I have created this Series of YouTube videos to showcase the Humanity of Palestinians in Gaza.
Episode 1 celebrates the humanity of @renadfromgaza who shows you her Middle Eastern cooking recipes.
Find more episodes here.
All income generated by Gaza is Human will be donated to the Hind Rajab Foundation, which like this website, was set up in memory of Hind Rajab, who perished in the Gaza Genocide.
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
It seeks to achieve this by:
BOYCOTTS involve withdrawing support from Israel's apartheid regime, complicit Israeli sporting, cultural and academic institutions, and from all Israeli and international companies engaged in violations of Palestinian human rights.
DIVESTMENT campaigns urge banks, local councils, churches, pension funds and universities to withdraw investments from the State of Israel and all Israeli and international companies that sustain Israeli apartheid.
SANCTIONS campaigns pressure governments to fulfil their legal obligations to end Israeli apartheid, and not aid or assist its maintenance, by banning business with illegal Israeli settlements, ending military trade and free-trade agreements, as well as suspending Israel's membership in international forums such as UN bodies and FIFA.
Ultimately, money talks in this World of ours and by Boycotting, Divesting from and Sanctioning Israel, it's apartheid and occupation, as well as its genocide, can be brought to an end, just like South Africa's Apartheid was through similar methods.
I am already boycotting complicit companies including HP, McDonalds, Burger King, Coca Cola, Disney+ and Amazon, which I otherwise would have normally used, and I will not use any of the other Boycott Targets (above) in the future, using alternatives instead.
Click here to find out more about why these companies are specifically being boycotted.
War or Genocide? Album (STREAM to raise money for GAZA)
This is an Album comprising 4 charity songs written about the Gaza Genocide along with a hidden track at the end explaining how Israel went from being a State formed by Holocaust Survivors to a State who perpetrated a genocide against the native Palestinian people of Gaza. All proceeds from this EP, however big or small, will be donated to UNRWA and their Gaza appeal (Check it out here: War or Genocide? EP and on all Streaming Services).
I wrote this Album to document the Gaza Genocide in which over 46,000+ Palestinians (2%+ of the Gaza population) have been killed with an estimated 168,000+ (8%+ of the Gaza population) likely to die once all of the indirect genocide deaths have occurred (deaths due to malnourishment, lack of healthcare, etc.). While appearing to start off as a "War of Self-Defence" waged in response to the atrocious October 7th 2023 attacks on Israel, in which over 1,200 Israeli's were killed, it continued well beyond that point into a genocide, which was orders of magnitudes worse than what had been done to the Israeli's.
I'm not here to tell anybody what to think about what has and what is going on; I would just like you to listen to my EP, do your own research, reflect, and come to your own conclusions. Nonetheless, it's worth noting that the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have all independently concluded that Israel has committed against the Palestinians in Gaza so reading their (linked) reports would be a good place to start. You can also find out more on this page of the website.
Photo Credit:
Abdullah Al-Attar (photo of Mohamed Abu Al Qomasan), @mohammed.madhi89 (Instagram) (photo of Mohamed's killed twins Ayssel & Asser). Donate directly to Mohammed here as he attempts to rebuild his life & visit his Instagram here.
Get Involved: Become an Ambassador
Click on the picture above to print your own Gaza is Human Bumper Sticker, to do your bit on the road by, at the very least, reminding people about Gaza, helping to initiate more conversations once those people go to their workplace or home, hopefully triggering reflection as well as actions by those motorists who've seen your Bumper Sticker, to help stop the ongoing genocide.
There will be those who access the website too, which will further help the above, by educating the public about the humanity of the vast majority of Palestinians living in Gaza, as well as in Palestine as a whole.
You can also click on the picture above to print your own Boycott, Divest, Sanction Poster or Leaflet, to do your bit by telling the general public which companies to boycott to help stop Israel's occupation, apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people.
I have also provided a link to an A2 Sign you can buy to display the poster at the bottom of the instructions.
Get Involved: Print your own BDS Poster/Leaflets
My name is Dr Thomas Lattimore and I am a Teacher from Oxford, UK. I have created Gaza is Human to showcase the humanity of real Palestinians living in Gaza, by showing you them doing normal everyday activities, showing them being human, just like you and me.
I have been critical of both sides of the conflict in Gaza; I strongly believe that it can only be resolved and justice can only be served by the full application of International Law to all of those who have done wrong, both Israel and Hamas.
Nonetheless, it's critical to recognise that the wrongs done by Israel (a genocide of what will be 100,000's of Palestinians once all deaths from it have occurred and have been counted) is orders of magnitude worse than what was done to them on October 7, that even Israel engaged in terrorist activity, killing most of the 784 British Soldiers and Civilians killed between 1945-48 in British Mandatory Palestine, to force Britain to leave, following the Second World War, and moreover, that all native people, which the Palestinians are, have always fought back against Settlers colonising their land, for example, when Native Indians killed over 500 European White Settlers in the Dakota "War" of 1862 in the land today known as the US State of Minnesota, USA.
Additionally, while it is critical to recognise that Palestinians have a right to resist the gravely illegal and immoral Apartheid and Occupation that they are being subjected to, Israeli civilians should not be the target of such resistance; every killing of innocent Israeli civilians must be condemned, just as every killing of innocent Palestinian civilians by Israel has to be.
Furthermore, I am an activist, campaigning for the full Right of Return for the 700,000+ Palestinians who were ethnically cleansed and/or their descendants from modern day Israel, mostly in the 1948 Nakba, in full accordance with UN Resolution 194, an end to Israeli Apartheid, which includes an end to their illegal occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and for the resulting inhabitants of the land currently known as Israel and the Palestinian Territories to vote in a referendum on whether they would like to live in a single State or whether they would like to partition and have 2 States, the outcome of such vote ultimately being highly dependent on how many Palestinians exercise their Right of Return, which is a necessary prerequisite for a decision to be made about any potential partition. Check out some of my activism content below and follow me on Social Media (click link).
I am also a singer-songwriter in my spare time performing under the stage name: Tom Lamore. Passionate and reflective, my songs tackle the divisive issue of the Gaza Genocide. I have a unique voice unlike no other that goes against the norms followed by modern day artists, which reflects the hard-hitting nature of my politically motivated songs.
Moreover, while the vast majority of artists have remained silent about the Gaza Genocide, I have not stood idly by, choosing to be on the right side of history rather than be concerned about any monetary losses.
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