I got dozens of positive feedback on my "redirection" to focus only or 95%
on positive news for a time (few weeks may) to balance....

"The Old World is dying and the new world is struggling to be born: now is
the time for monsters" wrote Antonio Gramsci  But Arundhati Roy adds
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I
can hear her breathing.” I indeed can....We Palesinians have experience in
resurrection and remember the story of the Phoenix rising from the ashes,
that comes from our region. Both the Holy Quran and the Holy Bible have
many statements on hope]

ITEM 1: Resilience/Sumud of Gaza in a holy season
Gaza Muslims sharing when they have food and when they don't
https://youtu.be/zARlC6HQqoo
https://youtu.be/36CAl0s1JlA
Gaza catholics carry on/sumud and celebrate Palm Sunday
https://www.facebook.com/vaticannews/posts/pfbid02TyYZ2qJNgqPWTbGReSU3pJKKbYhHstMrWNy4sTjPCKeUToeoouZurC8T96vSpbTYl
Gaza Palestinian boy who has no food for himself managed to get cat food to
feed cats
https://youtu.be/DpVt7FbMpXU
Beautiful: A story of love and resistance by Susan Abulhawa
https://electronicintifada.net/content/story-love-and-resistance/45111

ITEM 2: Testimonies in the hundreds of thousands from people on the ground
and outside (giving testimony is an act of heroism). Here are three examples
Survivor testimony 1 https://youtu.be/OCVVSB0QqhI
Survivor testimony 2 https://youtu.be/tYkzj2ntb5o
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaks out
https://youtu.be/vuopAhU2vcU
Dr Nicola Perugini and Dr Luigi Daniele joined for a few minutes by
Francesca Albanese who gave her report to the UN later in the day.
https://x.com/pchrgaza/status/1772545411254763757?s=20

ITEM 3: Petitions
To Congress to Reinstate UNRWA funding https://tinyurl.com/CongressUNRWA
To stop the genocide (200,000 signed)
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/rafah_ceasefire_now_loc/

ITEM 4: Other ACTIONS
JOIN Freedom Flotilla to Gaza to sail again (please support/join)
https://freedomflotilla.org/2024/03/25/freedom-flotilla-is-preparing-for-april-voyage/
SUPPORT families of these four Gazan young people
https://givebutter.com/8bf8BI
JOIN if you are in the USA and is veteran
https://www.veteransforpeace.org/donate/join-renew
SUPPORT Julian Assange "accused" of exposing US war crimes against
extradition from the UK to the US.
https://twitter.com/declassifiedUK/status/1772582613133230386
JOIN ANNOUNCED MASS ACTION and civil disobedience on PALESTINE LAND DAY (30
March) or organize your own activity (see
https://www.shutitdown4palestine.org/actions )

Actions have continued and accelerated in hundred of cities globally. Here
are examples:
British museum in London https://youtu.be/9F3jU-_B8tE
Against an Israeli ship in Sydney https://youtu.be/HR2l3i_Fq5U
Ottawa https://twitter.com/Kuffiyateam/status/1772699693769785745?s=20
Binghampton
https://www.wbng.com/video/2024/03/26/rally-palestine-held-downtown-binghamton/
Jordan https://youtu.be/0Z467z80bY8

Finally Kites for Gaza from AFSC https://afsc.org/kites-gaza

Stay Human and keep Palestine 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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