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Uncle Joe

(60,149 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 10:46 AM Oct 7

Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After Oct. 7, U.S. Still Arming Israel's Slaughter in Gaza



The Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha, who fled Gaza in December after being detained by the Israeli military, is releasing his second book of poetry, Forest of Noise, next week. We speak to him one year into Israel's relentless slaughter in his home of the Gaza Strip as he notes, "It is really devastating to think that after a year, the world is still thinking about October 7 only, rather than about the years and decades before October 7 and the many and long, long days and weeks that followed October 7." Abu Toha also pays tribute to his former student, Hatem al-Zaaneen, who was recently killed while collecting firewood for his family, and shares the status of his own surviving family members in Gaza, who have been displaced once again as they seek safety from unrelenting Israeli bombardment.

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Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After Oct. 7, U.S. Still Arming Israel's Slaughter in Gaza (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 7 OP
Nothing about Hamas lauching the terrorist attack... nycbos Oct 7 #1
Of course not! "Democracy Now!" is nothing but anti-Israel, anti-Jew, anti-Democratic party, anti-Biden propaganda. Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #2
Becuase the stories of Mosab Abu Toha, Eko Oct 7 #3
So... touching. 💕🥰 Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #4
Now imagine someone here acting like that Eko Oct 7 #5
🥰😘😍 Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #6
Of course you arent Eko Oct 7 #7
Blame Hamas. Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #8
While Hamas is indeed horrible Eko Oct 7 #9
Nobody is doing that. Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #10
Sure. Eko Oct 7 #11
Thank you for your honesty. Oopsie Daisy Oct 7 #12
Sure. Eko Oct 7 #13

nycbos

(6,352 posts)
1. Nothing about Hamas lauching the terrorist attack...
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 12:03 PM
Oct 7

... that killed more Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. Nothing about Hamas and Hezbollah's daily rocket attacks? Nothing about the hostages?

Oopsie Daisy

(4,502 posts)
2. Of course not! "Democracy Now!" is nothing but anti-Israel, anti-Jew, anti-Democratic party, anti-Biden propaganda.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 01:41 PM
Oct 7

Why is this crap allowed? It's no better than Russia Today (RT) or Al Jazeera.

Eko

(8,492 posts)
3. Becuase the stories of Mosab Abu Toha,
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 06:29 PM
Oct 7

Hatem al-Zaaneen and the other civilians who are being killed or effected are not to be talked about and are not important unless we condemn Hamas and Hezbollah, talk about the rocket attacks and the hostages. Here, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists and do horrible things and deserve to pay for their crimes. The hostages should be freed and the rocket attacks on Israel should stop. Can we now talk about Mosab Abu Toha, Hatem al-Zaaneen and the other civilians who are being killed or effected by what is going on?

Eko

(8,492 posts)
5. Now imagine someone here acting like that
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 07:30 PM
Oct 7

towards Israeli civilians who have been killed and affected by this conflict and you might see why you are wrong.

Eko

(8,492 posts)
9. While Hamas is indeed horrible
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 07:38 PM
Oct 7

in this case they weren't the ones mocking the plight of the Palestinian people. So I'll blame the one who was doing that.

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