A Jewish upbringing included attending temple for major holidays and hearing family stories about immigration and loss after 1945. “Never Again” was taught as a universal promise, along with belief in Israel. As atrocities in Gaza continued, the promise was questioned in light of Palestinian life under surveillance, barbed wires, checkpoints, and attacks by soldiers and settlers. Many Americans and Israelis are described as waking up to a genocide in Gaza, while Palestinians and Arab people have endured it for 78 years. A Bay Area benefit concert will raise support for United For Dignity Alliance, a neutral nonprofit providing locally led humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza, including clean water, food, child protective services, healthcare for cancer and chronic diseases, and documentation of daily life under occupation.
"I was raised to believe in "Never Again" meaning for all people, Jewish or otherwise. I was also raised to believe in the existence of Israel. However, as I grew older and watched the state that was supposed to represent my ancestors commit atrocity after atrocity, I questioned some of my core values. How can we say "Never Again" while millions of Palestinians live in their homeland and are treated as second-class citizens?"
"Under constant surveillance, behind barbed wires, dealing with numerous checkpoints every day just to get to work, and constantly under attack from IDF soldiers and vigilante settlers with threats of shootings, bombings or worse? Many Americans like myself-and Israelis, too-are waking up to the genocide that is happening in Gaza. Yet it's a struggle and reality Palestinian and Arab people have been carrying for 78 years."
"On Saturday, May 31, Bay Area musicians will come together for the Mixtape for Palestine Concert at the Ivy Room in Albany. It's a benefit show for United For Dignity Alliance (UFDA), a neutral nonprofit that delivers locally led humanitarian and medical aid in order to give conflict-afflicted communities the agency and power to lead their recovery."
"UFDA is operating in Gaza to help ensure Palestinians have access to essentials such as clean water and food along with child protective services, healthcare for cancer and chronic diseases, while also documenting daily life in occupied Palestine. "I realized much of which I was taught my whole life about the issues was either a misframing, wasn't the whole story or"
Read at East Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
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