Enough of blood and tears. Enough


I can't comprehend what's happening in the Middle East at the moment. Those who opppsed a ceasefire, what lack of humanity? Palestine is being cut off from the world so that a mass slaughter can take place

 In the first half of the 20th century we had a pandemic, a major economic crash and a genocide. We've already had a pandemic and an economic crash, now it seems that genocide is taking place.

I always remember former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1993 "enough of blood and tears" enough. He was murdered by an Israeli settler in 1995, a Netenyahu supporter. In the last few years these settlers have been running amok in the West Bank, murdering Palestinians and taking their land.

So what about Hamas, a lot people would be surprised to know that Natenyahu's political party funnels a lot of money to Hamas, via Qatar. Why? Because Netenyahu and his party don't want peace. I remember in the 1990s he was seen as a paraih, a right-wing zealot. It was very sad to see world leaders from the UK, USA and  EU embrasing him now.

So what now? Will there be a time when Israel face  international condemnation? What more do they have to do? 

The difference between what's happening now and say the former Yugoslavia or Rwanda in the 90s is that we have 24-hour news. Social media. You could get PTSD from just looking at social media these days.

The racism of western media and governments has been very shameful through all of this. Israelis are killed whereas Palstinians die. statements believed whereas Palestinian statements need further proof.  Surely a human life shoud be valued the same, whether Israeli or Palestinian.

In twenty or so years we will look back in horror at what is happening now, so I say "enough of blood and tears, enough."

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