Detained flotilla activist Thiago Ávila dictated a poignant letter to his baby daughter

From his prison cell in Israel, detained flotilla activist Thiago Ávila, who is being subjected to appalling brutality, dictated this letter to his baby daughter via his lawyer. Please read and share.

Dear Teresa,

I’m sorry I’m not at home with you right now.

Unfortunately, your father, your mother, and so many people around the world have understood the historic task that we have the responsibility to carry out.

Today, more than a million children are suffering a genocide: they are left to die of hunger, undergo amputations without anesthesia, and endure the pain of horrible, hate-filled ideas, even though they don’t know what Zionism and imperialism are.

I’m sure you miss me terribly; all the mothers and fathers of Palestinian children feel their absence terribly too, and they would give anything to live a life filled with love, happiness, and joy — the kind every human being deserves, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or any other characteristic.

Your world will be safer because so many parents have decided to give everything to build a better future for you.

I hope that one day you can understand that, precisely because I love you so much, there was nothing more dangerous for you and for other children than living in a world that accepts genocide.

Please remember your father as the person who sang to you and played the guitar to lull you to sleep. And when you grow up, your mother will also tell you that your father was a revolutionary and that, even in the face of the world’s most terrible people — Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Itamar Ben-Gvir — he stood firm in his conviction to build a better world.

Please, never forget Palestine.

With all my love.