Mark Olmsted
Feb 7, 2025

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I was contacted on bsky by a young Palestinian man taking care of his two severely disabled brothers, little sister and widowed mother, asking for contributions on a gofundme. (He father was killed when a bomb destroyed their house). We been sending videos regularly, the latest when he showed by the blankets and winter clothes he was able to buy for the family. The only English they know is "thank you" and "I love you" and they say it so often.

This is the individualization of Gazans that Israelis refuse to see. Their dehumanization is pathological, as all of Israeli society has become.

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Mark Olmsted
Mark Olmsted

Written by Mark Olmsted

Author, "Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir" about my time behind bars. See GQ dot com “Curious Cons of the Man Who Wouldn’t Die” for story of how I got there.

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