In an exclusive interview with CNN, Doron Katz Asher describes the conditions in which she was kept and her sense of guilt at being free while others remain captive.
The problem is that many are asking for exactly that now
another group of people decide that your land is their ancestral homeland, your land is now the useless desert while your coastal home is no longer yours. Imagine not fighting back after this.
All of the “from the river to the seas” and insistence that Israel leave is exactly this again. Because the median age in israel as of 2023 is 29.1 years old. Much like most of the people in Gaza didn’t even “vote” for Hamas, most of the people in Israel had nothing to do with the bullshit in the 50s.
This is the issue with basically any “I watched a youtube” level comment on colonization and imperialism. Yes, the modern day occupants have a LOT of advantages and benefit a lot from what their ancestors did (even if it is grandpa). But is it “just” to have everything taken away and given to the people who grew up disadvantaged because grandpa was a dick?
And are you at all surprised when there is push back to that?
And that extends to how all of this is being handled. “We” have more or less learned to distinguish between Hamas and Palestine because, outside of the dumbfuck tankies, nobody is stupid enough to think Hamas at all cares about Palestinians. But there is no similar acknowledgement for the IDF/Israeli Government and the people of Israel. Instead, we get disgusting stupidity like this topic chain where “Well… I am not going to say you deserve it but you totally deserve it” is the theme at hand.
It is the exact same idea about being anti-zionist without being anti-semitic and how so much discourse is failing at that. Which… makes it a lot harder to garner the level of support that would allow politicians who are very dependent on “the Jewish vote” to make it clear they are condemning a government and not a people.
Personally? I see no way that even a two state solution can work at this point. Ignoring the issue of land and resources, it will be Hamas and Islamic State assholes who take power in Palestine and that will just be pushing this off. But I also see no way that the Israeli Government will stop at anything short of genocide. But all of this not even veiled “Well, maybe you should have thought to not be born in Israel you colonist prick” level commentary is just making sure that there is no solution other than genocide by the side with the bigger guns.
The problem is that many are asking for exactly that now
All of the “from the river to the seas” and insistence that Israel leave is exactly this again. Because the median age in israel as of 2023 is 29.1 years old. Much like most of the people in Gaza didn’t even “vote” for Hamas, most of the people in Israel had nothing to do with the bullshit in the 50s.
This is the issue with basically any “I watched a youtube” level comment on colonization and imperialism. Yes, the modern day occupants have a LOT of advantages and benefit a lot from what their ancestors did (even if it is grandpa). But is it “just” to have everything taken away and given to the people who grew up disadvantaged because grandpa was a dick?
And are you at all surprised when there is push back to that?
And that extends to how all of this is being handled. “We” have more or less learned to distinguish between Hamas and Palestine because, outside of the dumbfuck tankies, nobody is stupid enough to think Hamas at all cares about Palestinians. But there is no similar acknowledgement for the IDF/Israeli Government and the people of Israel. Instead, we get disgusting stupidity like this topic chain where “Well… I am not going to say you deserve it but you totally deserve it” is the theme at hand.
It is the exact same idea about being anti-zionist without being anti-semitic and how so much discourse is failing at that. Which… makes it a lot harder to garner the level of support that would allow politicians who are very dependent on “the Jewish vote” to make it clear they are condemning a government and not a people.
Personally? I see no way that even a two state solution can work at this point. Ignoring the issue of land and resources, it will be Hamas and Islamic State assholes who take power in Palestine and that will just be pushing this off. But I also see no way that the Israeli Government will stop at anything short of genocide. But all of this not even veiled “Well, maybe you should have thought to not be born in Israel you colonist prick” level commentary is just making sure that there is no solution other than genocide by the side with the bigger guns.