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The Gazan Pro-Peace-Anti-Hamas movement - Exemplary Courage [1]
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Date: 2025-07-07
..Gaza Youth Committee [—'We've seen Israelis against the war raising] photos of Palestinian children, and we want to say clearly: We oppose] the killing of Israeli children'.
Last week, photos started circulating across Israeli social media. They showed three men, stony-faced and somber, standing amid the rubble of Gaza. In each one's hand was a photograph: one of 4-year-old Ariel Bibas, and one of his 9-month-old brother, Kfir [immediately recognizable to Israelis — the two little boys were kidnapped with their mother Shiri Bibas, all three] returned to Israel in coffins over a year later.
The Gazan men's quiet protest mirrors demonstrations by Israelis ... in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa [silently holding] up pictures of children killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza. They sit on the sidelines of protests against the war ... and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, challenging passersby to recognize the human toll of nearly two years of bombings and strikes. Police have tried to crack down on these demonstrations, terming them "provocative."...
..the Gaza Youth Committee, an NGO based in the Strip striving for peace and coexistence. Its co-founder <big>Rami Aman</big> organized the protest from Egypt, where he currently resides. "It came from a desire to show Israelis that Palestinians, despite their suffering, still recognize the humanity of the 'other,'" he told Haaretz. "It was never about justifying violence, but about pushing back against the idea that Palestinians celebrate death."...
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