https://aljazeera.com/opinions/it-is-hypocritical-to-protest-isr…
Since the October 7 pogrom by Hamas – the worst atrocity committed against Jews since the Holocaust – the world has witnessed not an outpouring of grief for the 1,200 Israelis killed, but an alarming increase in Jew-hatred.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have taken place on university campuses across the US, with expressions of support for Hamas seen and heard at some of these. Mob-like behaviour as well as threats against Jews have been tolerated and, in some instances, even encouraged by faculty and administrations.
I have no issue with those who call for peace – even if I believe peace between Israelis and Palestinians is further away than ever before – nor with those who lament the loss of innocent Palestinian lives, which is undoubtedly tragic. Civilians invariably pay a disproportionate price in all armed conflicts, and there were many Israeli civilians, including babies and the elderly, among those killed and kidnapped by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed Palestinian groups during their barbaric attack on October 7.
Palestinian civilians have suffered since October 7 – more than 15,000 people have been killed, including more than 6,000 children. But the protests that have erupted since that day are not just about calling for peace or expressing sympathy for the loss of Palestinian lives. These protests display a fury not seen in connection with any other conflict in the recent past, even when the scale of the death and destruction in those conflicts, and the length of time they have lasted, has been far greater than that of the current war in Gaza.
@JoyfulBurritosIndependent6mos6MO
Syria, Yemen, Darfur etc? They are still ongoing.
Did you not here about what happened in Rwanda?
Gaza doesn't even make the top 20 in the last 50 years.
Those places are not shown on anyone’s sm feeds. If they were, there would be the same outrage esp if we were funding it. A lot of us humans are still human.
@LeopardJuliaProgressive6mos6MO
They (and you) have seen them repeatedly mentioned over the past 6 weeks yet still nobody cares.
If you only care about things fed to you on social media then you are not informed and are being controlled.
@CautiousSausageRepublican6mos6MO
You’re definitely old enough to remember the protests of the Iraq war. Millions around the world. The fury when Syria used gas & Obama failed to uphold his red line. The main reason tho is $$$ western backing plus 75 years of this. Also Israel killing 180 kids a day vs Assad’s 1.
@ExcludedReform6mos6MO
‘Israel is held to a very different standard’ …..yep Israel gets complete impunity for its war crimes, never gets slapped w sanctions like Syria and Russia, unfettered access to US weaponry without conditions. No other country gets that .
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