Thank you so very much for writing this and responding to the uninformed writer of the myths. It’s easy to understand how she arrived at those myths because the US government repeats them and fully supports the ongoing genocide taking place before our eyes everyday. And the corporate media repeats them again to the American public. But o…
Thank you so very much for writing this and responding to the uninformed writer of the myths. It’s easy to understand how she arrived at those myths because the US government repeats them and fully supports the ongoing genocide taking place before our eyes everyday. And the corporate media repeats them again to the American public. But one can access better information if it is accessible. So I am disappointed that your writing was taken down and I am grateful you have responded so effectively with evidence to the contrary.
I would like to add something to Qasim Rashid’s response after Meta took down some of his writing regarding Palestine/Israel, apparently in response to an uninformed piece misrepresenting and criticizing his comments. and One can say as you have done that killing civilians in a military situation is illegal, atrocious, and horrific. That’s true and one would hope that non-violent efforts would be effective fopeople trapped in a settler colonial apartheid state who are treated so aggressively and violently as the Palestinians have been. But it has been rare if ever the case that the non-violent approach has been effective in such long lasting and horrific conditions as the Palestinians and others such as in Northern Ireland and South Africa. In the US, treaties and diplomatic resistance of indigenous people in our own settler colonial country was not effective even with violent resistance in many instances. As Bernadette Devlin said years ago, something along the lines of the following: when your back is against the wall, you will do anything. The Hamas incursion into Israel was indeed a reaction to the conditions and aggression and violent treatment Palestinians have experienced daily for decades in Gaza. But it should also be understood as part of a RESISTANCE movement against the occupation. It was not unprovoked. When people are treated as the Palestinians have been one should expect resistance. Hamas’ incursion into Israel on October was part of that resistance after quite a few offers to negotiate with the Israeli government to reach a just peace for everyone. Their non-violent protests against Israeli aggression against Palestinians have repeatedly been dismissed, in acknowledged and not responded to as legitimate concerns. There are multiple independent information sources to read about the history, purpose, principles and goals of both Hamas and Hezbollah that are very enlightening if one can approach this situation with an open mind and not simply repeat the US government and Israeli lobby narratives. There is also evidence from both Israeli sources and independent journalist sources that the Hams incursion and the Israeli response on October 7 was not as straightforward as it has mostly been reported. The IDF was responsible for many Israeli deaths and home damage in at least one kibbutz. I have seen the statistic of 200 killed by the IDF. In their efforts to be sure to root out any remaining Hamas military actors when they arrived later in the morning with their Apache helicopters and missiles the IDF apparently acted on orders to shoot indiscriminately. Look at Max Blumenthal’s reporting in this. And lastly, although horrible for the Israeli hostages and for the families of those Israelis killed on Oct 7 by anyone, the numbers and circumstances pale in comparison to the numbers and circumstances of the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been slaughtered and starved in Gaza including an estimated 20,000 children dead or unaccounted for in mass graves or under rubble. And then the orphans and the PTSD in survivors of all ages in the middle of it.
Thank you so very much for writing this and responding to the uninformed writer of the myths. It’s easy to understand how she arrived at those myths because the US government repeats them and fully supports the ongoing genocide taking place before our eyes everyday. And the corporate media repeats them again to the American public. But one can access better information if it is accessible. So I am disappointed that your writing was taken down and I am grateful you have responded so effectively with evidence to the contrary.
I would like to add something to Qasim Rashid’s response after Meta took down some of his writing regarding Palestine/Israel, apparently in response to an uninformed piece misrepresenting and criticizing his comments. and One can say as you have done that killing civilians in a military situation is illegal, atrocious, and horrific. That’s true and one would hope that non-violent efforts would be effective fopeople trapped in a settler colonial apartheid state who are treated so aggressively and violently as the Palestinians have been. But it has been rare if ever the case that the non-violent approach has been effective in such long lasting and horrific conditions as the Palestinians and others such as in Northern Ireland and South Africa. In the US, treaties and diplomatic resistance of indigenous people in our own settler colonial country was not effective even with violent resistance in many instances. As Bernadette Devlin said years ago, something along the lines of the following: when your back is against the wall, you will do anything. The Hamas incursion into Israel was indeed a reaction to the conditions and aggression and violent treatment Palestinians have experienced daily for decades in Gaza. But it should also be understood as part of a RESISTANCE movement against the occupation. It was not unprovoked. When people are treated as the Palestinians have been one should expect resistance. Hamas’ incursion into Israel on October was part of that resistance after quite a few offers to negotiate with the Israeli government to reach a just peace for everyone. Their non-violent protests against Israeli aggression against Palestinians have repeatedly been dismissed, in acknowledged and not responded to as legitimate concerns. There are multiple independent information sources to read about the history, purpose, principles and goals of both Hamas and Hezbollah that are very enlightening if one can approach this situation with an open mind and not simply repeat the US government and Israeli lobby narratives. There is also evidence from both Israeli sources and independent journalist sources that the Hams incursion and the Israeli response on October 7 was not as straightforward as it has mostly been reported. The IDF was responsible for many Israeli deaths and home damage in at least one kibbutz. I have seen the statistic of 200 killed by the IDF. In their efforts to be sure to root out any remaining Hamas military actors when they arrived later in the morning with their Apache helicopters and missiles the IDF apparently acted on orders to shoot indiscriminately. Look at Max Blumenthal’s reporting in this. And lastly, although horrible for the Israeli hostages and for the families of those Israelis killed on Oct 7 by anyone, the numbers and circumstances pale in comparison to the numbers and circumstances of the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been slaughtered and starved in Gaza including an estimated 20,000 children dead or unaccounted for in mass graves or under rubble. And then the orphans and the PTSD in survivors of all ages in the middle of it.
This go way from me before I was finished with it.
But I think I will let it be out there for any thoughtful replies or fact checkers who would like to respond. Thank you