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Eileen Gibson's avatar

A very sad memory of loss that is embedded in this genocide and lives on painfully for those like you. Iam so sorry.

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Jim Ritchie's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. Every time I think Israel can't do anything worse, they do something worse. The killing has to end, stop arming Israel and enabling Genocide

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Theresa Barzee's avatar

There must be consequences. Now. Track. Arrest. Prosecute.

Reparations.

May the mass murderers be made to work hard labour for the rest of their misguided lives. Clearing rubble, digging wells, detoxifying the soil. Learning the true history of the lands & peoples whose land & infrastructure, lives & livlihoods they have stolen.

From them, from their descendents, from the true ancestors. Learn to live in peace. Time is up.

No more lies. No more impunity.

Palestine back to Palestinians.

No more israel. You've used up all your chances. It is a miserably failed experiment. Break the cycle of evil violence.

Learn the true history of the lands, the languages, the cultures. The actual ancestors will share their knowledge.

No more hate from invaders.

Amen.

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poonam pari's avatar

I am so, so sorry. My heart goes out to you and to your family. The killing has to end. My heart also breaks for those in Gaza. Israel needs to be held accountable. Thank you for sharing this!

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Rob Roy's avatar

Words fail me, this story is so moving. My heart breaks for you in your sorrow, and for all the others caught in an inescapable death trap created by the insane leadership in both Israel and the US.

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Linda Cattrall's avatar

Please accept my sincere condolences. Thank you for sharing your sadness and pain so vividly. Free Palestine🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Sarah's avatar

I'm so sorry for your loss - and the world's loss - of these beautiful young men. I cannot imagine what your heart carries. Peace and thanks to you for sharing their story, your memories, and the photos.

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Sobia Quazi's avatar

This was so moving to read, and eloquently written. Words can barely do justice to all the shades of grief and all the turbulent and deep emotions of anguish that must be overwhelming people. Thank you for this piece of writing and honouring the memory of these precious young men.

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Besarta's avatar

I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you will find solace one way or another. If you wish to honour Ahmad’s memory, maybe you could submit his theses anyways and I hope he will be acknowledged for his work , despite it being post mortem. Israel has a pattern of killing anyone with any talent and bright people, to kill the hope of reconstruction in Gaza, to kill anyone representing some kind of competition to their own intellectuals.

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Dee KB's avatar

Inna lillahi wa ina ilayhi raji3oon. You are not numbers. You are the noblest of humankind. We will never forget & never stop resisting until Palestine is free.

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Utejack's avatar

May the Divine Light disappear your grief for the rest of your days; and empower your life with all the beautifully altruistic qualities shared by your martyred loved ones. Consider yourself blessed to have been touched by your dear friend’s acts of kindness; let them now become your ideal; and know that they live within your every breath. So carry them gently throughout your daily experience because they inform all you will accomplish. I offer my love and gratitude to you for this most excellent reminder of the bond between humans and the joy that these bonds create. May your telling about such excellent people inform me as I interact with all people. This is the life giving Spirit that will create the harmony for a world that is corrupted by ego’s greedy and selfish intentions. Godspeed Ahmed.

If we ever meet I know you would brighten my sad heart. I✌🏼🇵🇸❤️🙏🕉

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Thea Cadogan's avatar

A loss of wonderful souls, my heart grieves with you...

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