Personally? What I would do, in that circumstance, is hate Israel, because it would be hard to have the calm and privileged perspective I have, here in New Jersey, far from the actual problem, the hurt, the repression and the killing.
ButI... if I were in Gaza and had the luxury of perspective on the situation--as opposed to just the pain and anger--I would speak to neighboring Arab countries about creating a truce with Israel. Because Israel isn't realistically going to be able to let go of that land until it can feel assured that people aren't going to roll through it with tanks. And right now, if Israel let go of that land, they certainly have more than every reason to believe that the immediate response would be for enemy states to roll through with tanks.
What's happening in Gaza is more than horrible; but when we act as though it's happening through something as simple as an Israeli desire to hurt Palestinians, we harm anyone's ability to assist the situation.
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Date: 2009-12-31 03:20 pm (UTC)ButI... if I were in Gaza and had the luxury of perspective on the situation--as opposed to just the pain and anger--I would speak to neighboring Arab countries about creating a truce with Israel. Because Israel isn't realistically going to be able to let go of that land until it can feel assured that people aren't going to roll through it with tanks. And right now, if Israel let go of that land, they certainly have more than every reason to believe that the immediate response would be for enemy states to roll through with tanks.
What's happening in Gaza is more than horrible; but when we act as though it's happening through something as simple as an Israeli desire to hurt Palestinians, we harm anyone's ability to assist the situation.