“My son is an American before Palestinian,” his grieving father said as he grappled with the U.S. government’s role in the violence in Gaza and the West Bank. “Americans, us, our government backs it up.”
  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
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    10 months ago

    I was there just 4 years ago https://jeena.net/pods/21 but I don’t think I’d go today. Even back then you could feel the tension while both sides welcomed you as a foreigner you could tell they hate each other and fear each other.

    • library_napper@monyet.cc
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      10 months ago

      If you’re white its much less risky. The settlers and military are conducting an ethnic of Palestinians (and are trigger happy of all brown people). This is why international solidarity from white people is super important.

  • raccoona_nongrata@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    The IDF said it had received a report regarding an “off-duty police officer and a civilian who fired toward a Palestinian individual suspected of hurling rocks” in the area. It confirmed an IDF soldier was also in the area and said it was investigating a claim that the soldier fired at the Palestinian.

    Jesus. The lying and gaslighting is insane, the paper thin justifications. Absolute scumbags.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    Was he living under a rock prior to the visit? One of the worst ethnic cleansings in modern history is happening there right now, and that’s when he decided to visit?

  • tygerprints@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Meh, he’s better off. Life is better to those who live the least of it.

    Human “civilization” is just another label for eternal hell without end.

    • Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM
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      10 months ago

      I’m not here to tone police your doomerism, but have you considered how the words “he’s better off” might upset anyone who’s lost family due to violence?

      Please do you best to be considerate of the feelings of others on beehaw, it’s the nice thing to do 💜

      • tygerprints@kbin.social
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        10 months ago

        Well you’re right, I can’t argue with you there. The pervasive sense of doomerism and love of gun violence that is our modern society has turned me very cynical about death. I don’t think you can have it both ways - culture of violence and also being upset when violence happens. That was really just where I was coming from.

        Trust me no one is more pacifistic and in love with the idyll of a peaceful world than I am.

    • GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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      10 months ago

      I can almost guarantee you much prefer civilization to the natural state. It’s nice not having to find your next meal, often going days or even weeks at a time without eating, right? That’s just one of many ways that civilization makes your life better than without.