I agree what Israel is doing is genocide. To my way of thinking most wars engage in genocide to one degree or another. To say Free Palestine, in a perfect world would be a fine outcome, but Free Palestine/Gaza to what end? The have no government! The Palestinian Authority was weak and could do nothing in the face of Hamas terrorist thugs. If Palestine could magically form a government with enough power and force to thwart Hamas or other mobsters not aligned with Iran or Russia, that would be freedom. But that's a BIG problem with no solution in sight.
This is the exact logic that Israelis use to further the genocide. “If we give Palestinians freedom, they’ll elect a government that is hostile to the settler-colonial state that is literally stealing Palestinian people’s homes and disappearing their children every single day, so we can’t do that. Instead, we’ll just bomb them until they die or leave and never come back.”
I would certainly not be advocating for the genocide to have ever happened or continue. Read my first sentence. I heard one report on BBC that indicated many Palestinians would love for Hamas to leave but are afraid to speak out for fear of being killed and/or tortured. Do you have any ideas about how a government could be formed in a climate of fear such as that? What would it take? If it could happen, it would be natural for that government to resist continuing colonialism or annexation of their land - like has been going on for years!
Profound. Moving. Thank you for this.
I hope Shayla Favor and her FCDP ilk are somewhere sweating while she reads this, but please come back DJ.
I agree what Israel is doing is genocide. To my way of thinking most wars engage in genocide to one degree or another. To say Free Palestine, in a perfect world would be a fine outcome, but Free Palestine/Gaza to what end? The have no government! The Palestinian Authority was weak and could do nothing in the face of Hamas terrorist thugs. If Palestine could magically form a government with enough power and force to thwart Hamas or other mobsters not aligned with Iran or Russia, that would be freedom. But that's a BIG problem with no solution in sight.
“Free Palestine to what end”
This is the exact logic that Israelis use to further the genocide. “If we give Palestinians freedom, they’ll elect a government that is hostile to the settler-colonial state that is literally stealing Palestinian people’s homes and disappearing their children every single day, so we can’t do that. Instead, we’ll just bomb them until they die or leave and never come back.”
I would certainly not be advocating for the genocide to have ever happened or continue. Read my first sentence. I heard one report on BBC that indicated many Palestinians would love for Hamas to leave but are afraid to speak out for fear of being killed and/or tortured. Do you have any ideas about how a government could be formed in a climate of fear such as that? What would it take? If it could happen, it would be natural for that government to resist continuing colonialism or annexation of their land - like has been going on for years!