer, and wrecking the global environment whie unleashing militarism and wars in unprecedented cruely like we see in Palestine (genocide and ecocide). Our species is at a pivotal moment in history never experienced before. We are then many, they are the few. If more of the many mobilize quickly we may still have a chance to save ourselves and our planet.

Remarkable exchange between Genocide Joe and Genocide Netanyahu admitting genocide
https://youtu.be/8-_8wvEDmYs
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE9sIu6A3bW/

Role of Google in Genocide
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/21/google-ai-israel-war-hamas-attack-gaza/

Role of Microsoft in Genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft
https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php

What do the California fires have to do with Palestine and Jewish Zionists in California? Here’s Katie Halper exposing the biggest Zionist power couple, how they’ve been stealing California’s water for decades to support the largest pistachio farm in the country, how they support the IDF directly with MILLIONS of dollars, and how they influence the government to continue sanctions against Iran (because Iran makes the best pistachios in the world).
https://youtu.be/iFRpZflohBE?si=D_IGiq6xw3pibim7  
Here is Doug from Doug and Stacy, linking the practice of cloud seeding and severe weather across the country. The low pressure water is probably because the pistachio farm, just north of LA, has been draining all the city’s water.
https://youtu.be/YtRG9LN5p8A?si=bBd9qnv5Yc4yE7_w

They are now jailing Climate and Palestine activists in England. Some are receiving outrageous sentences. One woman, who hung a sign from a bridge, “just stop oil” in a poster WAS JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/climate/just-stop-oil-prison-sentence-intl-latam/index.html
see also
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-ties-palestinian-rights-to-climate-justice-221489733726

How will Gaza redefine Global resistance
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/unbeatable-how-will-the-gaza-war-redefine-global-resistance/

Why the west is wrong about Hamas
https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-west-wrong-about-hamas/50294

Stay Humane and keep hope alive

Mazin Qumsiyeh
A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bethlehem University
Occupied Palestine
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