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laurensprentiss Ā· 1 month
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The US is not just withholding a truce. Itā€™s actively participating in the eradication of Palestinians.
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laurensprentiss Ā· 1 month
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The thing is... Israel admitted to this from the very beginning.
They said the confessions were obtained through 'interrogation' in the Shin Bet aka torture (Shin Bet is where they like to torture Palestinian prisoners for intel) so every country that cut funding to the UNRWA knew from the beginning that Israel was using false forced statements.
The famine in Gaza is partly due to this. Never forget that.
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laurensprentiss Ā· 1 month
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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10 children a day lose their limbs in Gaza. All hospitals in Gaza are basically barely functioning and the amputations are done in unsanitary conditions and without anesthesia
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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Repost of Instagram post by alessandra_sanguinetti:
ā€œIn 2004 I worked as an intern in Newsweek and had to go through the wires coming in from the Middle East.
The Iraq war was raging. Israel was committing its routine violations and killings.
The images were devastating and unequivocally condemning of both the USA and Israel, but I remember the editors would reject all my picks and demand images of burnt cars or vague images of destruction.
So I brought a hard drive and collected everything they didn't publish.
It was my first live glimpse of the lack of ethics or integrity in most US media.
Not the journalists on the ground, but of the senior editors making the calls - in their self important glass cubicles.
And no, to the cynics out there..it's not all too complicated to discuss on social media.
Social media is the only reason we know what's happening in Palestine.
And the only reason mainstream news has to keep up and sprinkle some actual news now and then.
Meanwhile we are seeing much less footage coming out of Gaza - Israel has been killing off all the journalists.
This is terrifying.ā€
Photo credits: Nasser Ishtayeh, Yossi Alon, Saif Dahlah, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, Musa Al-Shaer, Abed Onar Qusini
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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"B-but Palestinians can get their freedom with peace not violence šŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗ" no. Screw your feelings. The armed resistance against colonizers and murderers is what will give Palestinians their freedom and what will eventually achieve real peace.
An enemy that bombs and uses white phosphorus against civilians doesn't know nor practice what your broken moral compass describes as "peace". Freedom was proven throughout history not to be achieved through kneeling and asking the oppressor to kindly stop. Freedom needs to be taken by force. Your little Utopian way of thinking doesn't work in the real world. Your feelings don't matter because you're not the one living under occupation. Your feelings don't matter because you're not one of the thousands of children who lost their limbs. You're not one of the children who became orphans due to this genocide. You're not the mother who lost her child to the carpet bombing. You're not the father carrying the remains of your child in plastic bags. You're not the newlywed woman who lost her husband. You're not the one at risk of either getting killed any second or losing your loved ones in the blink of an eye!
"Peace" is not really a thing you see during a live ethnic cleansing!
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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in light of israel's looming invasion on rafah, south africa implored the icj to call for the protection of palestinians with new preliminary orders. the icj denied this request, insisting that its january orders would be sufficient enough in ensuring the safety of people residing in rafah.
we have all seen how israel responded to the icj verdict earlier this month. they have all but intensified their attacks on palestinians, their favorite of whom seem to be children. this will end in a bloodbath. palestinians, already malnourished and living in literal tents, will be bombarded, they will be shot, they will be slaughtered. and when i say palestinians, a lot of them are actual toddlers. the videos coming out of this are proof enough.
at this point, it has been made amply clear that palestinians will never experience safety in their own homeland. a lot of the families in gaza are trying to raise funds to get out of it, because there's nowhere left to go.
there is nowhere left to go. if these people don't get the funds necessary to escape, they will die.
it's vital that you go to operation olive branch's spreadsheet, choose a family that resonates with you, and donate as much as you can to their gofundme. every last dollar counts. one dollar could be the difference between life and death for a family. please don't fall victim to the bystander effect. your contribution counts, however little it may be. and whether you're able to donate or not, spread this to as many people as you can. each second we stay silent is a second an entire family is brutally massacred.
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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Iā€™ve been a long time follower of yours but after seeing your recent reposts of the war - I canā€™t in good conscience continue to support you. Quite frankly I think itā€™s disgusting and I never pegged you for an anti semite but I guess people can surprise us.
Iā€™m literally not even on this site anymore but like. Sooooo many things about this ask are so skeevy???
Number 1: why did you format this like itā€™s a letter of resignation? You donā€™t want to support me? All you have to do is click unfollow itā€™s never that deep? Did you think I was gonna beg and cry for forgiveness or for u not to leave me šŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢ ?? šŸ’€
Number 2: ā€œthe warā€ - Iā€™m guessing youā€™re talking about the siege and genocide that Israel is committing against Palestine?? A war would indicate two powers with somewhat equal footing and standing, equal access to weapons and resources to defend themselves - one is a superpower with the backing of the USA, UK and Canada. The other entity - and mind you these are official provable statements - are mostly civilians who are being kidnapped, held prisoner, murdered, starved, driven out of their homes and have had entire bloodlines wiped out. Bloodlines that literally date back to Christ. Hospitals bombed with innocent civilians, men, women, children, the elderly who need emergency access to medical care. You canā€™t in good conscience support me reposting a few little things drawing peopleā€™s attention to the atrocities being committed by the terrorist state of Israel? Ok. Donā€™t. It says a lot that THAT is where your conscience draws the line.
Also war has rules you fucking moron - thatā€™s where war crimes come from and Israel is guilty of PLENTY.
3. Me condemning israel and thinking. ā€œHey. Maybe a terrorist state with an army thatā€™s been brainwashed and indoctrinated to the point where innocent CHILDREN being bl*wn to pieces, babies stuck under rubble slowly dy*ng and families being starved is just another day at work shouldnā€™t really do That.ā€ does not make me an anti semite. Iā€™m not going to sit here and argue about all the reasons Iā€™m NOT, because why am I going to clarify my stance on basic humanity to someone who has literal shit for brains, but youā€™re also invalidating Jewish people who also condemn Israelā€™s actions - not to mention. What theyā€™re doing is literally criminal and a GENOCIDE.
It goes back GENERATIONS and decades, systematic ethnic cleansing of people who have lived there dating back to their ancestors. Driving people out of their homes, stealing land, property, implementing laws that actively discriminate against Palestinians, indoctrinating children, government officials stating on the record that Palestinian children deserve what happened to them and that they will not stop until theyā€™re eradicated?
Good fucking riddance dickhead I hope you choke to death
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laurensprentiss Ā· 2 months
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posting your fic on AO3 like
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laurensprentiss Ā· 3 months
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More than 60% of the global population that are classified as the Phase 5 famine/catastrophe level of food insecurity and starvation are in the Gaza Strip right now, and that percentage is projected to increase to 95% by Februrary
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laurensprentiss Ā· 3 months
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im gonna be very honest with youā€¦
i check out your profile AT LEAST twice a week to see if you mightā€™ve (by some miracle) updated The Games We Play šŸ˜­ iā€™m btw not telling you to do it!!!! i totally understand if you donā€™t feel like writing it anymore!! but i just love going back to reread what youā€™ve already wrote (so perfectly)
This is so sweet thank you so much!! Asks like this are so encouraging and really do make me want to resume the series at one point - right now itā€™s just trying to figure out the logistics but we can hope! Thank you again x
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laurensprentiss Ā· 3 months
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UR ALIIIIIIIIVVVVEEEE!!!!!!! Happy to see your user on my dash again, welcome back to hell
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Best comeback story since Kim K letā€™s fuckin GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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laurensprentiss Ā· 3 months
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you have no idea how many times iā€™ve read forbidden fruit šŸ™šŸ»šŸ™šŸ»
Bestie thank you!!!!!!!
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laurensprentiss Ā· 3 months
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so i'd just like to say that i stumbled in yout "games we play" story last night and i guess i just want to say what an amazing gift for writing you have because i'm feeling lots of feelings hahaha i love the way you wrote hotch's personality, it suits him. i hope you continue it someday <3
Hi bestie!! Thank you so much for taking the time to send this, it means so much (more than you know)!!! Even though I havenā€™t updated in so long, itā€™s always a little nudge in the right direction whenever I get a message like this!!! I hope to continue it but life is very busy atm, I just had a baby hehe!!!
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laurensprentiss Ā· 4 months
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Hi bitch x
LOOK WHOS ALIVE
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