Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After Oct. 7, U.S. Still Arming Israel's Slaughter in Gaza

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The Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha, who fled Gaza in December after being detained by the Israeli military, is releasing his second book of poetry, Forest of Noise, next week. We speak to him one year into Israel's relentless slaughter in his home of the Gaza Strip as he notes, "It is really devastating to think that after a year, the world is still thinking about October 7 only, rather than about the years and decades before October 7 and the many and long, long days and weeks that followed October 7." Abu Toha also pays tribute to his former student, Hatem al-Zaaneen, who was recently killed while collecting firewood for his family, and shares the status of his own surviving family members in Gaza, who have been displaced once again as they seek safety from unrelenting Israeli bombardment.

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1. Nothing about Hamas lauching the terrorist attack...

... that killed more Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. Nothing about Hamas and Hezbollah's daily rocket attacks? Nothing about the hostages?

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. Of course not! "Democracy Now!" is nothing but anti-Israel, anti-Jew, anti-Democratic party, anti-Biden propaganda.

Why is this crap allowed? It's no better than Russia Today (RT) or Al Jazeera.

[Eko]

3. Becuase the stories of Mosab Abu Toha,

Hatem al-Zaaneen and the other civilians who are being killed or effected are not to be talked about and are not important unless we condemn Hamas and Hezbollah, talk about the rocket attacks and the hostages. Here, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists and do horrible things and deserve to pay for their crimes. The hostages should be freed and the rocket attacks on Israel should stop. Can we now talk about Mosab Abu Toha, Hatem al-Zaaneen and the other civilians who are being killed or effected by what is going on?

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4. So... touching. 💕🥰

Very heartwarming.

[Eko]

5. Now imagine someone here acting like that

towards Israeli civilians who have been killed and affected by this conflict and you might see why you are wrong.

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6. 🥰😘😍

[Eko]

7. Of course you arent

Mocking the plight of the Palestinian people.

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8. Blame Hamas.

[Eko]

9. While Hamas is indeed horrible

in this case they weren't the ones mocking the plight of the Palestinian people. So I'll blame the one who was doing that.

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10. Nobody is doing that.

[Eko]

11. Sure.

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12. Thank you for your honesty.

[Eko]

13. Sure.