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I Speak of Palestine
I speak of your insistence
on believing what you’re told
to be so blind:
you must have learned
what not to know
to be so cold that you can say
“These people do belong
inside this tomb.”
They cannot move
or live
or eat
And, yes,
I speak of Palestine.
You cannot hold
its fate is just
and not be part
of grinding up
their bones and blood
to mix with desert earth
and olive oil
to build your state, your jail;
a wall surrounds
their place, like this:
a torture room
a starving field
a stolen home
a human shield
a bullet for a child
and poison gas on village streets
their food, their food!
Their food is gone
you cleanse
and push
and punish
taking what you want
to have for you alone.
We know it’s rape,
and though the world records
your names and deeds,
the future courts and trials
will not revive
the dead, displaced and missing.
And yes, I speak of Palestine.
- By Robert L. Green, VTJP, 2006
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Comment by Eva Libre yesterday
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In the west of Beach Camp today, Chef Lulu and her team stood over the pots, doing everything they could to meet the hunger around them.
They made rice, macaroni, and carrot soup — simple ingredients, but a lifeline for so many. Each of our teams across Gaza does the same: holding their ground, feeding who they can, where they can. One meal at a time.Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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July 24 at 10:25 p.m.
I have two painful updates since this morning.
My father left a place just minutes before it was bombed.
We nearly lost one of the few people keeping us tethered to survival.
But we did lose someone—Mr. Abu Deeb Al-Hindi, a dear family friend, was killed in that explosion. May his soul rest in peace. May his memory remain louder than the silence that follows these deaths.And while our hearts were grieving, reality found another way to tighten the noose.
This morning, flour dropped from $60 to $15 per kilo—a glimmer of hope.
Tonight, it climbed back up to $30.Why?
Because the talks in Doha are still circling a table while children here are circling death.
Because starvation has become a political tactic.
Because the ones who could unblock the aid know they won’t have to bury the next child.We go to bed angry.
But we also go to bed determined to keep our people alive tomorrow.Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Truck no. 1 delivered fresh water today to Sheikh Radwan under the blazing summer sun. We continue our work, day after day, in what feels like a nearly two-year-long nightmare.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Scenes from Chef Fatin’s kitchen today: people packed shoulder to shoulder, pots in hand, desperate for a portion of lentils. Their only meal of the day.
Children. Elders. All pushing forward, not out of rudeness, but out of hunger that burns deep like being stripped of your dignity. This is what starvation looks like when it’s used as a weapon. And it’s working — exactly how the occupation intended.Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Sometimes I look at these pictures and wonder if the world has already ended. The scenes feel torn from an apocalyptic film — ash, concrete, bent metal, the silence of something broken beyond repair. And yet, in all that grey, life insists. A patch of green. A single flower growing wild.
Today at Al Saftawy, our team stirred pots of lentils and bulgur over open flame. A simple meal — but in a place where hunger gnaws at every corner, it becomes sacred.We hold onto these small acts of care like they’re seeds. Hoping they take root. Hoping they bloom.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Israel announced it would allow more food into Gaza. Statements were made. Press releases drafted. Applause echoed in some corners of the world.
But no trucks rolled in. Not yet.
In Gaza, people don’t eat announcements.
Exactly four months ago, Israel halted food entry to starve Palestinians into submission. It didn’t work—
but it did inflict enormous suffering on an already devastated civilian population.The killing and destruction continue, unchallenged.
But don’t worry—those who traffic in cruelty are already planning their next move.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Today’s ingredients — oil
, rice
, spices
, and canned carrots
— may not look like much, but getting them was anything but easy. In Gaza, everything is hard to find and painfully expensive. Still, we cook with care, with love, and with the hope that no one ends the day hungry 🍲.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Brought Hamoudi out of early retirement today—he's back on the scene, stealing hearts and stirring pots.
Straight from the placenta that is Gaza (his words, probably), he jumped in to help his dad and our beloved Chef Riad with today’s meal. Did he actually cook? Debatable. Did he taste-test everything? Absolutely. Did morale go up by 3000%? Without question.
He sends his love, his giggles, and probably some crumbs.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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Getting ready to cook: bulgur and macaroni soup on today’s menu
Light the fire, clean the pots, then chop, stir, and pour in every ingredient we could gather. With care, with hunger in mind, and with love for our people.
Hani Almadhoun
www.gazasoupkitchen.org
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You don't need to be Muslim to stand for Gaza. You just need to be HUMAN.
"PEACE
NOT WAR
GENEROSITY
NOT GREED
EMPATHY
NOT HATE
CREATIVITY
NOT DESTRUCTION
EVERYBODY
NOT JUST US"
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