You're standing in your own field here in Texas—the very land that’s been the lifeblood of your family for generations. You’ve poured your sweat into the soil, watched as the crops sprung to life under the same sky that your ancestors prayed to for hope. Now, picture that land—the land that is your life, your past, and your future—obliterated in an instant by a force so powerful, it’s as if a giant foot has crushed an ant. That is Gaza.
The people of Gaza, like us, are tied to the earth—they live off the land, cherish their families, and hold their faith as a sacred anchor in a turbulent world. But their struggle isn't just against the greed of corporations. They are being systematically erased by a military power so overwhelming, it’s as if a small town in West Texas were being bombarded by the full might of China.
Imagine hearing the earth shatter under the weight of bombs as you cling to your children, not knowing if the next breath will be their last. Every prayer you send up is drowned out by the roar of jet engines, every hope for tomorrow buried beneath the rubble of what used to be your home. This isn’t just hardship. This is annihilation—a relentless, merciless force bent on erasing an entire people from existence.
We are not so different. We too are people of the land, of faith, of community. But while we wrestle with the pressures of corporate greed, they are crushed under the heel of a military juggernaut. Gaza is being hunted in their homes, crushed in the streets where they once played as children. This could be us. This could be our fields, our homes, our children. We are them, and they are us—just on opposite sides of the world, facing horrors that could just as easily be our own.
Donating to Oxfam isn’t just an act of charity. It is an act of defiance against a world that would allow such atrocities. It is a declaration that we see the people of Gaza, that we refuse to let them be erased from the annals of history.
We cannot stand by and watch this happen. We must act. Now.
Will you stand with Gaza? Will you fight against their annihilation? The time is now. Their lives are on the line, and they cannot wait.