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Elaine the Mean Old Feminist's avatar

I'll say what I said on Facebook yesterday.

I don't support Israel.

I don't support Palestine.

I support people figuring out ways to live together that don't involve one person's religion or ethnic origin or political party trumping the other person's property rights, bodily autonomy, or overall freedom.

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Derelict's avatar

"But Olwë answered: ’ We renounce no friendship. But it may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.'"

So wrote Tolkien, and so say I. Through the decades I have watched in horror-stricken awe as Israel has made life for the Palestinians ever worse, ever more unbearable. And then there is surprise when the Palestinians lash out.

While I cannot and definitely do not condone what Hamas has done, Israel would do well to heed the words of JFK: "Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable."

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