Lets face it, the land belongs to both of them now. Israel was carved out of Palestine for Jews with help from the British in the late 1940s ... But its been almost 70 years. There are now at least two or three generations of Israelis who were born and raised in this land, to whom it really is a home, and who are often held accountable and made to pay for for historical atrocities that are no fault of their own. They are programmed to oppose the other just as Palestinian children are. At its very core, this is a tribal religious conflict that will never be resolved unless people stop choosing sides. So you really dont have to choose between being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine. If you support secularism, democracy, and a two-state solution -- and you oppose Hamas, settlement expansion, and the occupation -- you can be both. If they keep asking you to pick a side after all of that, tell them youre going with hummus.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:32:33 +0000