Summertime. Summertime can be so beautiful and joyous, especially when you are on vacation, when you travel and go to the beach. Or simply go with the flow of the hot weather and simply relax your body and mind in a cool place or a shade. Simply put the a/c on and feel relief. There is something magical about summertime. But not all is beautiful and magical when you live in the Middle East, more precisely, in Gaza. We have few hours of electricity daily available, and most of us have no a/c. We do what we can to keep cool and make the heat bearable. But it’s not just feeling hot and finding ways to escape the heat what matters. Our hospitals, our humble industry that survives by miracle both direct military aggression and bombing attacks, lack of funds to afford proper cooling in this heat, they suffer, too. Many people around the world take simple things in life for granted. Many people don’t even think of a/c, they just notice if it breaks and stops working. Yes, many would say that we are used to it in this geographic area. And we are. But we don’t live in ancient times anymore, and people living in such climates adjust their homes and places they live and work to it. There is a reason why in all rich Gulf countries it’s un fathomable being without a/c. And by same logic, they are re also used to is as we are in Gaza. This too, shall pass. Seasons change. But I don’t feel optimistic about our electricity situation as long as we keep being besieged and left on mercy of occupation.
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As a Palestinian, I will never forget who was the cause of the destruction of my country
In 1799, during the French invasion of the Arab world, Napoleon issued a proclamation offering Palestine as a homeland to Jews under France’s protection. This was also a way to establish a French presence in the region. Napoleon’s vision of a Jewish state in the Middle East did not materialise at the time – but nor did it die. In the late 19th century, the plan was revived by the British Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I and the establishment of the Palestine Mandate, the British colonial power began implementing its plan of creating a Jewish state on Palestinian land. At the same time, the Zionist movement was lobbying Western powers to support the mass migration of Jews to Palestine and recognise a Jewish claim to the land In 1917, the Balfour Declaration declared British support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. The declaration was made in a letter written by Britain's then-Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, to Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Zionist movement. The letter was endorsed by Britain's then-Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who became a Zionist in 1915. The letter stated the British would “use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object”. For Zionists, this was a clear victory. The influx of Zionists to Palestine, supported by the British, was met by fierce Palestinian resistance. The purchases of land by Jews for Zionist settlement displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. The entire process was facilitated by the British While the Palestinian leadership in Jerusalem insisted on continuing negotiations with the British to resolve the simmering tensions, Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, a Syrian leader living in Haifa since 1922, began calling for an armed revolt against the British and the Zionists.
In 1935, Al-Qassam was surrounded by British forces and killed along with some of his men. His resistance inspired many Palestinians. By 1936, an Arab rebellion erupted against British imperialism and Zionist settler-colonialism. By 1939, the British had smashed the rebellion. The Palestinians found themselves fighting two enemies: British colonial forces and Zionist militia groups.
Although the British had backed mass Jewish immigration to Palestine, the colonial power began to limit the number of Jews arriving to the country in an attempt to quell Arab unrest.
The new limit on immigration upset the Zionists. They launched a series of terrorist attacks on British authorities to drive them out. The Zionists continued to further advance their dream of creating a Jewish state on Palestinian land. Meanwhile, it became obvious that Palestinian resistance forces were outnumbered and outgunned. The Zionist strategy of expelling Palestinians from their land was a slow and deliberate process.
This is a worldwide scam to enslave everyone, It is all a scam I think there may be a virus but it is not as harmfull as they say and now reason to lock down society
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