7,000+ INNOCENT CIVILIANS murdered. Nearly HALF were CHILDREN.

17,000+ injured. 10,000+ hostage. 1.4+ MILLION homeless.

No electricity, limited food, limited water, limited fuel to power hospital generators, total blackout, no internet and no cell service.

Israel is committing genocide.

And despite the world’s attempt to stop it, it’s happening.

I feel immense grief and guilt as I sit here in my warm home, on my comfy couch, with a drink and a hot meal in front of me, tv on, phone in hand, kids safely and peacefully sleeping in their beds meanwhile parentless children are scared for their lives right now. Mothers and fathers are mourning the loss of their children. Families torn apart. Their homes demolished. Their lives as they knew them, flipped upside down.

And I’m so angry. I’m angry that I bust my ass at work and can barely make ends meet and yet my taxes are funding these atrocities. My government is supporting this. And everyone around me is carrying on with life like none of this is happening all the while I am deeply struggling to distract myself from obsessing about Gaza and enjoy the life I am so privileged and blessed to have.

I’m disgusted that refugees created refugees and have dehumanized this group of people since 1948 and are doing to Palestinians exactly what was done to them 75 years ago. I’m disgusted that history is continually repeating itself and the world is sitting back and watching it unfold and these people WERE BEGGING to be heard and now their cries have been silenced.

If you’re clueless, research and educate yourself as I have done. I can suggest sourced and podcasts that are unbiased. I urge you to visit Motaz_Azaiza’s instagram page. Watch the documentary Born In Gaza on Netflix. Trust me, you will understand my grief.