Egypt and the Palestinian president himself do not support the killings initiated by Hamas.
Yet I have friends who are neither Palestinian nor Israeli, nor even Muslim nor Jewish, who are nonetheless fanning the flames, demonizing one side or the other, convinced that their two cents are morally superior because they saw something on instagram and now they think they're experts on the Middle East...
The only people who have a right to debate this right now are Palestinians and Israelis. American Christians on the left and on the right -- please stop. People are being murdered. Bombs don't care what religion or ethnicity you are. Jews and Muslims are not the enemies Christians make them out to be.
20% of Israelis are Arab. Half of Israeli Jews are NOT white, and not legally permitted to live in their Middle Eastern countries of origin.
Read a book! Talk to actual Palestinians and Israelis in real life for Goddess sake. I guarantee you, most want peace. This is a fight between extremists, who are a VERY small minority.
And much like our own country, people don't agree on politics, and most people are just trying to get through their day.
They're bombing Tel Aviv now... Why are they bombing gays in Tel Aviv? It's the least religious least nationalistic gayest city in all of Israel (and in the Middle East) who definitely don't support Netanyahu or Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory...
Speaking of LGBTQ, did you know Israel is the only place in the Middle East that provides FREE gender reassignment surgery to trans people, regardless of religion or ethnicity?
The Palestinian president himself does not condone these radical Jihadists who do NOT represent all Palestinians. The fringe Palestinians doing the bombings are trying to overthrow Palestine. Oh that didn't show up in your feed?
I'm so tired of people getting their "news" from social media. I'm so tired of reactive uneducated minds arrogantly believing they have all the answers. It's not your people or your country. You're American, Debra. And you're Catholic... Muslims and Jews don't need you to "save" them. Perhaps contemplate the centuries of wrongdoings by the Vatican before trying to meddle in Middle Eastern politics.
6:31 p.m. - 2021-05-13