I love Jon Stewart Seeing him now addressing all this pain with such moral clarity means so much It feels like dad's back :) They bombed Rafah People are learning but Palestinians are still being killed Jon's right The pragmatists don't have a voice, Israeli or Palestinian Which is why Netanyahu has been in charge in one form or another since I was a little kid One of the few constants of my life It's always like that-- in the States too, the bloodthirsty screamers and delusional narcissists are on television Then the same group of people who drool at their televisions vote the orange idiot into power, and they play a game--passing the potato between an openly insane populist maniac and a sex pest or drone striker or worryingly old but well spoken maniac And the reasonable people don't have a voice (You could have had Bernie) Anyway I don't want to wipe anyone off the face of the planet You'd think that would be a common starting point I know that kids are put in prison and stigmatized for life in Israel for refusing the draft I know there are Israelis who despise Netenyahu I know there are Israelis advocating for Palestinian rights, who recognize that they live under civilian law and Palestinians live under martial law I do feel rage at the soldiers I do think it's okay to punch a Nazi but I wouldn't have wanted to wipe out Germany I think most of the people I know and care about feel the same way All of this is mindless and horrific And I'm not even directly affected but it's broken my nervous system and my mind Please stop the bombing |