Palestine Shames Many
Gaza, O Gaza, your lessons are plain,
You strip the masks from faces of the vain.
Through suffering deep and martyr’s last breath,
You shame the merchants of war, racism, and death.
You shame the rulers who sell their souls,
To blackmail masters with greedy goals.
You shame the masses who look away,
While children’s blood cries out each day.
You shame the ruthless profiteers of war,
The Arab kings groveling at empire’s door.
From Riyadh’s crown to Emirates’ sand,
Puppet states carved by a foreign hand.
You shame false leaders with seats and gold,
Who broke the cause, who bartered, sold.
You shame the pious who chant in prayer,
Yet commit the sins and show no care
You shame the secular who preach of right,
Yet back the killers, or hide from sight.
Palestine’s suffering lights the flame,
Exposing evil, calling it by name.
O land of martyrs, you may stand accused,
Yet, it is the callous world which refused.
To see twenty thousand children whose souls implore—
They shame all collaborators and the silenced forevermore.
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Palestine Honors Many
Palestine honors the slain,
From Jesus nailed to Gaza’s pain.
From those who bled on Calvary’s tree,
To babes maimed and killed for the world to see.
It honors the brave who give their breath,
Who faced oppression, who mocked death.
Who fight the tyrant, resist the chains,
Against apartheid & empire’s gains.
It honors the fighters, the bold, the true,
Who battle so evil won’t master you.
It honors the rebels in every form,
who boycott, protest, or face the storm.
It honors the ones who bring us light,
Who stand for justice, who dare to fight.
From nations countless, they march, send the call
Refusing silence and won’t let Gaza fall.
It honors each action, both small and grand,
A ship sailing, a voice, a banner, a helping hand.
It honors the children, both scarred and martyred dead,
and the maimed, the living, the hungry, by faith fed.
Palestine honors its friends anew,
Palestine respects all – and that means you.
From the river to the sea
Palestine and humanity will be free
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Palestine honoring Jane Goodall who died age 91 and who had spoken out
against the atrocities. Her work inspired millions and not just biologists
like me. She made observations on chimpanzee behaviour that helped
understand human behavior. She noted that the most successful chimp leaders
were gentle, caring and familial. Males that tried to rule by asserting
their dominance through violence, tyranny and threat did not last. Here is
her take on Donald Trump
https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1973468212345090395
Palestine honors the hundreds on board the humanitarian ships and thousand
who donated. They brought honor to humanity and shed light on the atrocity
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/
https://flotilla-orpin.vercel.app/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPRzgcFFGA8/
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/01/middleeast/israel-gaza-flotilla-explainer-scli-intl
https://youtu.be/uyI3Ck9WrQ0
https://youtu.be/nkamRFqZg4A
Protests broke out in many cities around the world on Wednesday night after
the ships were pirated and the peace activists kidnapped by Israeli
terrorists (my friend calls them IOFucks). In response to the attack on the
flotilla, Italy’s two largest labor unions announced a nationwide general
strike for Friday covering all public and private sectors.
Gaza and the economy of genocide
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/gaza-economy-genocide-capitalism-surplus
Is Trump and some Arab leaders conspiracy theorists?
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-single-dumbest-conspiracy-theory
More atrocities supported by your tax dollars
https://youtube.com/shorts/CE-G-K100sc
https://youtu.be/bn_fDZ1VXgI
https://youtu.be/WrWHvScGpyE
For many ways to to act for peace and justice see
http://qumsiyeh.org/whatyoucando/
Stay Humane, act, and keep hope and 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
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://palestinenature.org
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