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Fasting while starving, Gazans struggle to mark Ramadan (www.972mag.com)

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from #972Magazine [published in Israel]

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi
March 17, 2025

"On March 2, less than 48 hours after Ramadan began, Israel shut all crossings into Gaza, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and fuel. A week later, Israel cut off remaining electricity supplies to the enclave, forcing the scaling down of a desalination plant that was providing drinking water to half a million Palestinians in central and southern Gaza. No food has entered the Strip for more than two weeks, making it increasingly difficult for residents to put together a meal to break their fast each evening."

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Caring about a stupid-ass tradition, that has no use whatsoever, because your imaginary friend told you so, while in a war, is wild.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It makes sense in war, since people need normalcy. Partaking in Ramadan is a nice grounding thing to do when everything else is exploding, and other normal traditions aren't on the table. Religion is good for that.

Plus, Ramadan traditionally has exclusions if you're not able to safely partake, like if you're very old, very young, or ill. At worst, you simply have to pray for forgiveness for breaking your fast early (similar to if someone made you eat pork without your consent), and make up for it later.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

While I'd typically be the first person to bash on religion and religious traditions...having "traditions" of any sort can be very comforting in chaotic times. I think your take is needlessly cold and callous.

[–] brezel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I agree. Seeing as you're being downvoted, i have no idea why some people think dumb things should be exempt from criticism if they are done because of religion.