18/08/2024
This is a personal manifesto.
I am just a human being. I am not a god, not a saint, not a prophet, not a judge, not a lawyer. I cannot judge anyone.
We may all be born in different countries, at different times, with different languages, different religions, colors and races. I cannot judge your race, religion, thoughts, or choices. Because I am just a human being.
I have a belief that "he who goes to bed full while his neighbor is hungry is not one of us." But I am a human being and I have a conscience. No matter where in the world, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia or America, or even Antarctica... if there is oppression, I cannot remain silent. Please do not remain silent either. Please listen to your conscience. It has not been a year yet in Gaza, but over 50,000 people have been killed. They do not have rocket launchers, planes, tanks, or anti-aircraft guns. They do not even have water, food, or hospitals to go to when they are hit. All of them are open targets and more than half of those who died are children. We do not call these dead "dead" we call them "martyrs". Why because we know they had no weapons in their hands. And we know that they were killed just like a movie that the world watched, only seeking refuge in Allah and only because of the religion they believed in.
These are children, women, elderly... What difference does it make if they were young, they have no weapons in their hands, their homes, hospitals, schools are ruined, they have no food or drink.
Think of a child who says to the world that does not hear or see, I am tired and I want to die. How sad for us. Today I put my feet up in my house, drank my tea, ate my food and fell asleep. And my 3-year-old son woke me up. Many fathers do not have children to wake up or many children do not have fathers to wake up in Gaza.
Yes, decide and the states that claim to protect women and children. How will they clean this blood from their hands? I am ashamed. In the future, those who will come will ask what you were doing while so many people were dying.
This is not a religion, a city, a country or a region, this is now a World Problem. and only people with conscience, even if they are few in the world, can stop this.
Send an e-mail to anywhere you can think of, talk about this on Twitter and Facebook for just a few days. To be a part of the darkened world of those in Gaza for a minute, turn off your lights at 20:00 and pray for this genocide to stop.
Just as a human being, listen to your conscience and do not hesitate to speak the truth, regardless of your language, religion, race, gender or country.
Best regards
Murat OZKIRIS
