How do you participate in the reconstruction of Gaza?
The battle is not over, as some may
think for war comes in rounds, and the struggle continues until the people of
truth prevail, even if they are but a small, faithful group oppressed and
besieged by nations.
The battle is not over yet rather,
it has begun anew now that the intentions of annihilation and
destruction have become as plain as the noonday sun. The pure have been
separated from the corrupt, and the hypocrites, those who sow discord, the
traitors, the conspirators, and the weak-kneed have been exposed.
The war on Gaza was far greater than a
mere military clash or an armed confrontation between two utterly unequal
sides; it was a war against humanity itself — against infants, children, women,
and the elderly, against trees and stones, mosques, and churches alike. Do we
truly grasp that?
A Tragic Reality
Two years after the war, the “Israeli”
occupation army had dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza,
leaving behind over 60 million tons of rubble and causing material damages
estimated at around 70 billion Egyptian pounds, according to UN estimates.
The number of martyrs and missing
persons has reached 76,639, including 9,500 still missing with their fate
unknown. The number of injured stands at 169,583, among them 4,800 cases of
amputation and 1,200 cases of paralysis. In addition, 2,700 families have been
completely wiped out.
The devastation has affected more than
90% of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, destroying 300,000 housing units and
leaving 1.5 million residents homeless. In addition, 38 hospitals have been
destroyed or rendered inoperative, and 95% of the Strip’s schools have been
partially or completely damaged, according to data from Gaza’s Government Media
Office.
Around 2.2 million people in Gaza—that
is, 100% of the population—are facing critical levels of food insecurity,
according to data from the World Food Programme (WFP).
One Nation, One Heart
A full awareness of these realities is
the first cornerstone toward rebuilding Gaza. The people of Gaza do not only
need homes, schools, hospitals, and basic humanitarian or food aid—they need an
Arab and Islamic unity that binds their wounds and stands by them with mercy,
compassion, and solidarity, just like one body: when one part suffers, the
whole body responds with sleeplessness and fever.
Who among us has thought about taking
part in rebuilding Gaza? How seriously have you actually planned to support
reconstruction? Who has set aside one day’s salary each month to help? What will
you offer the Gazans? How will you put your knowledge and tools to use to
remove the rubble, pain, and wounds left by the war? What are your proposals
and innovations to support the Strip? How do we revive Gaza anew?
From afar through communication and
media, through writing, documentation, art, and design, and through every
available tool the Ummah can rise as one, to make amends for the past and to
compensate for any failure or neglect on our part.
Every individual can document even a
small part of the war on Gaza through photos or videos and take part in
exposing the crimes of the occupation—with a tweet, a story, a podcast, a
mural, or a documentary film.
Do not underestimate the value of
taking part in a boycott campaign against the occupier’s goods and its
supporters, or sending an email to an international organization or public
figure urging them to support the Palestinians, or organizing a humanitarian
aid convoy even with small contributions, or sponsoring a Palestinian orphan,
or helping build a home, or purchasing medical and food supplies.
Innovative Ideas
Present a new idea to support
reconstruction, water desalination, electricity generation, soil cultivation,
and the disposal of thousands of tons of rubble, and how to create an engineering
revolution in rebuilding the Gaza Strip that takes into account the conditions
of war and the possibility of its recurrence at any moment.
Let us all volunteer after the war civil
resistance is a contribution to the cause of jihad. If you want to support
Gaza, even by giving online lessons to their children, running a Qur’an
memorization school, creating a platform to teach programming, operating a tele‑clinic
to check on their patients, or starting a small remotely managed project that
spares their youth from unemployment and scarcity.
Let us launch platforms to provide
psychological support for the women and children of Gaza, virtual study groups
on social media to teach school curricula, specialized courses across religious
and secular disciplines, and coordinate with countries, charitable
organizations, and government bodies to offer scholarships to outstanding and
affected students.
Let us produce a feature film
celebrating their two-year-long saga of steadfastness, a series recounting the events
of the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” and a creative surge across various arts that documents
the details of the Gaza war and the shocks and repercussions of October 7,
2023, whose impact will last for decades.
The Arab and Muslim peoples can draw
on the experience of freedom-loving nations around the world by continuing to
send convoys of resilience to advance reconstruction, opening the door to
volunteers doctors, engineers, teachers, journalists, and
human-rights advocates each contributing their share to support proud
Gaza and its free people.
The Conflict Persists
It is wrong to rely solely on charity
and zakat as means of support and aid. The matter is grave, and the war
continues. It is also a mistake, in the days following the war, to become
complacent or idle, failing to prepare for the next round of the struggle
between truth and falsehood.
The Ummah needs to draw lessons from
the “Al‑Aqsa Flood”
episode, learn from Gaza’s lessons, prepare thoroughly on all levels, and
mobilize its capacities and tools to repel the modern‑day Tartars who threaten
to establish a “Greater Israel” with blatant American and Western support.
Reconstruction is an urgent duty. Peoples
must make up for what they missed of the “Al‑Aqsa Flood”
and its steadfastness and prepare for renewed confrontation after the enemy
revealed its intentions and targeted seven Arab and Muslim countries over two
years. This demands a new flood on every level to uproot the roots of this
malignant cancer.
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