I would like to take
a few minutes
and write a
reply to Bob_Roony of Twitter.
after he's been
blaming me
with having anti-arab/
anti Islam
"hidden- agenda".
as I said, I am a Jew.
I am living in Israel.
I don't support terror.
Islamic Republic of Iran is
now also known as a
sponsor of terrorism.
Islamic Republic of Iran is
the one to be engaged with
Hamas, a Suni Group that uses
arms and guns against civil population..
.
The Supreme leader of Iran calls
for unity among muslims-
both Suni and Shiits.
They place themselves as
protecters of muslim rights in
Palestine-
that is legit part IR
diplomacy.
I do not deny that.
But the militant implications this
standing have against my people
I can't support. I can't say I approve such actions.
I can't and don't want to support groups that
ask for more war and bloodshed.
What I do support and ask for is
dialogue,
reconciliation,
change,
reform.
I do want to get to know the people that I
was educated to see as my enemies.
I am sitting behind the walls of apartheid and racism
- it's my own freedom to breake them.
for myself,
I want to hear what the "OTHER"
IS SAYING.
The other may be Salam Fayad,
Makhmud Abbas
,Palestainines
or other arab leaders and
people that are willing
to dialogue with me,
or with Israel - being
it the land I was born in,
the land I never left.
despite the fact that we are ,
in state of being enemies.
At times of un-comfort,
un-rest least I can do is to try to listen.
un-rest least I can do is to try to listen.
To look at the "other"- my so-called
enemy and LISTEN.
NOT to alter.
Not to de-humanize.
Not to de-humanize.
To marg-bar
my own prejudices
and biases.
my own prejudices
and biases.
That is my urge,
my instinct.
my instinct.
Not to cheerlead
to war.
to war.
To try to gain respect
and acknowledge what the "other" is saying.
and acknowledge what the "other" is saying.
To ask for
humanity,
humanity,
not to define all
Palestainine People
as "terrorists"
Palestainine People
as "terrorists"
or "demographic threat".
in Palestine there are
many voices.
Islam doesn't
have only "ONE" voice".
have only "ONE" voice".
Neither do the
Palestainines or the "Arabs".
Some of the voices
from the other side
from the other side
do spew hatred.
as some of voices of
the side I'm coming from.
The voices that spew hatred might be
louder than those who ask for peace.
This goes for Israel as well.
Those who bite get high positions,
as those who
ask for peace are being
hushed to silence.
It's not easy to listen.
To hear the allegation against my race,
against the state I'm living in.
It's not easy to understand that many of the
concepts I grew up believing in are wrong,
or immoral.
It's not easy to deny the
concept of me being part of
a the "chosen people"
or to understand
that those "chosen people"
can be thugs,
and even murderers.
That they can be aggressive,
and even murderers.
Like any other nation on Earth.
Yet I am listening and some of what I am hearing
simply breakes my heart apart.
This goes for Israel as well.
Those who bite get high positions,
as those who
ask for peace are being
hushed to silence.
It's not easy to listen.
To hear the allegation against my race,
against the state I'm living in.
It's not easy to understand that many of the
concepts I grew up believing in are wrong,
or immoral.
It's not easy to deny the
concept of me being part of
a the "chosen people"
or to understand
that those "chosen people"
can be thugs,
and even murderers.
That they can be aggressive,
and even murderers.
Like any other nation on Earth.
Yet I am listening and some of what I am hearing
simply breakes my heart apart.
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