'If I Die, Let It Bring Hope': Israel's Assassination of Palestinian Intellectual Refaat Alareer

[@FilmSpook]

Rest in Greatness, Refaat! 🧡 The whole world is seeing the TRUTH, Israel. There is no turning back. The world is now knowing what Palestinians have been going through for 75+ years.

[@sheldonfish7801]

They have gone through attacking Israel and failing but being attacked back. Because Because of accused religious ideology they don not give up and have a normal life. So they keep suffering.

[@jajajaja2726]

@@sheldonfish7801 israahell the occupier, the apartheid state, the land theif, the baby killers, the zionist, the people from hell?

[@StarrGazer_]

Every word from Refaat's poem pierces through my heart.

[@locadiakaskayi537]

in tears may God bless you guys for speaking up for Palestinian people

[@cliodyncycwatch924]

Thinking is hard. Countries with thinkers are able to obtain sovereignty, freedom and rights. Just IN MY LIFETIME, these nations have deployed their ability to think to transform themselves from authoritarian states into democracies: In Southern Europe: Greece, Portugal, Spain In Asia: South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines In Eastern Europe & the Balkans: nearly all of them (acknowledging the 1990s bloodletting of former Yugoslavia) In Central and South America: nearly all of them (again, lots of blood flowed, esp. 1960s - 1980s) Of course they are not all equally stable or prosperous. But this transformation has not yet happened (in an enduring way or at all) in Muslim Arab countries, African countries, Russia, Iran and others. What Israel owes the non-citizen Arabs between the river and the sea, in return for the renunciation of terror, is to provide conditions that allow them to live with roughly the same economic opportunity and political and religious rights, etc as those of their nearby cousins in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.

[@nicolarobinson3140]

@@cliodyncycwatch924you don’t have much direct experience of Russia do you?!!🥴

[@imperialmotoring3789]

I'm sure he is in Hell now, but I get your point. Happy Hannukah!

[@roystonmason9125]

ICK@@imperialmotoring3789

[@shanefoster2132]

A really beautiful peom. Free Palestine. Solidarity forever.

[@JoP444]

Rania never apologise for showing your humanity 💚 This is the most horrific massacre I have known . I have experienced murder 1st hand but I have never cried as much as i have cried these last 2 months. I cannot comprehend how anyone can stand by and do nothing to end this genocide. RIP Refaat 🙏 We will never forget FREE PALESTINE END THE GENOCIDE END THE APARTHEID OCCUPATION 🇵🇸🖤🤍💚❤🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Battery33]

🍉🇵🇸🫒

[@patriciaoconnor4741]

How can America stand for genocidal Israel

[@Valkyry27]

Yes, same, I don't know how any human can not be disturbed by this. I have cried and had a stomach ache for two months and that is just a tiny reminder of what the people of Gaza are suffering.

[@JoP444]

@Valkyry27 Me too 😭 I can't sleep or eat. I spend every moment searching for more info or news of a ceasefire. I feel helpless simply protesting & boycotting businesses because the situation is worse than ever! What even is the point of the UN anymore? I just don't understand how anyone can carry on as if a genocide wasn't happening. We must keep fighting, the people of Palestine never give up . Much love from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤🩶💚❤️🇵🇸

[@charleseeiiee1806]

This is straightforward pogrom of the Palestinian people.

[@roxanemarquez7825]

Rania, your tears require no apology. The situation fully warrants it. FWIW, that poem was so moving. It moved me not to give up (and to appreciate what I have ). Also, perhaps you will find some hope in the fact that it is very clear that the majority of ordinary people around the world feel as you do. We’ve seen the huge protests. People know what this tragedy really is. And I have never heard more criticism of Israel in my entire life. Just over a hundred years ago, the US Army was still slaughtering Native Americans, with few outsiders knowing or caring. Perhaps this time, mass outrage can put a stop to the genocide in Gaza.

[@rajaam620]

Rania you're a great soul. You cry for the heinous atrocities committed on people who are far far away from you. You feel the unbearable pain of people whom you haven't even seen once in your life. Your empathy for the Palestinians makes us to cry! May God bless you all!

[@dfwherbie8814]

She’s not too far. She’s in Lebanon

[@aidarmay341]

You don’t need to be Palestinian to cry ! The whole world is outraged by all the cruelty he sees every day since the 7th of october !

[@cinshad8]

The millions of indignities, thefts, murders, rapes, crimes, lies, projection of their evil plans, genocide, holocaust for over 75 years. I do condemn those who commit these deeds.

[@pachamamarecords]

​@@elkobit7415your insane

[@brentshowers741]

@@elkobit7415​​⁠​​⁠ supporting the killing 16,000 to 20,000 plus civilians is not being on the right side of history. And yes this is confirmed death ratios from Euro med monitoring not the health ministry.

[@charshill2978]

No words. This should not be part of our world.

[@mylife-i3z]

All Americans supporting apartheid and the oppression of human beings have just lost their membership card to the human race.

[@Eleventyeight118]

A beautiful poem from a beautiful soul. It brought tears to my eyes as well. May Refaat rest in peace, along with the tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians who’ve lost their lives throughout this tragedy. We have to fight for the freedom of Palestine. Literally, for humanity’s sake.

[@taranehahmadi-parker1412]

I am heartbroken 💔.. I listened to ei and Dr Reefat and 💔😭😭😭😭

[@HelenaEdelsztein]

Please: dont ask sorry for your tears. It this your tears that make you such a beautiful being.❤

[@JusBes]

First comes the shock then despair then the disappointment then the anger and then the hate that is human nature. May God make us strong and protect us from the hatred within us.

[@carlossandskar3585]

Dear Rania, I cry with you....a whole world do it as well, we see and deeply feel your tears, because they are the tears of the PALESTINIAN people.

[@brittb.9784]

We love you Rania 💔 Tears are needed rn

[@helenlumyoung7212]

Condolences to his family and all those whose lives he touched. Only a beautiful soul could compose the way he did. May He Rest in Peace

[@terryconley5580]

Rest In Power #StopGenocide Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@WahkeenaSitka]

My soul has reached the point of total exhaustion with this atrocity. This cannot continue for another moment.

[@Valkyry27]

❤🖤🤍💚🕊 same 😢😥

[@imranfaisal9040]

May Allah grant him highest place in Jannat. May Allah bless all our Palestinian brothers and sisters 😢😢😢

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Is Jannat Hell? Because he is in Hell. Happy Hannukah to you and his family!

[@hamzahkhan8952]

@@imperialmotoring3789 Shame on you! He and his family will go to paradise inshaAllah for being a good muslim who stood up for what is right and speaking the truth. May Allah guide your heart to the right path.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

@@hamzahkhan8952 Happy Hannukah to his family and yours!

[@Samuel-y1b9h]

@@imperialmotoring3789 Don't forget to have some pork for your khanukah and REMEMBER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. NOTHING lasts forever and israhell won't last forever. Every israeli leader knows this just like the ones before knew it. It's in their books.

[@HamzaAhabbane]

​@@imperialmotoring3789 hah found the big nose

[@andrew_storm1]

Thank you. I'm finding myself in tears everyday for the people of Palestine.

[@sandboxaccountz.zy.7012]

this is so sad to hear, i listened to his speech a few days ago

[@samreensoroya9124]

😢😢😢😢😢😢 thank you for expressing so beautifully what so many of us feel ❤️

[@Bahamasdaddy]

This is really sad... America government need to change.

[@pauljastrzebiec-milewski4410]

Hell NO!!! THATS NOT AMERICAN GOVERNMENT!!! What have you been smoking??? That's bribed, corrupt, twisted foreign agents and TRAITORS!!!

[@Samuel-y1b9h]

@@bikersoncall Benjamim Franklin warned about allowing these people to immigrate to the US.

[@Tokyo1889]

​@user-xo8ng7sd3h the usa was built by immigrants lmfao yall came from Europe and killed the native americans.

[@xalivt]

its devastating .. it broke my heart whats happening in Gaza .. shame on USA .

[@itamari1144]

This reminds me of a poem from a particularly dark summer just barely 100 years ago when African Americans were being terrorized on the streets and the world turned a blind eye, "If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursèd lot. If we must die, O let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe! Though far outnumbered let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"

[@wingkei8779]

I feel you! The fact that main steam media only tell one side of the story and media block out on Palestinian Genocide is upsetting.

[@jsmith355]

In my religion as a man it does not matter when I die but no matter how many, how strong and how devastating - it is an honor to die in a fight while defending myself. To die being an aggressor or being a coward is unlimited dishonor. Be honorable.

[@ladisam]

I am totally devastated myself. This is unacceptable. United state is an accomplice to this

[@ChiliPepper-o9y]

GOD Bless you. I burst into sobbing when I found out & sob all over again when I hear his name. My consolation? "...the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." May he hae a glorious place in heaven. 😥😥

[@NavM23]

Truth is stronger than falsehood people just need to listen

[@devonsmigal]

That was a good poem the fact that our state department spokes person called babies in incubators murdered by the Israeli army a tragedy and blamed it on Hamas is disgusting thank you for speaking the truth. Free Palestine.😁🖤🤍💚❤

[@hanihani8612]

It is just heartbreaking. Where is humanity in the world?

[@SharonPoet]

So sad. That was a powerful poem.

[@EleneHayatiBeauty]

Thank you for your support. Everyone of us must on tgis planet Everyone who calls themselves a human must say enough is enough Palestine deserves to live Gaza loves life and those crimes are not in our names ...long live Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤❤❤

[@daphnecarpenter2794]

I cry with you sister. The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming.

[@janetmartin341]

We can never go back. I am JEWISH please government hear my tears. No more! This has to stop. We cannot be human and allow this suffering. This hell of the making is created by the Israeli Govt. The only thing I can be thankful for is my family are Torah only Jews, my Grandparents did not support the creation of Israel by man. The murder , the suffering is entering each of us on a cellular level and we can never heal. This has to end please let us awaken to the truth.

[@bertoltbrecht940]

😭🙏🙏🙏

[@rosestewart1606]

We know and we stand with you. It is wrong of them to hide behind Judaism while they commit their crimes. Most people who know enough to see right and wrong in this situation also know that this has nothing to do with religion...it's just an excuse.

[@aurancrash4654]

​@@rosestewart1606 The Israelis are atheist. Add that to the list of atrocities Atheists have committed.

[@glynemartin]

​@@aurancrash4654Zionists. Not all Israelis or Jews are Zionists.

[@therollerlollerman]

@@aurancrash4654 Christian Zionists are the most numerous supporters of Israel. Cope

[@valeriewedel2775]

My deepest condolences. Sending prayers and speaking up!

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Happy Hannukah! Maybe he shouldn't have mocked the babies put in ovens.

[@rafcandel2327]

What is and was happening is beyond the human limits

[@Valkyry27]

So sad and infuriating. Thank you for your reporting. Keep up the good and important work!! Many are with you. May Palestine have justice and freedom, soon.

[@hanihani8612]

Sister you have an amazing heart, we are all crying with you. We have been crying for last 2 months.

[@aisha7643]

I feel exactly the same. I'm not arab but I'm brown and I feel govs in west just wants us dead and it's absolutely heartbreaking 💔 I never thought the hatred for us who don't look or speak the same language as them ran so deep in their hearts, I don't know how we will ever recover from this. I don't know what to say. Every time I read this poem I can't stop crying 😢

[@toxicpotato1]

I'm a white woman and the govts of usa and uk do not represent millions of people like you and me x

[@wernman]

Rania you most certainly do not need to appologise for your tears! That responsibility should be up to the heartless warmongers!

[@user-fo6vw9yk7j]

Abrazo fraterno para ti Periodista, seca tus lágrimas y sigue adelante, es admirable tu sensibilidad.

[@juharzegeye7258]

Your tears fall for the right reason,...

[@HijabigirlBydesign]

I’m outraged too! Our heart bleeds for the Palestinians 😢😢

[@2011iaac]

I heard Dr. Alareer speak via the internet from Gaza to a meeting of hundreds of activists in the Islington Palestine Solidarity Group (that's in north London) a few weeks ago. He and his family were already sheltering (their home had been destroyed) and he said he could hear bombs dropping as he spoke to us. His talk was very inspiring. He told us that the people in Gaza knew about the demonstrations taking place across the world against this genocide and that it was important to them to know they were not forgotten. I was at the large demonstration called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign in central London yesterday (9th December 2023). I saw a lot of placards with his name and his poem on them. We must continue to confront our own leaders and take whatever action we can against the monstrous massacre that the Israeli state is committing. The British government is trying to stop our slogan 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'. We won't be silenced. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

We cannot remain silent while witnessing injustice.

[@ihavethedocuments2580]

God sees this woman's tears 😡

[@lunarsky6551]

This is so informative, thank you for your strong coverage. Stay Strong!

[@fathimathnabeela6247]

W pfp 🗿

[@cuchitp]

Pure Evil. RIP Dr Alareer 😢

[@nehrumotiram1941]

Rania ,you makes me very emotional❤,i knew you are emotional reading that poem,i can see it coming,i am wondering where is the divine eyes watching all of this unfolding in this world.

[@redlipstickmafia]

God bless you Rania, please don't apologize for being a real human being who feels empathy for other human beings. It's horrific what we see going on in Gaza every day. Thank you for your commitment to reporting the truth about what's going on in the world. 🙏💔🥺

[@theswordofkings7549]

Beautiful poem that reminds me of the "Bird" poem that was on the movie "Gaza Fights for Freedom" from Abby Martin and the Empire files crew.

[@knutjobgoblin]

Never apologize for what you feel in your ♥ 😢

[@glynemartin]

This was hard to watch. Rania made it even harder, but in a kind of good way. I think you were really felt here Rania. May he R.I.P

[@AngelicaRodriguez-ds4xp]

I'm crying too. 😢 it's so horrible. Where is humanity ?

[@Asad-2166]

WTF isn't there anyone who can get justice for these people 🤬🤦 Inalilahi wa inailahi raziun😔 Hasbi Allah Wa Ni-Am Al Wakil 📿🤲

[@rosestewart1606]

yes there are some countries, Ireland and Spain included, but many are small or poor like Bolivia.

[@HijabigirlBydesign]

Thank you for sharing the truth. 😢

[@fatimaha457]

Our harts also are broken , our trust in humanity never will be the same. They damaged is beyond Palestinian horrific cruelty crimes . What is coming next ????

[@ihavethedocuments2580]

Next Great tribulation and the separation of the wheat and the tares... Isa is Palestinian

[@thomasjose2263]

These people are monsters. They will continue to get away with it

[@dwdeclare1965]

refaat alareer’s words have now just become even more powerful. thousands, perhaps millions who were not familiar with him before will now pick up his books and read the stories from the people of gaza. the world is watching…and reading…and learning the truth. #freepalestine

[@lpassodieblo2369]

Sharing those tears as I have for many years, how can those very few people ignore the masses that demonstrate out of solidarity for the genocide that is unfolding in front of their eyes amid obvious targeting of innocents let alone the children that are gone before living even in an apartheid occupation where is the great creator, of there is no God then God help us from these servants of satan😢😢

[@red_skeleton]

We are definitely in the hell realm.

[@Zoz-jm1zb]

الرحمة لروحك الطاهرة اخي الدكتور رفعت

[@justinmcneil659]

Refaat has a beautiful soul. He will be missed in this realm. He inspires hope and humanity in us all.

[@ROSE-mq3qd]

I wept when I heard - rest in peace Refaat Alareer 🌟 Me and my kid were in the ceasefire march today in London and we were there, and we did not hear anyone say what the Daily Telegraph(DT) is saying,that marchers were chanting ‘intifada’ both me and my kid looked at the video DT is showing and we were there right at the start, where the building is behind the marchers and we know no one shouted ‘intifada’ the UK mainstream media are using voice distortion and clear manipulation of the sound - they inciting hatred - and I pray I pray I pray for peace for all Palestinians 🙏

[@SuzanneMoore2011]

The way she cried is the reflection of all our emotions … bless you all!! You make us have faith in journalism and the truth brought to the people by them…Hats off to all the Journalists…

[@fatomladrero3359]

I'm speechless,so hurting,,Ya ALLAH the all knowing and merciful,...

[@dispachdu4070]

🤫 Mr Refaat Alareer « You were not Numbers, You were Human being face to Monsters ». REST IN PEACE Monsieur 🌿💫 La Poésie ne meurt JAMAIS 🖋️

[@caylia9989]

Thank you !!!

[@liviacleary2610]

Many of us and millions are crying as well.....

[@None-no6we]

Beautiful soul has departed the world which was much needed! May God bless you and all the people around the world who are oppressed.

[@txc_denair]

RIP Refaat Alareer a beautiful soul and a tragic loss

[@Zainab-is2kw]

God to you we shall return

[@mimitek6140]

Rest in peace beautiful soul. I cry for Palestinians specially for Gaza and it hurts so much. Something has to come after this nightmare humanity is going through. Will never forget breakthrough for standing with Ethiopians in our dark days.

[@michaelme491]

Never be sorry for your tears.

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

The ratio of civilian casualties to combatant casualties in Gaza is approximately 450 times higher than for the conflict in Ukraine

[@eddyhoughton6542]

I feel your pain Rania. And I feel rage, because as a UK citizen, just as US citizens, there is no party we can vote for that will stop this outrageous evil that we see every day. We are supposed to be democracies, but we are powerless to do more than express our disgust publicly while our leaders fuel the murdering of Arab babies.

[@brentshowers741]

I’m where you are. There are no words… this is on the scale of the holocaust in the Second World War..

[@leonaibaho]

Let the truth emerges

[@Harry-bw2xj]

Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men.To plot and burrow therein: But they only plot against their own souls and they perceive it not.-……. Quran (6/123)

[@barbaramartin8131]

Rania. I feel your grief, pain, and anger. I want to share my thoughts with you. As I listened to you, I could not forget another person who was killed many years ago. His name was Malcolm X Shabazz. (Full disclosure: I am an African American senior citizen who grew up during our U. S. Civil Rights period.) Next. I am reminded of a famous poem titled: "First They Came" pinned by Pastor Martin Niemoller. Please find that poem. Read it. African Americans have (for centuries) experienced what is currently happening in Gaza. So to you, I can add a line to the poem "First They Came". It would read, 'When they came for African Americans, I said nothing because I was not African American.' I heard you speak on the Gazans plight, but not one time did I hear you speak about the atrocities African Americans experienced even though your co-host Eugene Puryear co-hosted this show with you. He watched you tear up, but still said nothing about my people. I have always said this: When people speak opinions, they should also know history...not current history. I am glad you are speaking out against this Israel and Gaza war...against the war crimes Israel is committing. Just know this: angrily speaking out against Joe Biden will not stop this war, but rather push people...especially Palestinians - Arab Americans to not vote. Therefore, we wind up with a trump for the president of the United States. trump who we know supports Israel 100 percent. Click here to learn Malcolm X Shabazz thoughts about Jews and Arabs in a 1963 CSPAN interview. This is just for your information. THINK! www.c-span.org/video/?318826-1/1963-interview-malcolm

[@cyrus7096]

I too have cried many times. It is so sad.

[@muzwot9603]

Ours are the same tears.

[@anapenteado7227]

So do I - how long this will go on?

[@xirenxishi]

I was also trying to read the poem during X space (Twitter) and I couldn’t read on in the middle 😢

[@emanozair9209]

such a kind soul, rip. we wont forget, Free Palestine

[@Sanaka2050]

This is sad news, he will be missed. May Allah opened the doors of Janah to him. His legacy will live on.

[@rrubens3026]

😢

[@Never_again_against_anyone]

Many probably already know "Invictus" by William Earnest Henley. It offered comfort and inspiration to Nelson Mandela (and probably many more about whom we will never know). I hope that it can console at least one person reading it and help at least one person remain steadfast in the while in pain over how hopeless the world seems to be. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

[@khadijabenbaba4909]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Hadef_11]

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free

[@faridakhalifa1939]

Heart breaking heart breaking,is there anyone who can stop the bombarding on Palestinians,are they animals.

[@dfwherbie8814]

💔💔💔

[@KF-786]

Evil knows no bounds.

[@Alex-ed8vj]

Hey, guys, take care of yourselves. Nobody is safe!

[@knobtata836]

😭

[@A_Discipline_Problem]

Another tragedy inside an obscenity. 💔

[@BlackAxe-ti7tj]

Refaat Alareer joked about Hamas burning an Israeli baby alive in an oven. He could tickle some ears, but he was not a beautiful soul.

[@enamulhaquejoy6962]

How can he joke about something which didn’t even happen. Do you live under a rock. All of these zionist fake propaganda has been exposed already.

[@andreskorge1828]

Why so cruel ?

[@prahfetts825]

If you die It will bring hope for sure and I thank you for your sacrifice But more importantly God will take notice of the injustice He did it with Abel and Cain God is consistent and perfect he will not forget one of his children Blessed 🙏🏽

[@BNJ24]

Belief in this imaginary god that chooses to allow this to happen is everything wrong in this world.

[@doctorjekyll6125]

🤡 A grown adult who believes in a book for children.

[@hamzahkhan8952]

@@BNJ24the actual wrong thing is that people don't believe in God.

[@BNJ24]

@@hamzahkhan8952 Then why do the least religious countries have better social safety nets and less crime?

[@hamzahkhan8952]

@@BNJ24 Actually, thats not true. Thats just the west's illusion many people believe. Generally, religious countries are a lot safer than non-religious countries. Personally, I have lived in both types of countries, and I can confirm this from my own experience.