Free Gaza
Title: Free Gaza
Subject: Gaza, Palestine, and Israeli Apartheid
Created: 2023
Medium: Graphic Design
Software: Adobe Illustrator CC
Dimensions: 36″x48″
Articles
“For more than 75 years, Israel — purporting to act in the name of all Jews, myself included — has been forcing Palestinians from their homes and killing and kidnapping Palestinians of all ages. I’m 44 years old and on Saturday, for the first time in my lifetime, Palestinians used these same tactics at a large scale against Israelis, killing more than 1,200 people and capturing an estimated 150 others.
I know what you’re wondering: Am I writing to celebrate the killing of civilians? No. I am haunted when I see a photo of any civilian killed, my throat involuntarily choking up every time. My question is, if you were more shaken by the Israeli lives lost in one day than 75 years of killing and kidnapping of Palestinians, why is that? What message does that send to Palestinians about the value of their lives and safety?
Hamas used a fraction of Israel’s daily tactics. Hamas did not take medicine off Israeli shelves, deny Israelis drinking water, put all Israelis “on a diet.” Hamas didn’t stop Israeli farmers from growing food or fishing to feed their families. Hamas did not turn off Israel’s electricity or prevent fair Israeli elections.”
– West Bay Times, Opinion: End Israel’s colonial occupation and apartheid system
“This is apartheid.
Amnesty International’s new investigation shows that Israel imposes a system of oppression and domination against Palestinians across all areas under its control: in Israel and the OPT, and against Palestinian refugees, in order to benefit Jewish Israelis. This amounts to apartheid as prohibited in international law.
Laws, policies and practices which are intended to maintain a cruel system of control over Palestinians, have left them fragmented geographically and politically, frequently impoverished, and in a constant state of fear and insecurity.”
– Amnesty International, Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians
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Free Palestine
Free Palestine is a series of artworks by Ihanktonwan Dakota artist David Bernie that addresses the policy of Genocide against the Palestinian community.
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This work by David Bernie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You may download, share, and post the images under the condition that the works are attributed to the artist.
