52 Dead in Israel/Palestine Clashes
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:32 pm
So there are protests in Israel, several thousand Palestinians injured, 52 confirmed dead. Everyone is blaming Israel, and they do have a history of using excessive force... but then it’s like we’re missing the fact that the massive black plumes of smoke are from protestors lighting tires and incendiaries and throwing them at the border (one of the FEW uncontested parts of Israel... this isn’t even West Bank, this is Gaza) and openly trying to get across the border, throwing rocks and bottles and...
I don’t like Israel using lethal force, but Jesus so far on twitter almost every comment behind this is talking about it like Israel just kinda shot some innocent Palestinians who were walking around minding their own business.
Meanwhile there are reports that Hamas organized this, and the hashtag #GreatReturnMarch is going up... but um... this isn’t the disputed part of the land. That is miles and miles north and to the east.
And yeah, Gaza has been under pretty strict Israel border control, but that’s massively to do with the fact that rockets get fired into Israel on a daily basis. the actual “Return March” SHOULD be going on quite a ways northeast, but saying Israel has no claim to this part of the land, even the UN supported the Israeli’s giving up Gaza and the lines drawn there in the south.
Meanwhile people have decided to blame Trump, because IF ONLY he hadn't move the embassy to Jerusalem.
- Trump moves embassy to Jerusalem
- Anger by Palestinians
- They go to the border fence, violently protesting
- Israel shoots and kills violent protestors
can anyone else see why
A. Blaming Trump is pretty unfair, B. I struggle to support a "side" in this issue, and C. How shitty and non-objective western coverage of this is?
I don’t like Israel using lethal force, but Jesus so far on twitter almost every comment behind this is talking about it like Israel just kinda shot some innocent Palestinians who were walking around minding their own business.
Meanwhile there are reports that Hamas organized this, and the hashtag #GreatReturnMarch is going up... but um... this isn’t the disputed part of the land. That is miles and miles north and to the east.
And yeah, Gaza has been under pretty strict Israel border control, but that’s massively to do with the fact that rockets get fired into Israel on a daily basis. the actual “Return March” SHOULD be going on quite a ways northeast, but saying Israel has no claim to this part of the land, even the UN supported the Israeli’s giving up Gaza and the lines drawn there in the south.
Meanwhile people have decided to blame Trump, because IF ONLY he hadn't move the embassy to Jerusalem.
- Trump moves embassy to Jerusalem
- Anger by Palestinians
- They go to the border fence, violently protesting
- Israel shoots and kills violent protestors
can anyone else see why
A. Blaming Trump is pretty unfair, B. I struggle to support a "side" in this issue, and C. How shitty and non-objective western coverage of this is?