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A |     8月7日12时40分，青县流河镇人和镇村的“孝老敬亲爱心小院”内，就餐高峰已过。71岁的姚秀香把用过的餐盘放到回收处，走到孝老亭散步消食。餐厅里，几名志愿者正忙着收拾餐具、擦拭桌椅。    The Palestinian people make up one of the largest refugee groups in the world, often forced off their land or pushed to flee amid ongoing conflict in the region, according to the United Nations.They are stateless, their identity not defined by specific borders, but rather tied together by a collective longing for a place to call home. Their existence has long been traded and transferred by different ruling powers throughout their history, leaving their fate hanging in the balance.Palestinians are a diverse, multi-religious and multicultural group of roughly 14 million people internationally who trace their roots back to what is now known as the Israeli-Palestinian region of the Middle East.Many of them no longer remain there, spread across the globe. Those who remain in the Palestinian territory of Gaza have been under blockade, with Israel controlling nearly everything that comes in and out of the region, including food, fuel and people, and Egypt controlling Gaza’s southern border.Palestinians have been described as a "young society," with people between 15 and 29 years old comprising 30% of the population, according to the United Nations Population Fund.Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East, Palestinians say they have been "dehumanized" and stereotyped amid the international backlash to Hamas' terrorist actions in Israel.In Gaza, at least 1,799 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes by Israel, with an estimated 7,388 more injured, numbers that are expected to climb. At least 1,300 people have been killed and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel from Hamas attacks.Palestinian historians add that the people's long history of being ignored, attacked and displaced has left many misconceptions about the population unaddressed – something they now hope to remedy."As soon as you identify with them as people – as ordinary human beings – you cannot do to them what's now being done to them right now," said Ussama Makdisi, a history professor at the University of California Berkeley.For example, support for the "Free Palestine" or liberation movement has historically been painted as antisemitic. Palestinian historians say this is another misperception.The fight for liberation, Makdisi said, is about being able to "live with dignity and equality, in a political and social and economic environment where they can thrive like any other people."According to the United Nations, 81% of the population in Gaza lives in poverty, with food insecurity plaguing 63% of Gaza citizens. The unemployment rate is 46.6%, and access to clean water and electricity remains at "crisis" levels of inaccessibility, the U.N. states."Liberation means living with equality, which everybody, I think, once they understand that, most people I would say agree with it,” says Makdisi. “It's exactly what we wish for any people in the world, any people."

'Struggle for liberation'

Despite the difficult circumstances facing Palestinians around the world and in Palestinian territories, they love life, added Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst."People are looking for ways in the most difficult of moments to celebrate the beauty of life, even under oppression," Munayyer said. "This does not make Palestinians unique. It just makes them as human as everybody else."All of the Palestinian scholars with whom ABC News spoke said the Palestinian passion for fighting to be able to live with dignity has stretched beyond the movement for their own people. Palestinians have been a prominent voice in grassroots activism internationally, including the 2020 anti-racism movement that began in the United States and spread overseas.The young population of Palestinians particularly has moved the needle on their community’s involvement in global social movements, historians say. Nassar believes it’s because younger generations believe their international causes are connected, united in dismantling longstanding systems of oppression.

Palestinian resiliency

The Arabic idea of "sumud," or steadfastness, is a key part of how many Palestinians understand their collective identity, according to Maha Nassar, a history and Islamic studies professor at the University of Arizona. It highlights the near-universal call for liberation, freedom and equality among Palestinians existing in a region under constant conflict – a yearning for peace on Palestinian lands.Sumud can manifest in many ways. It could be as simple as proclaiming one's pride in their Palestinian heritage, or as complicated as grassroots organizing in social movements."Palestinians around the world have taken immense pride and gone to great lengths to ensure that their Palestinian culture and identity is not erased, just because their state does not yet exist," said Nassar.。餐厅一角，整齐堆放着村民自发捐赠的米面油。小院另一侧的理发区内，还排着几位等着免费理发的老人，志愿者拿着剪刀为老人修剪出满意的发型。这小院，每天都围着村里老人的日常需求运转，成了村里老人离不开的“幸福驿站”。如今，像这样的“爱心小院”，在燕赵大地上随处可见。近年来，本着面向群众、服务群众的原则，以邻里互助志愿服务为根本，在全省村镇、社区广泛打造形式多样的“爱心小院”。

B | 在打造“爱心小院”过程中，各地以村街、社区文明实践站为依托，整合闲置房屋、学校、卫生室、孝老食堂、党群服务中心、综合文化站等资源，广泛发动群众参与共建。人和镇村的“孝老敬亲爱心小院”起初是一间孝老食堂。“过去村里留守老人多，独自在家吃饭多是凑合一口。

C | ”村党支部书记胡宗权介绍，为解决这个问题，经村“两委”决定，办起了全县第一个孝老食堂。热腾腾的饭菜暖了老人的心，更聚起了民心。如今，这里从单一助餐拓展出助浴、助洗、免费体检、义务理发等服务，功能齐全。辛集市则在103家“老年食堂”的基础上，结合群众实际需求，配备便民服务和文体活动设施，将其逐一打造成“爱心小院”。这些“爱心小院”各具特色、各有所长。宁晋县河渠镇依托工笔画产业，为残疾人搭建起一个集“培训、孵化、服务”于一体的“助残爱心小院”。00后轮椅女孩李娜是这间爱心小院的常客。

D | “这里有专业老师手把手教，从勾线到上色都能接受系统授课指导。现在，我每月靠创作就有稳定收入，还能照顾家人。”李娜高兴地说。

E | 在衡水市桃城区河西街道的“老孟爱心小院”里，常听到阵阵掌声。在这里，全国学雷锋志愿服务最美志愿者孟凡领用通俗易懂的语言向居民宣讲党的方针政策。几把椅子、几句家常，党的创新理论就这样“飞入寻常百姓家”。“爱心小院”正在悄然改变着乡风。在青县，清州镇胡白庄村“帮大姐爱心小院”里，刘凤英热心为村民调解矛盾；陈嘴乡张二庄村“美容美发爱心小院”中，赵丽义务为村里75周岁以上老人理发……这些“爱心小院”的负责人，都是群众身边的热心人。

F | 在他们的带动下，许多村庄（社区）好人好事蔚然成风。“群众需要什么，‘爱心小院’就提供什么。”青县县委宣传部相关负责人介绍，全县已建成400多个“爱心小院”，实现村村覆盖，真正做到了接地气、聚人气。为了保障各地“爱心小院”既服务好又运营好，各地积极引导公益慈善组织、爱心企业等社会力量参与到小院建设中。小院虽小，装的却是民生大事，守护着乡村群众幸福生活。据悉，省将不断整合资源，将“爱心小院”的服务从单一生活照料向身心关怀延伸，管理模式从政府包办向多元共治转型，社会效应从个体受益向社会辐射，持续扩大服务覆盖面，构建起文明和谐的乡村新气象。（日报记者 高 珊）。

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