via Susan Abulhawa Ive heard a lot of people suggest that Palestinians are stupid for continuing to fire rockets because it gives Israel an excuse to continue this unspeakable carnage. Id like to respond: 1. This assertion suggests that Israel would not go on killing otherwise, which is patently false and history has repeatedly proven so, with israels repeated violations of various truces and wonton killing sprees when they need to boost sales of military hardware (btw, just watch and see the huge uptick in military exports soon, just like every other time they raped Gaza). 2. These rockets amount to firecrackers that have hurt no one, and firing them makes perfect sense. If this minimal disruption of normality in Israeli lives is all we can do, then that is what we should do. If the most Palestinians can do is to make it inconvenient for an Israeli couple to enjoy a day of beach, gym and coffee shops while they tear our childrens bodies apart, then that is what we should do. 3. They are symbolic and radical assertion of an indigenous peoples unbending will to live with dignity in their ancestral homeland. 4. They are the minimal acts of self-defense of a people against whom unspeakable crimes have never ceased in 60 years. 5. Saying Hamas is forcing Israel to kill our people is like saying a woman in a tight dress is forcing men to rape her. This blaming the victim narrative is zionist propaganda and has no place in our own discourse.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:13:59 +0000
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