Maybe if they didn't keep people locked up in a large scale prison camp,.........those people wouldn't become so desparate that they become willing to blow themselves to pieces in order to retaliate,.........jus' sayin'.
Saw a guy standing near the bridge on E Wishkah this weekend with a sign that read;
"The second worst thing to happen to the Jewish people is the state of Israel"
Too true.
This is the biggest debate of our time and should be met with compassion, diligence and reason . To ignore, be silent and not willing to listen to all sides of this debate will eventually lead us into accepting the miserable consequences of our own ignorance. We are witness to just a bit of the misery and suffering associated with this issue in our daily lives. It could be at the grocery counter, or at a dead friends memorial for their ultimate sacrifice; but believe me this is the elephant that taking a $heit in the salad bowl at the dinner table that some will pretend to not see. As a free people, we have the authority and personal responsibility for making morale decisions that represent ourselves on all levels; be it spiritual, morale, humane.
As fisherman we do more than just go to the water to catch fish. We go there to think, to meditate and to help us to see how we can be better human beings, for our selves, our families, our community as well as the rest of the World. At least those are some of the reasons and values that my father introduced me to while fishing. I would also add to those, a willingness and understanding of the purpose for understanding the importance of all life; especially human life, and a desire to learn the how to's of sustaining it, as well as our planet for our kids and their future.
To say that they have been at it for thousands of years, while supporting the continuances of the misery and suffering associated with it, in funding (Taxes) one side against the other is a cop out. Especially when it's your money that is helping to fuel and fund one side's military, in producing a greater body counts. The ignorance starts at home if that is your final answer or choice. If you differ, then a narrative with better clarity and purpose would be much more appropriate in my opinion.
Personally, I am appalled at Israel's policies. Have been since they came out in support of Apartheid, by offering to supply Nuclear Weapons to a racist South Africa. Thank God the World community responded and they backed off, or Nelson Mandela would have died in a South African prison, shot by a firing squad as a terrorist, or that we (USA) would have been nuked for our opposition .
The irony of it all is truly unbelievable. Absolutely amazing!
What would Helen Thomas say abut this?
My .02