Hāwane Rios Instagram – Kū Kia‘i Palekekina I wanted to share a little bit about how this came to be. My braddah @kaiboymusic asked me to chant on this powerful musical declaration of solidarity. Just the week before my fellow comrade and brilliant hoa aloha ‘āina @olapakauwila.wilz invited me to chant the kanikau he found in honor of Timoteo Ha’alilio that referenced the abundant waterways of Palestine. I included that particular line of the kanikau in the first line of this chant. I wanted to amplify the Palestinian liberation cry, ‘from the river to the sea,’ in the second line and intentionally addressed the ocean for its power and incredible expanse with the name Moananuiākea as a reminder to our people and the people of the world that we as, moana clans, are connected to Gaza by our sacred waters. I affirm my prayer and align my rituals and offerings with those of the ceremonial people of the world in the name of the protection and return of true autonomy to Palestine and all oppressed peoples. And I acknowledge all people standing in solidarity and conscious allyship who truly work towards a world free of genocide and war with Kamehameha III Kauikeaouli’s cree and prophesy with a slight change of tense, ‘e mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono i ka ‘oia‘i‘o.’ May the life of the land be perpetuated in righteousness, in the highest frequency of aloha, and in what is true to soul. Then with honor and deep love for the connections our mountain has gifted us, I remind our people that Palestine came to stand with us for our mountain. It is our sacred duty to stand with them now as the fight to survive these evil and horrifically brutal attacks of genocide carried out by Israhell, funded by our tax payers dollars under duress. It is our responsibility to rise powerfully unified with our hands and hearts open ready to be of service to our relatives of the ‘āina ki’owai o Palesetina. I humbly inquired a Palestinian friend I made these past three months for permission to seal this prayerful chant with the muslim words, ‘Inshallah Ameen,’ to pay homage to the god the people Gaza pray to and love. With her grace, I lift this chant with all my soul to Palestine. Kingdom of Hawai’i