I used to be pro-Palestinian. I thought Israel was wrong for carpet bombing Gaza and using siege warfare on civilians.
But then I ran into a very wise Israel apologist who changed my way of looking at things forever.
I was walking down the street and I saw him leaning against a lamp post, smoking a pipe as wise men do.
“Your shirt says Free Palestine,” he said from behind a plume of smoke.
“Yep!” I replied.
“So I guess that means you love Hamas then?” spake he.
I stopped in my tracks. I’d never thought of it that way before.
Could it be? Could my opposition to murdering civilians really be indicative of a deep affection for a Gazan militant group? Maybe I really did love Hamas and think everything it did on October 7 was great and wonderful?
“Is this really how I want to live my life?” I thought to myself.
“I — I — I…” I said out loud.
“Or perhaps,” he said with a raised eyebrow, “you just HATE JEWS??”
I fell to my knees.
Oh my God. He really had a point. What possible reason could anyone have for opposing military explosives being dropped on buildings full of children besides a seething lifelong hatred of adherents to the religion of Judaism? How could anyone possibly oppose siege warfare tactics which cut off civilians from food and water and electricity and fuel and medical supplies unless they harbored a dangerous hostility toward members of a small Abrahamic faith?
“Who… who are you?” I asked.
“That’s of no consequence,” he said, casually blowing a smoke ring through another larger smoke ring.
“But… but the children,” I stammered as my entire worldview crumbled before my eyes. “The civilians! They’re dying! Isn’t it bad that they’re dying?”
And then he went for the coup de grâce.
“Have you considered,” he said before a pregnant pause, “… that all of those deaths are the fault of Hamas?”
I fell flat on my back. The world was spinning. A trickle of blood ran down into my hair from my ear.
I felt all the anti-colonialism leaving my body. I suddenly could no longer remember why I thought it was bad to rain down military explosives on a densely populated concentration camp.
Everything went black.
When I finally came to, the mysterious stranger was gone. But his wisdom and profound insights into Israel and Gaza will always live on in my heart.
See how we are corralled into a "side". Pick a side!!!! Pick a side!!!! Who's side are on? Pick a team! Which side is right? Which side is wrong? Be on the right side of history! Meanwhile, innocent people are dying. I am on the "side" I have been and always will be on. The civilian side. The human beings side. The side of the used, abused, misled, and deceived. Hamas are murderers, the Israeli government are murderers. Picking the "lesser of two evils" is still choosing evil. I have been so very pleased at the amount of people online who are thinking like me now. People are seeing the larger picture which is using abuse, militant groups, and militaries as a method of violence (depop) and control. The losers are always the people. The people who just want to live and love their family.
I re-blurted this post. This is the best post I have seen on the matter.
"Hamas are murderers, the Israeli government are murderers."
And it gets even hard to pick a side when we remember that the Israeli government created Hamas!
Peace is the answer, not more terror.
bingo
It's a good thing a world view is not quite so easy to crumble, but I can see the zombies in this.
I was called a zombie yesterday for opposing genocide in Palestine, by a very close friend, a non-practicing Jew who supports Trump. Here we can easily see that Trump is controlled opposition, in service to dark forces, whatever you call those. This issue might sever one of my closest relationships. I try to point out that we are being divided, and that considering ME a zombie because I don't support Israel's wiping out a population of civilians is irrational, but she is deep into her fantasy. She actually does believe that everyone in Gaza supports Hamas and deserves to DIE. Even though she knows the elections in the US were tampered with, and that Israel, the US and the UN created Hamas, she cites the fact that Hamas was supposedly democratically elected as justification for genocide. Believes all Muslims want to see all Jews dead, and Israel destroyed. I say "if they advocate murder, they are not Muslims" but that falls on deaf ears. It is so strange!!!
Tptb keep throwing shit at us that will cause us to turn on each other. Do not do it!!!
Caitlyn says it best. Thank you for posting this.
Haha, good copy-paste!
I guess nobody told the wise old man that Israel created Hamas... ; D
no kidding
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Same same.
People are shown pics and told stories which emotionally reach them. I won't let my sympathy and empathy being exploited. My empathy and sympathy I give to those whom I can reach. I will do no charity unless I can do it with my hands and through conversation towards people who give me an answer.
good policy
Thank you. I think we share this policy.
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You need to read the history and current scenario once again mr @logiczombie there is no logic at all in this post..
A single sentence chaged your whole perspective..!!! 🤷♀️
Really???
it's a parody
obviously bombing people in their homes is always 100% evil
no matter who is being bombed
Low IQ or English as a second language? lol
Gotta be one or the other.
Hope you have been well, looking forward to increasing my presence here in the coming weeks.
always glad to hear from you
yeah, i can see how the humor might go over some people's heads
but i'm just glad they decided to leave a comment
And maybe the answer is not even there...