A Letter from a doctor in Gaza: a protest in silence: 30 minutes of digital silence:
This was posted by a Doctor in Gaza 🙏🙏
From the heartbreakingly beautiful testimonial writings of Gaza’s Dr Ezzideen
One small gesture we can all do.
There is no internet.
No signal. No sound. No world beyond this cage.
I walked thirty minutes through ruins and dust. Not in search of escape, but for a fragment of signal, just enough to whisper, “We are still alive.”
Not because anyone is listening,
but because to die unheard is the final death.
Gaza is silent now.
Not with peace, but with obliteration.
Not a silence of stillness, but of smothering.
They severed the last cable.
No messages leave. No images enter.
Even grief has been forbidden.
I passed the corpses of buildings, of homes, of men, some breathing, some not.
All of them erased by the same hand that erased our voices.
This is not a siege of bombs alone.
It is a siege of memory: a war against our ability to say, “We were here.”
The bombing never stopped, especially in Jabalia.
They shell the streets where children beg for food.
They shell the lines where mothers wait for flour.
They shell hunger itself.
No food. No water. No exit.
And those who try, those who reach for aid, are struck down.
People die here, and no one knows.
Not because the killing paused, but because the killing of connection succeeded.
The internet was our final breath.
It was not a luxury; it was the last evidence of our humanity.
Now it is gone.
And in the dark, they massacre without consequence.
I found this faint eSIM signal as a dying man finds a flicker of flame.
I stood beneath a broken sky, risking death, not for rescue, but to send this.
A single message.
A last resistance.
If you are reading this, remember:
we walked through fire to say it.
We were not silent.
We were silenced.
And when the cables are restored,
the truth will bleed through the wires,
and the world will know what it chose not to see. Starting today
LOCAL TIME ZONE from**21:00 (9PM)* to **21:30 (9:30PM), I will turn off my mobile phone.
In the strongest form of internet disconnection, from 21:00 (9PM) to 21:30 (9:30 PM) for one week—for the Palestinian people.
Silence for Gaza
30 minutes of digital silence
THIS IS A coordinated digital campaign of the “Silence for Gaza” movement was launched. It is a growing wave.
Because something can be done: a daily digital break for 30 minutes every evening, from 21:00 (9:00PM) to 21:30 (9:30 PM) local time in each country.
During this break:
No social media.
No messages.
No comments.
Phones and computers are turned off.
This collective action will send a strong digital signal to the algorithms, and show our solidarity with Gaza.
(It’s not easy—but let’s do something. That’s what matters.)
The idea:
Every day, at the same time, millions of users around the world go completely silent on social media for 30 minutes.
No posts.
No likes.
No comments.
No opening apps.
Complete digital silence. Turn off your phone.
It is an act of resistance—a global digital protest.
The anger of so many citizens in the face of immense injustice.
Because something can be done: simple and effective.
Remember 21:00 (9PM) digital silence.
(Set an alarm on your phone: 21:00 (9PM) reminder.)
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Technical Explanation:
1. Algorithmic Impact
Social media platforms depend on constant user activity.
We are the ones who keep the system running.
A sudden, synchronized drop in activity—even for a short time—can:
(a) disrupt visibility algorithms.
(b) affect real-time traffic statistics.
(c) send a technical signal to servers about abnormal user behavior.
This act highlights a citizen resistance to injustice, which until now was fueled by our passivity.
2. Symbolic Impact
In a hyperconnected world, digital silence is a powerful statement.
It creates a stark contrast between the noise of social media and the forced silence in Gaza.
It’s a moment of collective reflection.
3. Social Impact
If the action is widespread, leaders will see that citizens reject the crime in Gaza—
And only then will they move.
We aim to create a progressive wave that spreads worldwide 🌎.
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Don’t forget: 21:00 (9PM) — Digital Silence!
Set your clocks. Turn off your phones!
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21:00 (9PM) to 21:30 (9:30PM) — Wherever you are in the world:
STOP using your:
• Phones
• Computers
• Laptops
For one week.
SILENCE — for the sake of Gaza.