Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine (Original Song) by Seth Staton Watkins

Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine (Original Song) by Seth Staton Watkins “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.“ - William Wilberforce The US once again vetoed an amendment to the UN resolution on Gaza calling for a permanent ceasefire and abstained from the vote for a neutered resolution calling for increased aid but no ceasefire. 20,000 Palestinian civilians have been martyred in Gaza over the past 77 days. In other modern conflicts, the proportion of children killed is usually around 6-8%. In Gaza, it is 40%, roughly 8,000 and counting. Many thousands more are likely dead beneath the rubble. Half the population is starving and hundreds of thousands now suffer from the spread of preventable disease. Hundreds of trucks with aid are waiting at the border as Israel prevents most from entering. At this point, Israel has bombed virtually every corner of Gaza, including any space they have designated as a ’safe zone’. They have captured and summarily executed, point blank, men, women, and children. Zionist settlers have already drawn up plans for beachfront properties where Palestinian homes once stood. The Israeli civilian fatalities from Oct. 7th now sit at 695 individuals (we mourn their loss) and we now have video evidence of Israeli tanks in Kibbutz Be’eri shelling Israeli homes with as many as 15 occupants still inside. The death and destruction wrought by the IDF is unprecedented in modern times and must be unilaterally condemned. The callous disregard for Palestinian lives from the Israeli and US governments is depravity beyond comprehension. This disregard resulted in the execution of three Israeli hostages by the IDF, mistaken for Palestinian civilians, who despite having been shirtless, weaponless, and bearing clearly visible white flags, were shot and killed, one in the back as he ran away crying for help in Hebrew. I have seen footage that I cannot unsee and I weep for the martyrs and all those still suffering. Please follow the brave journalists and reporters on the ground in Gaza for daily updates and first hand proof of the many war crimes now attributable to the IDF. Motaz, Bisan, and Ahmed Hijazi are but a few. If you want to learn more about the history referenced in each verse, you can read the following books by Palestinian, Israeli, and Jewish authors. 1. “The Hundred Years War on Palestine“ by Rashid Khalidi 2. “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine“ by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe 3. “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories“ by Ilan Pappe 4. “Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom“ by Norman Finkelstein 5. “On Palestine“ by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe 6. “Men in the Sun“ by Ghassan Kanafani 7. “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine“ by Miko Peled Finally, I reject wholeheartedly any and all forms of anti-Semitism but also recognize the basic truth that anti-Zionism does not equal anti-Semitism. There are many thousands of Jewish people around the world who are anti-Zionist, many of whom are very outspoken, and we need only listen. CEASEFIRE NOW. END THE APARTHEID. FREE PALESTINE. Lyrics: In 1948, the natives were expelled From the land of the ancestors, their homes and cities shelled From the traitors in Transjordan and the clandestine British demand, by the settler Zionist army that rampaged across the land Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea In 1967, Israel did invade To conquer and to colonize What little had remained The people of old Palestine Once again their fates entwined With the Zionist occupation Of their homes and weary minds Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea In 2023, they’ve come a final time To destroy your homes and families With a murderous lethal design The bombs o’er head are falling As our leaders continue their lies The sky does glow and the blood it flows As we hear the children’s cries Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea We stand with your emancipation Your people will be free