HipNerd

I take pride in my Jewish heritage, and I even take pride in Israel when I can, but what’s going on in Gaza right now breaks my heart, and makes me as angry as I can be. I heard (I think it was the Israeli ambassador to the UN) being interviewed, and when the reporter asked him to respond to the disparity in the number of Israelis killed in rocket attacks vs. the number of Palestinians killed already in this current action, he replied, “Look, this isn’t a numbers game…” I say, bullshit. There’s numbers games, and then there’s massacres. This is a massacre.

Both sides need peace now. Both sides need to drop any claims to any land based on The Bible, or any religious claim. Both sides need to accept that the level of ill will that exists between Israelis and Palestinians means that there will always be some level of violence, even during peace negotiations and “cease fires”. That such violence can no longer be an excuse to call off peace negotiations. What the US can do is start being more critical of Israel, and become more of an honest broker that stands behind human rights for all.