The people of Gaza today want life. They want a night without bombing. They want medicine and surgical operations with anaesthesiaPeople stand near the rubble at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church following an air strike in Gaza on October 20th, 2023. At least 18 people were killed, according to Palestinian authorities in Gaza. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/European Pressphoto Agency, described them as monsters and blamed them.
What is happening in Gaza is not a war or a conflict, but an annihilation – continuous genocide and ethnic cleansing through death and forced displacement. World political powers are sacrificing the people of Palestine in order to secure their interests in the Middle East. They offer us as sacrifices on the altar of atonement, as we pay the price for their sins with our lives.
They asked us to pray. The people of Gaza are still asking us to pray, and they are still praying. Where do you get this faith?