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| | A man who was at least 80 years old in Gaza was born in 1946 or 1945 or earlier. | | | This man as a small child would have survived the Nakba, the violent expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes as Israel was founded, in which around 15,000 Palestinians were killed, and 531 Palestinian towns and villages were wiped from the face of the earth. | | | Statistically, he is likely to have been a child refugee whose family fled the Nakba, because the vast majority of Gaza's population are the families of those who fled then. | | | He would have survived the 1967 war when Israel seized Gaza and the West Bank. | | | He would have survived decades of Israeli occupation. | | | He survived the siege of Gaza, the longest siege of our age. | | | He survived multiple brutal onslaughts on Gaza by Israel. | | | He survived all of that, and his last moments on earth, this frail elderly man with poor mobility, his last moments on earth in the apocalyptic ruin of Gaza, where Israeli soldiers tying a detonation cord around his neck to force him to be a human shield, used to go from house to house to check for unexploded devices, each time not knowing if he was going to be blown up by such a device, with the threat of the Israeli soldiers blowing his head off with an explosive cord if he didn't comply. | | | And after hours and hours and hours of that terror, that sheer terror, he was told to flee alongside his elderly wife, presumably who he'd been married to for so many decades, and gone through so much together, knowing what his likely fate would be, before they were gunned down after a few meters to get there. | | | I resent having to play this sordid game, which is based on the total dehumanization of Palestinians, in which their lives are stripped of all meaning and all worth, but just imagine Hamas militants had done this to an elderly Israeli couple in their 80s. | | | This atrocity alone would be deemed as conclusive evidence of Hamas's utter depravity, its evil. | | | Indeed, it would be offered up as evidence of Hamas perpetrating the worst possible evil that humanity is capable of. | | | But this is not said about the Israeli state and its armed forces. | | | Instead, Western governments continue to arm a military committing these obscenities, and our media outlets overwhelmingly continue to cheerlead and whitewash what this military is doing. |
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| 1. | @MeiPfeifferer(2025-04-13 17:30:58)
My idea of a wild night now involves staying up late to catch up on my favorite TV show and eating an entire pint of ice cream. Who needs sex when you have Ben & Jerry's???? | | 2. | @NatkaJacobob(2025-04-13 17:30:58)
If I could dance like that, I'd be writing this comment right now from some party???? | | 3. | @RoselinPatelel(2025-04-13 17:31:01)
I thought I had seen everything, but this video proved me wrong???? | | 4. | @RebekahWileyey(2025-04-13 17:31:04)
I tried to spice things up by wearing edible underwear. Turns out, they taste like disappointment and regret. Who comes up with these ideas anyway???? | | 5. | @BleedInAllColours(2025-04-13 17:32:29)
How Palestinians keep up hope and faith after how they suffered for generations is beyond me. | | 6. | @NewMan2015(2025-04-13 17:37:39)
Justice must come, no matter how much time passes! | | 7. | @DreadPyke(2025-04-13 17:37:49)
Such a sad state of affairs... | | 8. | @YogaladyToronto(2025-04-13 17:38:18)
Thank you, Owen, for publicizing this horrific atrocity! This poor elderly man has been through so much at the hands of the Israelis and then to be gunned down with his elderly wife! Israel has no bottom to depravity it will sink to. Absolutely shocking, shameful and appalling! | | 9. | @MoElrawi(2025-04-13 17:40:52)
Eventually justice will prevail.. | | 10. | @?????????-?9?(2025-04-13 17:41:05)
Je suis votre sœur en Dieu. Par Dieu, je n'ai écrit ces mots que par détresse et par des circonstances difficiles. Moi, ma mère et mes frères mourons de faim. Je le demande à Dieu et ensuite à vous. Ne me rejette pas déçu. Dieu nous suffit, et Il est le meilleur arrangeur des affaires pour ceux qui nous ont amenés à cet état. Ô peuple, ô nation de Mahomet, vos cœurs sont devenus dépourvus de miséricorde, de pitié ou de compassion. . Humanité, combien je me suis plaint et combien j'ai pleuré, combien j'ai appelé et combien j'ai supplié, mais il n'y a pas de vie pour laquelle vous appelez. Cela vous plaira-t-il ? Mes frères pleurent et meurent. De la faim pendant que vous êtes là, Dieu sait que Dieu, le Très-Haut, le Grand, sait que nous n'avons même pas la valeur d'un kilo de farine. Mon père est mort et mes frères sont jeunes, je le jure devant Dieu. Livre de Dieu que je ne mentirai pas, ni n'escroquerai, ni ne tromperai, ô frères. Rien n'y est entré en nous ni en nous. Ô personne, que Dieu vous récompense par de bonnes actions, ô philanthrope. Je le confie à Dieu, alors à vous, ô peuple de bonté, soyez avec nous, ô monde, ressentez pour nous, ô peuple de bonté, où est la chevalerie, où est la fraternité, où est la miséricorde à laquelle le Prophète Mahomet a enjoint pour le bien du Prophète Mahomet, ressentez pour nous, je vous demande de m'aider, même si c'est pour le prix de la nourriture, ce n'est pas moi qui le demande. autre chose que d'apaiser notre faim, s'il vous plaît, sans m'insulter ni me briser le cœur, je vis, mes frères, par Dieu. Je vis en vous, soyez assuré, ô gens de bonté, je vous en prie, aidez-moi, s'il vous plaît. pour la détresse et la pauvreté, je n'aurais tendu la main à personne parmi le peuple. Voyez-moi, je couvrirai votre honneur. Que Dieu vous rende heureux avec vos enfants et votre famille et vous éloigne de la détresse et de la tristesse. cette aide dans l'équilibre de vos bonnes actions. Aidez-moi, que ce soit avec le prix de la nourriture ou le prix du loyer de la maison, s'il vous plaît. Oh mes frères, oh gens de bonne conscience, oh gens de fraternité et de générosité, aidez-moi s'il vous plaît si ce n'est qu'un peu ma confiance en vous, et quiconque veut contribuer avec moi, que Dieu le récompense de tout le meilleur. est mon numéro WhatsApp. Celui qui peut nous aider, atteint notre numéro WhatsApp ????????????????????714523330 avec nous. Nous lui donnons le nom complet et l'adresse et il nous transfère autant qu'il le peut. Ma famille et moi vous demandons, par Dieu, si vous le pouvez. pour ce faire, contactez-nous. N'hésitez pas à nous aider et nous vous récompenserons. Que Dieu te récompense?==~?~~~?~~?~??~,.? ? .......,,, .........................~~~????.?~~???????¶°°,'°°°°°°°??&;;&????????????????...?.?.?????????????????.. (?'-??'?)? ????? ?^•?•^? | | 11. | @stephenhowell8863(2025-04-13 17:41:50)
Did he survive all of that not speaking up for peace or taking revenge ?
No accusations from me But it’s obviously not the full account. | | 12. | @Lad-c3f(2025-04-13 17:44:12)
I am in utter confusion that Israel can do this | | 13. | @truthpeddlar9358(2025-04-13 17:44:38)
im weeping with you owen , feeling it too , can we talk dear man .thankyou . | | 14. | @Nature-y9n(2025-04-13 17:48:02)
I personally burst into tears.????
These people are supposed to be our role models.?
These people are true heroes.????
The story of Palestine must end with its victory over injustice.? | | 15. | @danoneill2846(2025-04-13 17:49:17)
thanks | | 16. | @hallabolt4156(2025-04-13 17:52:48)
Wtf where is the outrage | | 17. | @Nature-y9n(2025-04-13 17:53:34)
Whose eyes are filled with tears???? | | 18. | @isselmoughaly3579(2025-04-13 17:54:35)
Thank you a million times, Owen!
Your standing with justice is a testament of your courage and kindness ?? ?? | | 19. | @Ronald-ni4rt(2025-04-13 17:55:05)
The Western world is evil , just as evil as Israel. | | 20. | @chiarabay9364(2025-04-13 17:57:16)
I no longer care one whit for the events of the 1940’s . They have been negated by worst atrocities. | | 21. | @Asylum5g(2025-04-13 18:03:04)
And they still wave their flag with such pride… | | 22. | @Fish_N_Chips_Dude_12(2025-04-13 18:04:06)
An old story that has no evidence. Anyway, while I’m here, I can’t find your cartoon about Oday Nasser Al Rabay. Where is it? Perhaps you could interview his family. | | 23. | @MargotBeauter(2025-04-13 18:04:21)
Je suis très en colère ???? | | 24. | @Mazin_1(2025-04-13 18:06:35)
Freepalestine ???????? | | 25. | @Fish_N_Chips_Dude_12(2025-04-13 18:07:50)
Still can’t find your cartoons about Bangladesh, Congo, Nigeria, Sudan or Syria. | | 26. | @StéphanieCartier-p5v(2025-04-13 18:10:38)
Une bande de monstres sur terre , leur fin s approche à grand pas ... | | 27. | @amandagaybba7912(2025-04-13 18:11:20)
Thank you Owen.
This is so EVIL.
Our Human gearts are crying out 'FREE FREE PALESTINE , STOP G3NOCID3 GAZA | | 28. | @jeanhendersonharley3228(2025-04-13 18:17:06)
Thank you owen the only way we ger. Our news honest news from middle east | | 29. | @jeanhendersonharley3228(2025-04-13 18:19:05)
Our lord is coming back justice is on its. Way justice will come wir h. Our lord | | 30. | @Babu-kr3cr(2025-04-13 18:32:43)
I don't know how this truth of the Nakba escaped me for so many years. Israel is about as holy as the USA after wiping out Native Americans. Oh wow. This is so inhumane how they abused that elderly couple. This is so outrageous and insanely cruel. | | 31. | @RuwafiWafi(2025-04-13 18:35:02)
thank you owen | | 32. | @Christine-hr8in(2025-04-13 18:44:42)
..... And the People They Got Rid of Before descending On the Palestinians.... | | 33. | @Shahid-if4ws(2025-04-13 18:52:05)
Wow, these Israelis are really making the devil proud...???? | | 34. | @omarte7774(2025-04-13 18:55:47)
???????????? | | 35. | @abandonallhope.1040(2025-04-13 18:56:19)
Don't cry the ppl you are dealing with have none | | 36. | @noelhanna6432(2025-04-13 19:10:31)
There's no such thing as a Palestinian, Owen. They are Arabs.
They only started calling themselves Palestinians around 1965.
It was a Russian suggestion that they do so.
Most of the area known as Palestine was given to the Hashemite Arabs by the British, & was called Transjordan; later Jordan. | | 37. | @Badgerbeard(2025-04-13 19:16:51)
One man's story amidst tens if not hundreds of thousands of human beings, prey to a political ideology that has truly lost sight of humanity. | | 38. | @YouTubesupportsgenocide(2025-04-13 19:19:18)
Thanks Owen | | 39. | @888dd_8(2025-04-13 19:24:42)
???????????????????????????????????? | | 40. | @kerlyenai(2025-04-13 19:25:21)
He lived to be 80...To survive through all of Israël's horror and to to die like this... | | 41. | @dalebrennan7615(2025-04-13 19:27:09)
That hits very hard Dublin ireland ???????????????? | | 42. | @halaalqudsi66(2025-04-13 19:36:27)
Israhell is a pure evil ???? | | 43. | @Bea-q3b(2025-04-13 19:46:10)
This is not on ! | | 44. | @HelenaMikas(2025-04-13 20:02:49)
You and all independent are my true media Owen .I gave up on the others years ago and my time with German journalists ( types very like you ) changed my life forever .My eyes were opened oh so wide as to how the US & UK had lied .Met wonderful Iraqis and there were no shelters That changed my life very much and of course as is known Netanyahu was an enabler and planner in that pack of lies May the couple you speak of RIP .Owen I admire your dedication .It is atrocious and I cannot give up .Long live Palestine and oh how I recall a chant that many Germans used in Berlin during the illegal invasion Will not write but find a way .ps Germany had a decent Chancellor then Gerhard Schröder .They said no to US as do France .It was terrible destruction by others ,but nothing like this . | | 45. | @smyDerty(2025-04-13 20:06:41)
???????????????? thank you, Owen, for sharing these real stories that are meant to be brushed under a rag.
The truth always finds a way out.
Free free palestine ???????? . | | 46. | @liakotali1599(2025-04-13 20:36:33)
Justice will come,it has to otherwise humanity will have failed | | 47. | @ryno_8848(2025-04-13 20:46:49)
So not only does Israel do child abuse but also elder abuse. Disgusting. | | 48. | @ryno_8848(2025-04-13 20:52:00)
Israel is a real life republic of Gilead from handmaid’s Tale | | 49. | @dinaaasalah(2025-04-13 20:58:06)
Imagine this a story from thousands of unknown stories.. imagine again,all these stories never end !! | | 50. | @ayubsalim(2025-04-13 21:22:35)
Thank you Owen for speaking out. |
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