📢 Message de Standing-together (Israël) diffusé sur #bluesky le (2025-07-02)

- https://bsky.app/profile/standing-together.bsky.social/post/3lsydxnsluc2h

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Nous avons reçu ces images de Ramez, un organisateur de manifestations à Gaza.

Elles font partie d'une initiative dans le cadre d'une campagne du Comité de la jeunesse de Gaza, dans laquelle des activistes tiennent des photos d'enfants israéliens tués le 7 octobre et après, inspirés par les veillées silencieuses organisées par des activistes israéliens.

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Le Comité de la jeunesse de Gaza avait vu des manifestations silencieuses en Israël où des activistes tenaient des photos d'enfants palestiniens tués à Gaza, qui avaient été organisées par Standing Together et de grands collectifs d'activistes indépendants, et voulait être solidaire.

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Ils ont également partagé ce message :

« Même si nous vivons sous le siège, la faim, la mort et le déplacement – nous ne tournons pas le dos à la paix.

Même quand le monde nous tourne le dos, nous ne renonçons pas à la responsabilité de parler au nom de la paix. »

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Ramez, dont les enfants et les cousins ont été tués dans la guerre, a déclaré :

« Nous pleurons avec chaque famille juive, chrétienne ou musulmane qui a perdu un enfant dans cette guerre.

Notre douleur ne nous aveugle pas sur la souffrance des autres. »

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# English version

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We received these images from Ramez, a protest organizer in Gaza. They’re part of an initiative in a campaign by the Gazan Youth Committee, in which activists hold photos of Israeli children killed on October 7th and after, inspired by the silent vigils held by Israeli activists.

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The Gazan Youth Committee had seen silent protests in Israel where activists held photos of Palestinian children killed in Gaza, which had been organized by Standing Together and large collectives of independent activists, and wanted to stand in solidarity.

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They also shared this message: “Even though we live under siege, hunger, death, and displacement – we do not turn our backs on peace. Even when the world turns its back on us, we do not give up the responsibility to speak in the name of peace.”

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Ramez, whose children and cousins were killed in the war, said “we mourn with every Jewish, Christian, or Muslim family that lost a child in this war. Our pain does not blind us to the suffering of others.”

#Gaza #GazanYouthCommittee #ComitéJeunesseGaza #Ramez #Peace #Paix #StandingTogether

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May 2023

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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

The Diamond Noose — Ramez Yoakeim
The Conch Shell — Elizabeth Raphael
Anamnesis — Karl El-Koura
The Zoo Diaries V — Frances Pauli

Cover art by Carol Wellart....
https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/toc/2023/may-2023/
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Born in Egypt, raised in Australia, and now living with his husband in the United States, Ramez Yoakeim spent his whole life adapting. A one-time engineer and educator, Ramez’s work favors the darker side of SFF but mostly he writes about hope.

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