Gaza has moved hearts everywhere

 

As the annihilation of life in Gaza continues, hope has become a precious commodity.

The bloodshed and suffering of the people of Gaza is becoming normalized.

Mass murder is being normalized. Mass destruction is being normalized.

But not to all.

Students in universities all over the world still hear the cries of the grieving mother, the orphaned child, the destitute father in Gaza.

The students of the University of Toronto heard those cries.

On 2 May, a group of 100-200 students took it upon themselves to answer the voice of the people of Gaza. Inspired by the international university campus protests, Toronto students mobilized for Gaza.

The encampment is still going strong nearly two months later.

There, Ameer Khoury, a key member and organizer of the Palestine Youth Movement in Toronto, told me that what he and his group does, what students at the campus are doing, is a responsibility.

Inspired by the late, great Ghassan Khanafani, Ameer recited his favorite quotation:

“Imperialism has laid its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, the arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, you damage it, and you serve the world revolution.”  (more...)

Gaza has moved hearts everywhere