"We will continue to escalate our protest and constructively and non-violently disrupt public events until there is a permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation.”
Very sad that US citizens calling for a cease fire are being ignored by our elected officials who are keeping this war going with no regard for the people who are being slaughtered. The miliraty-industrial complex wins again.
Here we go again! Like almost everyone, I'd like a cease-fire too, but a cease-fire now is asking Israel to give up on capturing Hamas leaders who broke the ceasefire on Oct 7 with an unusually sadistic and savage attack, and to allow Hamas to keep the remaining hostages while staying in power so they can regroup and rearm, and plan more attacks to kill as many Israelis as possible. That is their openly stated intention as is to eventually eliminate the Jewish population of the region. It seems Israel won't agree to all that, a ceasefire needs both sides to agree to terms.
I'm perplexed that a supposedly Jewish group JVP, seeks to deprive Israel of arms, in effect encouraging Hamas to carry out that genocidal intent. Apprently as an "anti-Zionist" group, that is OK with JVP but readers should know that this makes JVP a very fringe group.
Indeed readers should also know all Jews were expelled from the neighboring Arab countries, about 800,000 people, and also Jerusalem and the West Bank during 1948-67 when under Arab control. That is the future Hamas and their allies (JVP?) have in mind.
What JVP means by "occupation" is not clear. In 2005 Israel forced their settlers out of Gaza, and since then no Israelis stayed in Gaza. Israel did leave behind greenhouses and infrastructure. Gaza could have seen this withdrawal as a first step to peace, maybe reciprocated by inviting a few back to help manage that infrastructure for a while. Instead they took a different, disastrous fork, seeing it as a sign of weakness. and destroyed the greenhouses, stepped up attacks, and voted in Hamas which unlike the PA was sworn to annihilate its Israeli neighbor. Israel responded with a partial blockade, obviously not very effective, especially as Gaza has a border with Egypt. Hamas indeed prioritized weapons, tunnels, rockets over civilian infrastructure, and carried out the Oct 7 attack knowing their own people, embedded with the Hamas military, would face serious reprisals.
So to actually get a true ceasefire, folks need to also demand release of the hostages and for Hamas to resign and allow more moderate forces to govern Gaza willing to seek an accommodation with Israel instead of its elimination. Otherwise, as Hamas has clearly stated, wars will continue.
But if Israelis are to live in peace, the Netanyahu coalition also has to go with their dream of domination from "the river to the sea" while suppressing legitimate Palestinian desire for independence. Maybe at the ballot box?
Seriously, we all know there is no equivalency in terms of military power and hardware like the 2000 ton genocidal bombs. So don’t tear up over the possibility that Hamas will out kill the IDF. Because so far we’ve got over 17,000 dead Palestinians and maybe 1700 on your side. As I said, no equivalency. A cease-fire is a bit hollow. Ending the occupation is the only humane goal.
Very sad that US citizens calling for a cease fire are being ignored by our elected officials who are keeping this war going with no regard for the people who are being slaughtered. The miliraty-industrial complex wins again.
Here we go again! Like almost everyone, I'd like a cease-fire too, but a cease-fire now is asking Israel to give up on capturing Hamas leaders who broke the ceasefire on Oct 7 with an unusually sadistic and savage attack, and to allow Hamas to keep the remaining hostages while staying in power so they can regroup and rearm, and plan more attacks to kill as many Israelis as possible. That is their openly stated intention as is to eventually eliminate the Jewish population of the region. It seems Israel won't agree to all that, a ceasefire needs both sides to agree to terms.
I'm perplexed that a supposedly Jewish group JVP, seeks to deprive Israel of arms, in effect encouraging Hamas to carry out that genocidal intent. Apprently as an "anti-Zionist" group, that is OK with JVP but readers should know that this makes JVP a very fringe group.
Indeed readers should also know all Jews were expelled from the neighboring Arab countries, about 800,000 people, and also Jerusalem and the West Bank during 1948-67 when under Arab control. That is the future Hamas and their allies (JVP?) have in mind.
What JVP means by "occupation" is not clear. In 2005 Israel forced their settlers out of Gaza, and since then no Israelis stayed in Gaza. Israel did leave behind greenhouses and infrastructure. Gaza could have seen this withdrawal as a first step to peace, maybe reciprocated by inviting a few back to help manage that infrastructure for a while. Instead they took a different, disastrous fork, seeing it as a sign of weakness. and destroyed the greenhouses, stepped up attacks, and voted in Hamas which unlike the PA was sworn to annihilate its Israeli neighbor. Israel responded with a partial blockade, obviously not very effective, especially as Gaza has a border with Egypt. Hamas indeed prioritized weapons, tunnels, rockets over civilian infrastructure, and carried out the Oct 7 attack knowing their own people, embedded with the Hamas military, would face serious reprisals.
So to actually get a true ceasefire, folks need to also demand release of the hostages and for Hamas to resign and allow more moderate forces to govern Gaza willing to seek an accommodation with Israel instead of its elimination. Otherwise, as Hamas has clearly stated, wars will continue.
But if Israelis are to live in peace, the Netanyahu coalition also has to go with their dream of domination from "the river to the sea" while suppressing legitimate Palestinian desire for independence. Maybe at the ballot box?
Seriously, we all know there is no equivalency in terms of military power and hardware like the 2000 ton genocidal bombs. So don’t tear up over the possibility that Hamas will out kill the IDF. Because so far we’ve got over 17,000 dead Palestinians and maybe 1700 on your side. As I said, no equivalency. A cease-fire is a bit hollow. Ending the occupation is the only humane goal.