It’s been just over a month since the fragile agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance groups came into effect and Palestinians who faced mass forcible displacement were able to return to their homes, neighborhoods, and land.
I certainly would hope that our species would learn to move past the ever destructive path of retribution. The survival of us all, depends on this. If it were easy, we would already be there.
Ms Miller, I have struggled with the same questions. I was born and reared Jewish, and I gave it up because it didn't mean anything to me. There's no such thing as "god," so I don't qualify to identify with any religion, and religions have done far more harm than good. As for your questions, I have never felt disposed toward or against any religion or anyone about much of anything, as long as they don't harm anyone else. And I think the world community was right to provide a safe home for the Jews after WWII. But I have to admit that it's become very difficult not to feel antiSemitic and antiZionist when the Israelis behave the way they do. They're absolutely right to remember the resistance they got from the start, and they don't realize that the various Arabs were reacting to having been pushed around and deprived by the West, and were not particularly antiSemitic or antiZionist, per se. Israeli Jews have relentlessly built illegal settlements in the West Bank, settlers have attacked entirely innocent Palestinians, and no Israeli government has intervened.
Israelis like to tell themselves the current glaring problem started on Oct 7, '23. They ignore everything that happened before that date.
I have a friend who is Israeli, and he lives in my area (Miami area) now. Not only does he believe this is all Hamas' fault, and he ignores any reason Hamas might have had to attack in Oct, '23, but he also gets most of his information from his old IDF contacts, whom he believes. (Who in this world could possibly be more partisan and less believable than the Israeli government and its military apparatus? He has no trouble dismissing Hamas and Palestinians as liars.) At the moment, he complains that Hamas disproportionately wants the release of many Palestinians and Hamas members in exchange for just a few Israelis held hostage. He wonders how that can be a fair equalization. I tell him it was Israel that decided that was fair, when it responded to the deaths of 1200 Israelis by killing 50K Palestinians (so far), the majority non-combatant men, women, children, and babies. He complains that Hamas is still holding Israelis hostage. I point out that at the end of Nov, '23, Israel agreed to a one week ceasefire, and got back half of the hostages. If Israel really cared about the hostages, they would have extended the ceasefire to get back the rest. But my friend can't see any of this. Israel is right, Hamas is wrong, Hamas is "evil monsters," and all Palestinians should die. We can no longer talk about this, because he can't think about what he's saying.
Anti-Zionist, not antisemitic (the Zionists try to portray opposition to their genocide, ethnic cleansing and wanton brutality as antisemitism - as well as being racist psychopaths they are pathological liars).
Oh no, a Gaza Holocaust! What’s next? The Great Mongol Invasion of Gaza? The Gaza Armenian Genocide? Maybe even the Great Flood of Gaza—courtesy of Moses himself!
Seriously, you absolute muppet, are you even trying anymore, or do you just pick random historical atrocities and slap "Gaza" in front of them? If you’re going to make over-the-top comparisons, at least be creative—why not go for Gaza Chernobyl while you’re at it? Maybe Gaza Pompeii?
Look, if you want to make a point, use actual words that make sense instead of just turning every historical tragedy into a buzzword. Right now, you just sound like a discount history textbook written by Twitter activists.
If you’re really set on using the term "Holocaust," at least wait until Palestinians start flying away as particles from chimneys in a literal factory for death. Until then, stop cheapening history just to make a point.
Oh really? Your grand rebuttal is just "no you"? Are we back in kindergarten?
There is nothing in common between the actual Holocaust and what is happening in Gaza. Just look at the scale, ffs. The Holocaust was an industrialized, systematic extermination of an entire ethnic group, while Gaza is an ongoing war with a completely different context, cause, and scale.
If we must draw comparisons to large-scale genocides just to turn them into buzzwords, the closest in my mind would be the Armenian Genocide and the death marches—but even that is not remotely the same. Or perhaps the Ukrainian Holodomor, but again, the scale is so far off that it’s not even comparable.
Throwing around words like ‘Holocaust’ just cheapens actual history. If you want to have a real conversation, at least use terms that make sense instead of reducing everything to Twitter-tier hyperbole.
Yeeaah man, Holocaust with a capital H always refers to the mass killing of Jews during WWII. With a lowercase h, sure, it can mean "widespread destruction by fire"—but that’s not the context here, and you damn well know it.
Omg, how much of a pretentious intellectual are you? You really just hit me with the "Well, actually, according to Webster’s Dictionary..." argument? Big words, empty brain.
You know what the funniest part is? I’m not even right-wing. I’m actually quite socialist on most things. What I don’t give a fuck about is this social justice and victimhood mentality that turns every conflict into a competition for who suffers the most.
And here’s another fun fact: I don’t even give a fuck about Israel or the Palestinians. What I do enjoy is mocking pseudo-intellectuals who think googling a dictionary definition is some kind of power move.
Inspired by the steadfastness of Gaza residents! I wish there was SOME measure of confidence that the killing and destruction will end. Israeli soldiers continue to kill with impunity. No reports in the Western press. Aid trucks continue to be held up. Again, no reports in the mainstream press. And Trump sending 7.4 billion in military exports, including the 2000 lb. bombs that level whole apartment buildings... "Peace through strength"-- Seriously?! -----BDS and protests-- particularly military contractors like Lockheed-Martin, recipient of the latest government contract.
cannot allow Israel to escape the legal consequences of their war crimes. The Hind Rajab Foundation has, among other things, filed a case with the ICC against 1,000 Israeli soldiers for war crimes in Gaza.
They have taken further steps in recent days, and vacations are becoming a lot more difficult for IDF soldiers, worldwide. The Hind Rajab Foundation can use our help. Please join me in making a contribution.
You might find meaningful to watch the recent interviews that Glenn Greenwald did on his Rumble platform, and Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada, did with the head of this organisation, Dyad Abou Jahjah. It was very informative.
Here's a petition calling for accountability for the arrest of Ali Abunimah in Switzerland:
And this petition calling on Pope Francis to go to Gaza. Yes, he is in hospital, now, but what better place to die for your faith, amidst those suffering, and offering comfort to the afflicted?
The most honest thing I've ever heard Senator Schumer say besides "Elon Musk has aroused American voters" is that the actions of Israel will make them an international leper and make Israel less safe. He said this before getting an earful from his donor$ because he proceeded to vote for every horrible bill and Anti-Semitic policy the US government could be lobbied to pump out. I know the hypocrisy and cruelty are the point but eventually, there are consequences. The US cannot fund genocide and stand w a "country" doing this anymore.
Thank you for this reporting.Thank you for publishing the words of people who actually live in Gaza. I am praying that there real be a real cease fire. I am praying that the IDF will be removed from Gaza and supplies will be allowed in. I am praying Israel will NOT start bombing again. But in reality I think they will use the bombs the US sent. I hope I am wrong I hope Palestine will be free
Joy, our species are't going in the direction you suggest,
In fact were going in the other direction. faster than we aught.
With luck were going to lose 3 dictators soon. One having already gone, to Russia, where it;s alleged he was robbed, by Putin, the other three Putin, Xi And Netanyahu. should go soon.
Thank you for your on-the-ground reporting. Long live Palestinian resistance!
To see the devastation of the Gaza Holocaust is sickening.
Am I being antisemitic if I wish the same devastation upon Israel.
If I wish Telaviv to be turned into rubbish pile, In the same way that Israel has turned Gaza into a pile of rotting bodies under tons of rubble.
Is that antisemitic. If I say the pox against the perpetrators of this Holocaust
Surely thats not hurting the terrorist state of Israel too much.
lauriemillerjade.com
I certainly would hope that our species would learn to move past the ever destructive path of retribution. The survival of us all, depends on this. If it were easy, we would already be there.
Ms Miller, I have struggled with the same questions. I was born and reared Jewish, and I gave it up because it didn't mean anything to me. There's no such thing as "god," so I don't qualify to identify with any religion, and religions have done far more harm than good. As for your questions, I have never felt disposed toward or against any religion or anyone about much of anything, as long as they don't harm anyone else. And I think the world community was right to provide a safe home for the Jews after WWII. But I have to admit that it's become very difficult not to feel antiSemitic and antiZionist when the Israelis behave the way they do. They're absolutely right to remember the resistance they got from the start, and they don't realize that the various Arabs were reacting to having been pushed around and deprived by the West, and were not particularly antiSemitic or antiZionist, per se. Israeli Jews have relentlessly built illegal settlements in the West Bank, settlers have attacked entirely innocent Palestinians, and no Israeli government has intervened.
Israelis like to tell themselves the current glaring problem started on Oct 7, '23. They ignore everything that happened before that date.
I have a friend who is Israeli, and he lives in my area (Miami area) now. Not only does he believe this is all Hamas' fault, and he ignores any reason Hamas might have had to attack in Oct, '23, but he also gets most of his information from his old IDF contacts, whom he believes. (Who in this world could possibly be more partisan and less believable than the Israeli government and its military apparatus? He has no trouble dismissing Hamas and Palestinians as liars.) At the moment, he complains that Hamas disproportionately wants the release of many Palestinians and Hamas members in exchange for just a few Israelis held hostage. He wonders how that can be a fair equalization. I tell him it was Israel that decided that was fair, when it responded to the deaths of 1200 Israelis by killing 50K Palestinians (so far), the majority non-combatant men, women, children, and babies. He complains that Hamas is still holding Israelis hostage. I point out that at the end of Nov, '23, Israel agreed to a one week ceasefire, and got back half of the hostages. If Israel really cared about the hostages, they would have extended the ceasefire to get back the rest. But my friend can't see any of this. Israel is right, Hamas is wrong, Hamas is "evil monsters," and all Palestinians should die. We can no longer talk about this, because he can't think about what he's saying.
Anti-Zionist, not antisemitic (the Zionists try to portray opposition to their genocide, ethnic cleansing and wanton brutality as antisemitism - as well as being racist psychopaths they are pathological liars).
Oh no, a Gaza Holocaust! What’s next? The Great Mongol Invasion of Gaza? The Gaza Armenian Genocide? Maybe even the Great Flood of Gaza—courtesy of Moses himself!
Seriously, you absolute muppet, are you even trying anymore, or do you just pick random historical atrocities and slap "Gaza" in front of them? If you’re going to make over-the-top comparisons, at least be creative—why not go for Gaza Chernobyl while you’re at it? Maybe Gaza Pompeii?
Look, if you want to make a point, use actual words that make sense instead of just turning every historical tragedy into a buzzword. Right now, you just sound like a discount history textbook written by Twitter activists.
Actually you sound like a dumb twitter user or bot.
If you’re really set on using the term "Holocaust," at least wait until Palestinians start flying away as particles from chimneys in a literal factory for death. Until then, stop cheapening history just to make a point.
Oh really? Your grand rebuttal is just "no you"? Are we back in kindergarten?
There is nothing in common between the actual Holocaust and what is happening in Gaza. Just look at the scale, ffs. The Holocaust was an industrialized, systematic extermination of an entire ethnic group, while Gaza is an ongoing war with a completely different context, cause, and scale.
If we must draw comparisons to large-scale genocides just to turn them into buzzwords, the closest in my mind would be the Armenian Genocide and the death marches—but even that is not remotely the same. Or perhaps the Ukrainian Holodomor, but again, the scale is so far off that it’s not even comparable.
Throwing around words like ‘Holocaust’ just cheapens actual history. If you want to have a real conversation, at least use terms that make sense instead of reducing everything to Twitter-tier hyperbole.
Websters dictionary defines holocaust as thorough destruction caused
by fire.
Yeeaah man, Holocaust with a capital H always refers to the mass killing of Jews during WWII. With a lowercase h, sure, it can mean "widespread destruction by fire"—but that’s not the context here, and you damn well know it.
Omg, how much of a pretentious intellectual are you? You really just hit me with the "Well, actually, according to Webster’s Dictionary..." argument? Big words, empty brain.
You know what the funniest part is? I’m not even right-wing. I’m actually quite socialist on most things. What I don’t give a fuck about is this social justice and victimhood mentality that turns every conflict into a competition for who suffers the most.
And here’s another fun fact: I don’t even give a fuck about Israel or the Palestinians. What I do enjoy is mocking pseudo-intellectuals who think googling a dictionary definition is some kind of power move.
There are no right wing intellectuals
just fuckwits like your good self
Now Now laurie..sticks and stones..
Inspired by the steadfastness of Gaza residents! I wish there was SOME measure of confidence that the killing and destruction will end. Israeli soldiers continue to kill with impunity. No reports in the Western press. Aid trucks continue to be held up. Again, no reports in the mainstream press. And Trump sending 7.4 billion in military exports, including the 2000 lb. bombs that level whole apartment buildings... "Peace through strength"-- Seriously?! -----BDS and protests-- particularly military contractors like Lockheed-Martin, recipient of the latest government contract.
cannot allow Israel to escape the legal consequences of their war crimes. The Hind Rajab Foundation has, among other things, filed a case with the ICC against 1,000 Israeli soldiers for war crimes in Gaza.
https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/perpetrators/hind-rajab-foundation-files-historic-icc-complaint-against-1000-israeli-soldiers-for-war-crimes-in-gaza
They have taken further steps in recent days, and vacations are becoming a lot more difficult for IDF soldiers, worldwide. The Hind Rajab Foundation can use our help. Please join me in making a contribution.
https://buy.stripe.com/cN228hbY5g7jaM84gg
You might find meaningful to watch the recent interviews that Glenn Greenwald did on his Rumble platform, and Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada, did with the head of this organisation, Dyad Abou Jahjah. It was very informative.
Here's a petition calling for accountability for the arrest of Ali Abunimah in Switzerland:
https://chng.it/8D4pkxPhWS
Please sign the petition and share widely.
And this petition calling on Pope Francis to go to Gaza. Yes, he is in hospital, now, but what better place to die for your faith, amidst those suffering, and offering comfort to the afflicted?
https://chng.it/gkvBfY44rq
The most honest thing I've ever heard Senator Schumer say besides "Elon Musk has aroused American voters" is that the actions of Israel will make them an international leper and make Israel less safe. He said this before getting an earful from his donor$ because he proceeded to vote for every horrible bill and Anti-Semitic policy the US government could be lobbied to pump out. I know the hypocrisy and cruelty are the point but eventually, there are consequences. The US cannot fund genocide and stand w a "country" doing this anymore.
Thank you for this reporting.Thank you for publishing the words of people who actually live in Gaza. I am praying that there real be a real cease fire. I am praying that the IDF will be removed from Gaza and supplies will be allowed in. I am praying Israel will NOT start bombing again. But in reality I think they will use the bombs the US sent. I hope I am wrong I hope Palestine will be free
You get a high five from me.
Did you support Trump, ? Martin.
A lot of cretins did.
Whats your special talent Martin?
is it just talking shit ? like just a mouth with no brain?
or do you have something we all want to see.
Come on Martin give it to us so we can all see your special talent.
lauriemillerjade.com
Yeah Martin you sound like a cretin all over the place like a mad woman's shit
Martin Krisco.
Did you vote for Trump?
With that kind of destruction to GAZA you have to wonder if Netanyahu really
wanted the hostages to come out alive. If they were killed he could blame it on
HAMAS and shore up opposition at home.
Joy, our species are't going in the direction you suggest,
In fact were going in the other direction. faster than we aught.
With luck were going to lose 3 dictators soon. One having already gone, to Russia, where it;s alleged he was robbed, by Putin, the other three Putin, Xi And Netanyahu. should go soon.
But Will much change?
lauriemillerjade.com