Belal Khaled

But the intensity of this last, this genocide since October 7, do you feel like this is permanently altered the way that the next generation of Palestinians are going to be existing?

And that's why Israel treats journalists, artists, with the same severity as what they consider to be an enemy combatant.

That's what's so crazy about the internet is that, I mean, this is obviously something that you've experienced personally, but for us...

Outside, it's something that's so strange to encounter because like I talk to people that are still in Gaza right now.

There's Yusuf and his brother that, you know, do Instagram posts and things like that.

Another friend of mine, Omar, he was able to he was able to come to America and go to school here now.

and what's interesting is you brought up Meadow who was putting plants together and making TikTok videos and Instagram videos about like you know his day to day and when that first happened we found out through some of his friends that he was actually a part of this community and that's such a

I'm explaining this to the people that are watching that, like, these are real people.

They play Valorant, right?

They play video games.

They're very tapped in on the internet.

When I was talking to Yusuf, he was bringing up... Yeah.

Rest in peace to Meadow.

But it's a really strange phenomenon because, like, we are so... In the past...

Things that were happening over here, things that were happening over there in Gaza, we were far removed from that.

But I think one of the things that social media has done is to show the humanity of all of the victims of Israel's atrocities.

And that has made it, I guess, more politically costly for the first time ever for Israel.

And that's precisely what they've tried to stop to the best of their ability by punishing people who bravely do carry on their day-to-day lives.

What do you think we can do more, especially now, when there's an environment of suppression and mass censorship?

What do you think people in the West can do to offer aid?