it is discouraging that these well intentioned people, and many like them, by seeing only one side (Hamas) are both politically ineffective, and also not helpful by driving people further apart instead of in helping develop a vision of how to bring people together.
I don't see how political leaders can take this seriously enough since in effect it asks Israel to allow Hamas to regroup and rearm and give up trying to remove them from power, while leaving the hostages in Hamas' control, even as Hamas has already said they intend to slaughter Israelis over and over again whenever they can to further their openly stated aim of eliminating the Jewish population there. Of course Israelis and their friends won't agree to that, and even if there was a ceasefire the same thig would happen again. I see no way Gazans can improve their lives with Hamas in power, with their ideology they are incapable of making peace. So is the Netanyahu coalition, Israel also has to give up their dream of indefinitely ruling over Palestinians.
Only by recognizing legitimate interests of BOTH sides can progress be actually made.
I was emotional and at times mumbled and stumbled. Indeed, my story is very personal. It is here, the top two posts on this web page: https://peternightingale.substack.com
The New Yorker—https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-extreme-ambitions-of-west-bank-settlers—has an example of what the Jabotinsky-Begin-Netanyahu line has led to. It might be an extreme example, but it is important and has been understood since 1948, as the New York Times letter to which I refer makes clear. This is what the US government supports with its corporate welfare for the US merchants of its war industry.
The US poverty death count since Gaza, November 7, 2023, today stands at 30,400. That's 800 a day.
All of the above is what spiritual death of the nation looks like!
it is discouraging that these well intentioned people, and many like them, by seeing only one side (Hamas) are both politically ineffective, and also not helpful by driving people further apart instead of in helping develop a vision of how to bring people together.
I don't see how political leaders can take this seriously enough since in effect it asks Israel to allow Hamas to regroup and rearm and give up trying to remove them from power, while leaving the hostages in Hamas' control, even as Hamas has already said they intend to slaughter Israelis over and over again whenever they can to further their openly stated aim of eliminating the Jewish population there. Of course Israelis and their friends won't agree to that, and even if there was a ceasefire the same thig would happen again. I see no way Gazans can improve their lives with Hamas in power, with their ideology they are incapable of making peace. So is the Netanyahu coalition, Israel also has to give up their dream of indefinitely ruling over Palestinians.
Only by recognizing legitimate interests of BOTH sides can progress be actually made.
I was emotional and at times mumbled and stumbled. Indeed, my story is very personal. It is here, the top two posts on this web page: https://peternightingale.substack.com
The New Yorker—https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-extreme-ambitions-of-west-bank-settlers—has an example of what the Jabotinsky-Begin-Netanyahu line has led to. It might be an extreme example, but it is important and has been understood since 1948, as the New York Times letter to which I refer makes clear. This is what the US government supports with its corporate welfare for the US merchants of its war industry.
The US poverty death count since Gaza, November 7, 2023, today stands at 30,400. That's 800 a day.
All of the above is what spiritual death of the nation looks like!