The roots of the rising violence in Gaza and Israel

[Billo_Really]

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what is the root cause of all the hostility and violence between Palestinian's and Israeli's, all you have to be is human. Which unfortunately, leaves out many Zionists, except for this one...

Rebecca Vilkomerson...who sees the reality in this conflict with clear vision.

The last several days have been devastating. The weeks leading up to it have been horrifying. Since the beginning of the Israel’s Operation Protective Edge on July 8, 2014:

- upwards of 80 Palestinians have been killed and approximately 500 wounded by Israeli missiles

- 2 Israelis have been wounded from rockets fired from Gaza.

- We have watched with sadness and anger as the deaths of children have mounted, racist mobs have rampaged, the fears of people throughout both Israel and Palestine have reached unbearable levels, and the collective punishment of the Palestinian people has intensified.

- scores of Palestinians--with no place to hide--have been killed, while the entire population of Gaza experiences the terror of widespread bombing.

- Israelis have had to endure the fear of never knowing when or where the next rocket will fall.

- What is worse, reports from Israel and...in the US are now confirming that this entire escalation was artificially created by Israeli political leaders and built on a foundation of lies.​

To end violence - and truly mourn its victims - we must acknowledge, and challenge the root causes beneath it.

The occupation, with US military and financial support, is the root cause.

The daily structural violence of the occupation systematically denies the very humanity of Arabs, while valuing Jewish lives at the expense of others.

The media is portraying the current violence as the most recent flare-up of a long running conflict between two-sides using equal force against the other. We know the truth to be different. The relative ‘calm’ in Israeli and international media for the last 7 years or so has not been calm for Palestinian communities. The ongoing occupation inflicts both direct and structural violence, making daily life and the struggle for existence into an act of resistance.

The recent and very public violence against Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem and elsewhere did not happen in a vacuum. Anti-Palestinian bigotry is not only acceptable but a powerful political tool in Israel. Long before this latest escalation, everyday life for Palestinians meant increasing numbers of settlements taking over their lands and homes, and a web of violence and control which reached into every area of life, simply because they are not Jewish.

Those few Israelis who are bravely speaking out against their governments’ inhumane policies need to know that they have our support. Those Palestinians who are under daily assault need to know that we see them.

As Americans, and especially as Jews, we can not wait one more moment to speak up. In such a terrible moment, we must join what we feel with what we know.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who see injustice and remain silent.

I forget who said that.....in should have been me!

 

[member]

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what is the root cause of all the hostility and violence between Palestinian's and Israeli's, all you have to be is human. Which unfortunately, leaves out many Zionists, except for this one...

Rebecca Vilkomerson...who sees the reality in this conflict with clear vision.

The last several days have been devastating. The weeks leading up to it have been horrifying. Since the beginning of the Israel’s Operation Protective Edge on July 8, 2014:

- upwards of 80 Palestinians have been killed and approximately 500 wounded by Israeli missiles

- 2 Israelis have been wounded from rockets fired from Gaza.

- We have watched with sadness and anger as the deaths of children have mounted, racist mobs have rampaged, the fears of people throughout both Israel and Palestine have reached unbearable levels, and the collective punishment of the Palestinian people has intensified.

- scores of Palestinians--with no place to hide--have been killed, while the entire population of Gaza experiences the terror of widespread bombing.

- Israelis have had to endure the fear of never knowing when or where the next rocket will fall.

- What is worse, reports from Israel and...in the US are now confirming that this entire escalation was artificially created by Israeli political leaders and built on a foundation of lies.​

To end violence - and truly mourn its victims - we must acknowledge, and challenge the root causes beneath it.

The occupation, with US military and financial support, is the root cause.

The daily structural violence of the occupation systematically denies the very humanity of Arabs, while valuing Jewish lives at the expense of others.

The media is portraying the current violence as the most recent flare-up of a long running conflict between two-sides using equal force against the other. We know the truth to be different. The relative ‘calm’ in Israeli and international media for the last 7 years or so has not been calm for Palestinian communities. The ongoing occupation inflicts both direct and structural violence, making daily life and the struggle for existence into an act of resistance.

The recent and very public violence against Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem and elsewhere did not happen in a vacuum. Anti-Palestinian bigotry is not only acceptable but a powerful political tool in Israel. Long before this latest escalation, everyday life for Palestinians meant increasing numbers of settlements taking over their lands and homes, and a web of violence and control which reached into every area of life, simply because they are not Jewish.

Those few Israelis who are bravely speaking out against their governments’ inhumane policies need to know that they have our support. Those Palestinians who are under daily assault need to know that we see them.

As Americans, and especially as Jews, we can not wait one more moment to speak up. In such a terrible moment, we must join what we feel with what we know.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who see injustice and remain silent.

I forget who said that.....in should have been me!

"ROOTS OF THE RISING VIOLENCE//what is the root cause"

-- make no mistake about it....

 

[eagle1462010]

The fire rockets into Israel every day basically.

They abducted 3 teens and murdered them.

They are getting it back 10 fold.................

Stop firing shit at Israel and maybe the IDF wouldn't be firing at them...


You show the disparity in the deaths. You don't show that Hamas couldn't hit the side of a barn with a rocket from the inside.

 

[Billo_Really]

"ROOTS OF THE RISING VIOLENCE//what is the root cause"

-- make no mistake about it....

A little black book, how convenient.

 

[Billo_Really]

The fire rockets into Israel every day basically.

They abducted 3 teens and murdered them.

They are getting it back 10 fold.................

Stop firing shit at Israel and maybe the IDF wouldn't be firing at them...

The occupation started 37 years before the first rocket was ever fired.

You show the disparity in the deaths. You don't show that Hamas couldn't hit the side of a barn with a rocket from the inside.

Then why are you making such a big deal about them?

They've only killed 17 people in the last 11 years.

That's not a threat, that's a nuisance.

 

[eagle1462010]

The fire rockets into Israel every day basically.

They abducted 3 teens and murdered them.

They are getting it back 10 fold.................

Stop firing shit at Israel and maybe the IDF wouldn't be firing at them...

The occupation started 37 years before the first rocket was ever fired.

You show the disparity in the deaths. You don't show that Hamas couldn't hit the side of a barn with a rocket from the inside.

Then why are you making such a big deal about them?

They've only killed 17 people in the last 11 years.

That's not a threat, that's a nuisance.

And if Mexico fired that many into the U.S.................................

You'd say............................

 

[Billo_Really]

And if Mexico fired that many into the U.S.................................

You'd say............................

..............let's go down there and kick some major Mexican ass!

 

[member]

"ROOTS OF THE RISING VIOLENCE//what is the root cause"

-- make no mistake about it....

A little black book, how convenient.

= "how convenient."




right. keep pretending that you don't 'get it.' ("it's that simple").

 

[Billo_Really]

right. keep pretending that you don't 'get it.' ("it's that simple").

Oh, I get it.

I get a way some people worship, does not create the level of hate, a missile strike from an Israeli drone does.

 

[eagle1462010]

right. keep pretending that you don't 'get it.' ("it's that simple").

Oh, I get it.

I get a way some people worship, does not create the level of hate, a missile strike from an Israeli drone does.

As does a rocket...........

 

[docmauser1]

The occupation started 37 years before the first rocket was ever fired.

Ah, instead of getting a life and a job palistanians found themselves an occupation!

 

[toastman]

The fire rockets into Israel every day basically.

They abducted 3 teens and murdered them.

They are getting it back 10 fold.................

Stop firing shit at Israel and maybe the IDF wouldn't be firing at them...

The occupation started 37 years before the first rocket was ever fired.

You show the disparity in the deaths. You don't show that Hamas couldn't hit the side of a barn with a rocket from the inside.

Then why are you making such a big deal about them?

They've only killed 17 people in the last 11 years.

That's not a threat, that's a nuisance.

Your last comment is so unbelievably ridiculous Billo.
Do you know WHY only a small number of Israelis have died in that time period??
Bomb shelters, heavy security, Shin Bet uncovering terrorist plots before they occur, Iron Dome , checkpoints, walls, fences etc....
Hamas a nuissance?? No. They are a threat and if Israel lets its guard down, more Israelis will die.

 

[toastman]

Why is it that every time there is an escalation in violence, leftist like Billo try to find complicated reasons as to why it started??
It's so fuckin simple, my dog could figure it out

DON'T LAUNCH ROCKETS!!!

No rockets = no dead Gazans
No rockets = no dead Gazans
No rockets = no dead Gazans

 

[Hollie]

"ROOTS OF THE RISING VIOLENCE//what is the root cause"

-- make no mistake about it....

A little black book, how convenient.

That little black book represents an ideology of hate and intolerance that has poisoned minds and bodies for the last 1,400 years.

 

[Billo_Really]

Why is it that every time there is an escalation in violence, leftist like Billo try to find complicated reasons as to why it started??
It's so fuckin simple, my dog could figure it out

DON'T LAUNCH ROCKETS!!!

No rockets = no dead Gazans
No rockets = no dead Gazans
No rockets = no dead Gazans

Okay, since you're mentally incapable of complex thought, I'll simplify it for you...


...Israel deliberately manufactured this latest round of violence.

 

[Billo_Really]

That little black book represents an ideology of hate and intolerance that has poisoned minds and bodies for the last 1,400 years.

It pales in comparison to life under occupation of a foreign force.

 

[Billo_Really]

Your last comment is so unbelievably ridiculous Billo.
Do you know WHY only a small number of Israelis have died in that time period??
Bomb shelters, heavy security, Shin Bet uncovering terrorist plots before they occur, Iron Dome , checkpoints, walls, fences etc....
Hamas a nuissance?? No. They are a threat and if Israel lets its guard down, more Israelis will die.

That's just a bullshit excuse to continue Israeli tyranny.

 

[Roudy]

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what is the root cause of all the hostility and violence between Palestinian's and Israeli's, all you have to be is human. Which unfortunately, leaves out many Zionists, except for this one...

Rebecca Vilkomerson...who sees the reality in this conflict with clear vision.

The last several days have been devastating. The weeks leading up to it have been horrifying. Since the beginning of the Israel’s Operation Protective Edge on July 8, 2014:

- upwards of 80 Palestinians have been killed and approximately 500 wounded by Israeli missiles

- 2 Israelis have been wounded from rockets fired from Gaza.

- We have watched with sadness and anger as the deaths of children have mounted, racist mobs have rampaged, the fears of people throughout both Israel and Palestine have reached unbearable levels, and the collective punishment of the Palestinian people has intensified.

- scores of Palestinians--with no place to hide--have been killed, while the entire population of Gaza experiences the terror of widespread bombing.

- Israelis have had to endure the fear of never knowing when or where the next rocket will fall.

- What is worse, reports from Israel and...in the US are now confirming that this entire escalation was artificially created by Israeli political leaders and built on a foundation of lies.​

To end violence - and truly mourn its victims - we must acknowledge, and challenge the root causes beneath it.

The occupation, with US military and financial support, is the root cause.

The daily structural violence of the occupation systematically denies the very humanity of Arabs, while valuing Jewish lives at the expense of others.

The media is portraying the current violence as the most recent flare-up of a long running conflict between two-sides using equal force against the other. We know the truth to be different. The relative ‘calm’ in Israeli and international media for the last 7 years or so has not been calm for Palestinian communities. The ongoing occupation inflicts both direct and structural violence, making daily life and the struggle for existence into an act of resistance.

The recent and very public violence against Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem and elsewhere did not happen in a vacuum. Anti-Palestinian bigotry is not only acceptable but a powerful political tool in Israel. Long before this latest escalation, everyday life for Palestinians meant increasing numbers of settlements taking over their lands and homes, and a web of violence and control which reached into every area of life, simply because they are not Jewish.

Those few Israelis who are bravely speaking out against their governments’ inhumane policies need to know that they have our support. Those Palestinians who are under daily assault need to know that we see them.

As Americans, and especially as Jews, we can not wait one more moment to speak up. In such a terrible moment, we must join what we feel with what we know.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who see injustice and remain silent.

I forget who said that.....in should have been me!

So said the Palestinian terrorist apologist who spends most of his time defending Islamic savagery.

 

[Taz]

The root of this problem is Arab hatred of non-Muslims.

 

[MJB12741]

Sure looks like Israel is going to have to level Gaza to communicate with the Palestinian terrorists. It's about time. And then comes the fun part when the Palestinians & their supporters bitch about how many more dead Palestinians there are than Israeli's.