Our own action made it hard to be a Palestinian living anywhere. To
say that I'm a Palestinian is to be equated with either a violent,
terrorism supporter or anti-Jews and a hater of the west or of course,
both. It is never (rightfully so) seen as a nation that works hard to
advance the world or its own society. Most Palestinians on the ground,
especially those of us from Gaza resent that and are now asking the world
to not be the butt of their sympathy. Palestinians living abroad could
have worked hard to create a positive impact on the world, instead, they
are creating more hate, advocating and supporting violence and crushing
the name of Islam by promoting the ideology of suicide bombing as a result
of occupation and causing the world to feel sympathy towards it.
While Arab countries have a lot of money and use it to purchase
Israeli inventions (including weapons, via the US) they do not use it to
advance their own countries and have the lowest level of education and
literacy. Of course, the other use is to spread propaganda against the
west, create terrorists and utilize the blood of Palestinians to make
their point legitimate. By advocating the boycott against Israel, you are
legitimizing terrorism and telling the bullying mentality that they won
and that they can use more violence (such as 9/11 and 7/7) to force you to
yield to their demands.
Instead of wallowing in the guilt that many organizations know how to
use, take a realistic look. The West is not the cause of our misery, we
are. The West did not make us kill each other, and the West did not force
the Arab states to deprive Palestinians of any basic rights. The West was
not behind the Palestinians behavior in many countries that they lived in
such as Jordan and Lebanon and the "occupation" is not always to blame for
our behavior then or now. The real guilt should be felt by those who clap
for us and who help to make bigger criminals out of us by supporting anti
Israel actions. To us, it means that Israel is the only bad party, and it
also means that we scared you into submission to our demands. We should
not be encouraged by your sympathy, in fact, what we need is a little
tough love.
Our people are dying every day at the hand of other Palestinians who
you are encouraging by separating the situation into two groups; "evil
Israel and the good Palestinians". Does the notion of two wrong and two
bad sides crosses anyone's mind? Does the idea that by advocating our
fight and encouraging us to go on as we did will only yield more violence,
which will keep us under occupation because no one will trust us to have
self ruling? Do you even realize that this exact action is what encouraged
us to kill each other? In the name of my two brothers who were killed by
other Palestinians and my wife who was raped and butchered by them and for
the sake of my children whose home was destroyed, again, by other
Palestinians who are legitimized by your "sympathy and help" please,
please stop it and please do not let us do this anymore. My family is
guilty because they said that Islam does not promote suicide or killing
innocent people.
Please, if you really want to help do not let us get away without
conditions. Before helping, place civilized demands and see who will
accept it. Before helping stop treating us as if we were mindless, before
helping listen to the people who live there, read what the people in Gaza
are saying. Do not encourage those who are loud to proceed and do not let
those who live away from the situation talk you into doing something that
will prolong the misery. We need help; tell Israel AND the Palestinians
what your demands are. I'm sure you mean well, but we have only known
violence and bullying and any measure against Israel only translates into
approval of what we have become.
Rapid Response:
Two wrongs do not make a right
Our own action made it hard to be a Palestinian living anywhere. To
say that I'm a Palestinian is to be equated with either a violent,
terrorism supporter or anti-Jews and a hater of the west or of course,
both. It is never (rightfully so) seen as a nation that works hard to
advance the world or its own society. Most Palestinians on the ground,
especially those of us from Gaza resent that and are now asking the world
to not be the butt of their sympathy. Palestinians living abroad could
have worked hard to create a positive impact on the world, instead, they
are creating more hate, advocating and supporting violence and crushing
the name of Islam by promoting the ideology of suicide bombing as a result
of occupation and causing the world to feel sympathy towards it.
While Arab countries have a lot of money and use it to purchase
Israeli inventions (including weapons, via the US) they do not use it to
advance their own countries and have the lowest level of education and
literacy. Of course, the other use is to spread propaganda against the
west, create terrorists and utilize the blood of Palestinians to make
their point legitimate. By advocating the boycott against Israel, you are
legitimizing terrorism and telling the bullying mentality that they won
and that they can use more violence (such as 9/11 and 7/7) to force you to
yield to their demands.
Instead of wallowing in the guilt that many organizations know how to
use, take a realistic look. The West is not the cause of our misery, we
are. The West did not make us kill each other, and the West did not force
the Arab states to deprive Palestinians of any basic rights. The West was
not behind the Palestinians behavior in many countries that they lived in
such as Jordan and Lebanon and the "occupation" is not always to blame for
our behavior then or now. The real guilt should be felt by those who clap
for us and who help to make bigger criminals out of us by supporting anti
Israel actions. To us, it means that Israel is the only bad party, and it
also means that we scared you into submission to our demands. We should
not be encouraged by your sympathy, in fact, what we need is a little
tough love.
Our people are dying every day at the hand of other Palestinians who
you are encouraging by separating the situation into two groups; "evil
Israel and the good Palestinians". Does the notion of two wrong and two
bad sides crosses anyone's mind? Does the idea that by advocating our
fight and encouraging us to go on as we did will only yield more violence,
which will keep us under occupation because no one will trust us to have
self ruling? Do you even realize that this exact action is what encouraged
us to kill each other? In the name of my two brothers who were killed by
other Palestinians and my wife who was raped and butchered by them and for
the sake of my children whose home was destroyed, again, by other
Palestinians who are legitimized by your "sympathy and help" please,
please stop it and please do not let us do this anymore. My family is
guilty because they said that Islam does not promote suicide or killing
innocent people.
Please, if you really want to help do not let us get away without
conditions. Before helping, place civilized demands and see who will
accept it. Before helping stop treating us as if we were mindless, before
helping listen to the people who live there, read what the people in Gaza
are saying. Do not encourage those who are loud to proceed and do not let
those who live away from the situation talk you into doing something that
will prolong the misery. We need help; tell Israel AND the Palestinians
what your demands are. I'm sure you mean well, but we have only known
violence and bullying and any measure against Israel only translates into
approval of what we have become.
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