Our group has shown that people from all over the world (60 countries from all around the world), 1800 members in five days from all religions and social backgrounds stood to say We Support Gaza and Palestianians right to live in peace, and we protest the war by Israel on Gaza and the injustice that is happening.
The time to really support Gaza is coming soon.
When the war stops, and it will, sooner rather than later, the real work starts.
Our support will have to shift from words to actions. Small or large actions and deeds will make the difference. Community Action is needed. Business ideas to help small business in Gaza will be needed. Small business loans in the amount of US$ 100 or less or bit more(Grameen Bank Style) for families who lost their main breadwiner. Gaza needs to be rebuild, rock and people.
Supporting Gaza in its efforts to rebuild will show our true support. We all have ways of making a difference, business people, artists, civil servants, doctors, nurses, mothers, fathers, university students, engineers, academics, and everyone. We will need teachers and pyscologists to find ways to support the childern of Gaza to build their self esteem back and see hope again.
We will need doctors to oversee the medical conditions on the long terms. Make a long term sustainable plan for medical help. Red cross and Red Crescent will need helping hands and equipment to rebuild the destroyed assets.
I am envious of the community support that Israeli society is giving to their soliders while they are killing Palestianians who are defending their homes. Reading the Israeli newspapers, you see Israel mobilized to support their troops, giving them presents, gifts, pins, solidarity tokens, donating mobiles, etc.. One would imagine that the Israeli Army was liberating its occupied land from imperalist occupiers?! If you see how the community in Israel supports its soldiers, If you see the solidarity that the Israeli Society, most of it, is giving to the war machine, you will be ashamed of the actions we are taking to support the innocent people of Gaza. If soliders can be hailed for killing innocent women and childern, what should we do to support the innocent?
I have decided to do more. I have decided to work on an action plan to help rebuild Gaza in my capacity. We will start another group, Friends of Gaza (FOG) to mobilize our ideas and get started. Who wants to join in their own way? Making a movie, and employ Gazans as staff and actors. Make a bakery shop in Gaza and train Gazans to work in it. Donate gifts and furniture. Donate your time to travel and help in UNRWA and Red Cross if you can. whatever you can, let Gazans see more of us. The most important of all, is to make tangiable actions on the ground.Let us show a community effort from around the world to Support Gaza in rebuilding its community using our combined knowedlge, experiecne, backgrounds. I can imagine a prosperous Gaza, can you?
SincerelyAbbas
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