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Originally Posted by TH Anonymous
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I have both Jewish and Arab heritage and I think you explain the situation very well. Thank you so much with treating this very intense topic with balance, compassion and grace.
To the OP:
honestly feel so upset whenever there are discussions about this because 99.9% of the time, ot isn't a civil discussion and it is either anti-Jewish or anti-arab/anti-Muslim. This happened my entire life and it sucks.
There was a 3-part lecture I had viewed last year that was a Moroccoan Jewish Professor who explained the conflict with so much grace, empathy and able to use his wise mind to show both perspectives. He even admitted that he isn't part of the Muslim community so he cannot truly explain their side but he attempted to in the hopes that authentic Palestinian and Muslim voices as well as voices of Jewsmay be represented as accurately as possible. This was many months before October 7th, 2023. My great aunt was one of the people killed by Hamas. She was an elderly woman in her 70s.
I heard a Holocaust survivor speak several months ago, a few weeks before October 7th actually. Her message is to love everyone even those who are different religions. That's an authentic voice of a Holocaust survivor. I don't think attaching a political agenda to the Holocaust is fair. Additionally, when a country is being controlled by corruption, terrorists etc it makes it seem like an entire religion or culture is wrong but that isn't quite fair. How many Muslims do you personally know? Moreover, how many Jews do you personally know? Are you yourself either of them?
And for the record I do not support Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist group. So is the KKK in the United States who call themselves Christian. You and I both know, the KKK does not represent an ordinary human who practices Christianity.[/size]
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So I was the one who posted this a few months ago. I think that people going to the extreme calling Israel committing a genocide is unfair and simply untrue. Hamas which is a terrorist group has terrorists in hospitals, in civilian homes etc. Secondly, Israel is not the same as Christopher Columbus stealing land from ingenious people or Europeans starting a black slave trade.
Israel is the Jewish people's homeland and it always has been. Before the Holocaust there were Jews living there. What I would hope is that it would be less politicized and more of a collaborative problem solving process between Jews and Arabs. However, terrorists make that complicated. High emotions and nationalism does too. That's what it is. Not genocide. Bring the hostages home. Palestinians: You need to accept that your leaders is a terrorist group and advocate appropriately. Jews: Let's work internally on improving how we interact with our neighbors and we can love our nation while also thinking critically about our actions and ways to improve. Protesters in the United States who are joining protests because they want to be part of the drama and have no clue what is going on: Go join a sports team. Stop feeding off of serious human issues.[/size][/color][/font][/size][/color][/font]