#my heart hurts every day for the people of palistine

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It's absolutely sickening seeing what new atrocities Israel is committing every day in Palestine, as well as all the disgusting people who support it. Their response is always "Hamas started it" and "October 7th," but:

1) Using Hamas as a way to justify the murder of Palestinian civilians is essentially islamophobic bullshit

2) Israel has been carrying out this blood feud for decades (since 1948 and even before), long before the Hamas existed (founded in 1987). Hamas did not start this.

3) Attacking hospitals and medical vehicles is literally a war crime, regardless of whether you suspect terrorists are occupying it.

4) I feel like it should be widely known that the way to deal with a hostage situation is to establish communication with the terrorist, de-escalate the situation, and negotiate for the hostages' safe return. Not bombing indiscriminately at where they think the terrorists are.

5) I am morally against killing anyone, save for the most heinous (cold blooded serial killers, serial rapists, etc.), but I'm especially against killing children. Killing children is never, ever justified, not even in retaliation. Last I heard, Israel has killed well over 4000 children in the last month. Absolutely sickening.

6) People are starting to deny that any of this is happening, which is exactly what happened during the Holocaust. We are witnessing a genocide is real time and people are denying its existence, or labeling all the deaths as terrorist kills.

Also, just to clarify, criticism of Israel doesn't mean criticism of all Jewish people, but of the Zionist extremists in power, just as Islamic terrorist groups don't represent all followers of Islam. I also feel for the Israeli hostages in this situation, of course, as well as the Israeli citizens who are stuck under this leadership. They don't deserve any of this. I just hope that all of this will end soon and that real justice--not indiscriminate killing--will be served.

#free palestine #politics #sorry for the rant so early in the day #i woke up this morning and could not keep it in anymore #my heart hurts every day for the people of palistine #it's killing me #there isn't much i can do but at least i can use my American right to free speech to speak my mind #none of this is up for debate by the way