The Power of Denial
Hind Rajab May 3rd, 2018 – 29th January 2024.
Denial of Responsibility. Denial of Knowledge. Complete Denial.
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Looking pleased with themselves they all stand together
Shaking hands on the podium, reassuring hands-on shoulders
They shake hands again, they smile to the camera
As if they are friends, intimates even, maybe not so far.
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The voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab pleads
with those on the phone, the emergency services,
to rescue her, to save her – Has she been forgotten?
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Ceasar parades his Prefects, the rulers of the new Empire
Starmer has wrapped himself in the robe of Pontius Pilate.
He sees nothing and has washed his hands, in any case.
Nothing to see, he gives nothing away, his face expressionless.
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Remember the voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab pleading
with those on the phone, the emergency services,
to rescue her, to save her – Has she been forgotten?
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The New Caesar shows the plans for Gaza’s future.
Eighty thousand people were killed and butchered in this place. No matter.
Many bodies have not been found, bones buried under rubble.
Bones that were once children, mothers, fathers and entire families.
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Remember the voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab who pleaded
with those on the phone, the emergency services,
to rescue her, to save her – Why can’t you come and get me?
Has she been forgotten? Is her life forgotten?
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Hegemon Netanyahu says it’s unfair that the Palestinians force
The Israeli army to kill them – they brought it on themselves.
If they didn’t live there in our land, we wouldn’t need to remove them.
No one sees we are being forced by Palestinians to kill them.
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Victim blaming. Denial of Responsibility. Denial of Knowledge.
Complete Denial. It’s not our fault. They brought it on themselves.
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Remember the voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab who pleaded
with those on the phone, the emergency services,
to rescue her, to save her – why can’t you come and get me?
Has she been forgotten? Is her life forgotten? Is she forgotten?
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Rob Cullen 27/01/2026.
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