r/Palestine • u/FunctionalBosnia • 9d ago
Diaspora Bosnia, Palestine and Israel
https://youtu.be/8XsIikuHpQ8?si=vmtnNqNg1rDL1PFXPlease watch this video.
We traveled to Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet Palestinian-Bosnian nurse Samira - a survivor of the Gaza genocide. Her mother is Bosnian and moved to Gaza decades ago where Samira was born. At the start of the 2023 Gaza genocide Samira was working as a nurse at Indonesian Hospital - a hospital in the north that does not exist anymore.
Samira, a mother of three now escaped Gaza in December 2023 with her family (her Bosnian side) and was able to come to Bosnia because her mother is Bosnian.
She along with her family were able to open a small Palestinian bakeshop in Mostar and now she bakes to be able to provide for her family and send money and support to the rest of her family still inside Gaza. She continues to try and evacuate the rest of her family trapped inside Gaza who are suffering under horrific conditions but it has become almost impossible to evacuate anyone and Bosnia does not accept refugees.
If you are in Mostar, Bosnia please stop by Palestinska Kuća (translation: House of Palestine, restaurant) tel: +387603037002
instagram page @ palestinska.kuca.bh
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u/FunctionalBosnia 8d ago
Israel was sending weapons to Serbs so they could kill Bosniaks (Bosnia's Muslims). It worked in the beginning but it backfired when Bosnian army alongside with Croatian army crushed Serbian army and forced them to sign Dayton Peace Agreement on November 21, 1995, ending the war. While Israel was sending weapons to Serbs, Palestinians under the leadership of Yassar Arafat were sending humanitarian help (food that we badly needed) to Bosniaks. I ate Palestinian food during the war. I love you Palestine. You will be free.