This is an Instagram post by Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA National Committee and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen. It’s in response to a hate-filled message in Hebrew that he received via a GoFundMe account that said: “You are child killers and rapists. You deserve nothing. If you want food, you have enough humanitarian aid from Trump. Release the hostages.” This reminds me of Craig Mokhiber’s spot-on description of the Israeli (read Zionist) propaganda framework.

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I’m not here to win the victimhood Olympics. There’s no gold medal I want in this game. You can have the spotlight, the sorrow, the trembling voice for the cameras. I don’t want to be a victim. I just want to live. But you won’t leave me alone.

You cry on cue while I bury my dead. You erase me, then grieve for yourself. You bomb the shelter, then write the script where you’re the one shaking.

Go on. Star in your never-ending tour of trauma— the innocent, the afraid— with the biggest gun and the loudest mic.

I’m not here to compete. I’m just here. Bleeding quietly where no one’s filming. Picking up what you shattered so I can try again to be free.

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