Jackie
The people of Gaza have no legal protections whatsoever. They have no peaceful route to solve their problems.
When they protest, Israeli snipers shoot them in the head. There are no elections in Gaza. The territory is under a constant siege. A good chunk of things in Gaza are controlled by Israel, such as the population registry and resources going into the territory.
So can you entirely blame them when they turn to violence?
Jackie
When the Palestinians peacefully rebelled against the occupation in the 1980s, Yitzhak Rabin told the Israeli army to break their bones.
When a Christian majority Palestinian village refused to pay taxes without representation, the residents had their property stolen from them and they were taken hostage as "administrative detainees".
When the Gazans marched peacefully in 2018 and 2019 for the right of return, they were brutally crushed by the Israeli occupying army.
Jackie
All of the people who blindly condemn all violence on the part of the Palestinian militants and guerillas are suspiciously silent on the violence inflicted upon them by the Western governments.
Jackie
When a white man fighting the occupation of their land by the Russians or the Germans shouts to the world "give me liberty or give me death!", the white world applauds him.
When a nonwhite man fighting the occupation of his country by American and European interests shouts to the world "give me liberty or give me death", the white world gives the occupier the bullets and guns required to shoot him.
Jackie
When peaceful change is made impossible, violent revolution is made inevitable.
Liberals said this all the time surrounding Luigi Mangione, but they forget it for Palestine.
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