UPDATE: I previously wrote that I expect backlash, and the reason is people make hasty reactions as opposed to discussing what misconceptions there are. If my position seems radial to a person who is Jewish, then it behooves them to explain their views as that is the only way a mutual understanding and compromise can be achieved.
Article:
More than 600 Palestinians passed Saturday through the Rafah border, which had been subject to frequent closures by Egypt after Hamas, an Islamic militant group, took control of Gaza in June 2007.
The closure of the border had been part of an embargo policy by Egypt and Israel aimed at cutting off Hamas, though it simultaneously created an economic hardship in Gaza by limiting shipments of goods in and out of the country.
Egypt opted to reopen the border to offer relief to the people of Gaza, said Ambassador Menha Bakhoum of the country's foreign ministry.
I am glad that there will be peace loving Palestinians who will now have a way out of Palestine. I am over 40 and my view of the Palestinian plight have certainly changed over the years.
As a child I grew up under the assumption of poor Israel persecuted since Biblical times, then the whole Holocaust tragedy.
I mean surely these were the chosen people if they survived such persecution right?
As a teenager I began to ask: if Israelis were the “chosen people” then what were they chosen for? As a “recovering Catholic” I am not religious.
From my 20’s to Today, I have seen the mutual destruction that both Israel and Palestine have inflicted on one another. Israel usually bombed Palestinians when they were caught throwing rocks at Israeli Tanks. I also see the humanitarian actions of Israel towards the children affected by war whether or not the child is Palestinian. I see Israel’s Progressive Human Rights Policies.
Then came the suicide bombers and then Hamas, and now we have a game changer.
Many people feel that they cannot even speak of Israel without being labeled "Anti-Semitic" Are They Freaking Serious?
As much as I love progressive Jewish women?
As much as I adore Jewish lesbians who are progressive and empathetic, as much a I lust for Moran Atias?
Moran Atias
Please spare me, still I will not be muted from expressing my belief that I do not condone Israeli occupation of Palestine. If Jews roamed the desert for 40 years as Biblically claimed, then they have no right to return to a land they voluntarily left only to forcefully displace the people they found living there], and when President's Obama’s recent calls for Israeli/Palestinian peace are laughed at and called: “A Fantasy,” Well that is the epitome of arrogance.
I’m NOT Mel Gibson, so I do not believe that Jews started every war on earth. Nonetheless don’t expect this blog to be bought by any media conglomerate.