These are a collection of recordings from some of our early practice sessions, including songs and song ideas that are not fully crystalized yet. We wanted to rush some of this out, including the Murderer cover, in order to ask others to join us in supporting efforts on the ground in Palestine and Gaza to provide critical assistance to youth and families dealing with the relentless and terrorizing bombing of their homes, schools, places of worship and community center.

These songs are available for free download but we ask you to consider making a donation for them. Any and all money we receive will be passed along to a Gazan friend of ours who has worked for decades on the ground to provide social, cultural and therapeutic support for children and families suffering through the PTSD and trauma of this violent occupation. If you would like evidence of their community work, please do reach out via email and we can share.

We call together for a complete end to the bombing and destruction of Gaza. An inhumanitarian pause is not enough. The bombing of homes, shelters, hospitals, mosques, churches, bakeries and community centers MUST END NOW. We call for the expansion of the aid corridor and for hundreds of trucks to be allowed to enter Gaza daily, without conditions on where the aid goes. We call for an end to the forced relocation of families and communities under the ongoing terror of unending bombing. We call for an end to all settler violence against Palestinians. We call for an end to the violence and kidnapping of Palestinians in the West Bank. We call for a complete end of the occupation and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

This photo was taken in November 2005 in Salem Village in the Occupied West Bank. Olive farmer Mahfodah Shtayyeh had cultivated and raised these trees. Settler forces, backed by the IOF, were targeting over 500 olive trees for destruction during this one episode. These trees are the lifeblood of many Palestinian farmers, many are substantially older then even the eldest of farmers. These trees are a symbol of Palestinian identity and connectivity to the land. At least 800,000 olive tress have been uprooted in the Occupied West Bank since 1967, as the settler occupation and theft of Palestinian land dices up the West Bank making daily life and movement difficult. The occupation of Palestine, including by settler colonies is illegal under international laws of war and peace time and widely condemned around the world. The US has vetoed countless resolutions over the last several decades that sought to hold Israel accountable to these crimes and violations.

Settler violence has been on the uptick over the last several years and during the current seige and bombing of Gaza.

More on Mahfodah Shtayyeh and her farm:
www.instagram.com/reel/CzhzMiqu62_/

More on the place of the Olive Tree in Palestinian society:
www.thenation.com/article/society/settler-attacks-threaten-palestinian-olive-harvest/

yris.yira.org/global-issue/6018

www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/14/infographic-palestines-olive-industry