The root cause of this horrible conflict is that Israeli Zionists actually believe they own every Palestinian home, farm, & inch of land, & have the right to kill indigenous Palestinian families that refuse to leave, for the crime of not being Jewish.
Please listen to renowned Jewish-American Professor Noam Chomsky explain how ridiculous the Zionist ownership claim is: lnkd.in/gtHPPHUz
That’s because Palestinians have been there for thousands of years, never left, & their genetics proves it. At some point, their Canaanite & Jewish ancestors simply converted to Christianity &/or Islam. So why would that mean Jewish immigrants from Europe & the U.S., who have never even been there, own all of their homes & property?
And what would you do if someone stole or demolished your house & livelihood, killed some of your family, & left the rest of you with nothing, to live in the squalor of a refugee camp? That is what Israel did to over 750K Palestinians in 1948, over 300K in 1967, over 250K since 1967, & now it's trying to do it to the families in Gaza FOR THE 2ND TIME.
Most of the families in Gaza owned homes & farms where Israeli cities & towns now stand, which Israel literally stole from them. Most even still have their front door keys.
A few of MANY Jewish-Israeli sources:
1) Prof. Ilan Pappé, Israeli Historian: lnkd.in/gFBK6sPB
2) Miko Peled, ex-IDF soldier, son of an Israeli general & grandson of one of Israel’s founders: lnkd.in/geiy3_5s
Israel has also continued stealing more Palestinian homes & farms EVERY YEAR in the West Bank as part of its brutal 57 year apartheid & has imposed a brutal blockade of Gaza since 2005. ALL illegal, immoral, & ongoing acts of war.
I also cry for the 38 Israeli children & others killed on Oct 7th, but this horrible conflict did NOT start on that day. The proof is the nearly 2300 Palestinian children killed by Israeli soldiers & settlers between 2000 & Oct 2023, including 43 during the 9 months just before Oct 7th (all details on BTselem.org).
Here is the ex-head of Israel’s Shin Bet (their FBI), Ami Ayalon, & ex-Israeli PM & General, Ehud Barak, BOTH say IF THEY WERE PALESTINIAN THEY WOULD FIGHT ISRAEL BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THEIR LIBERTY: lnkd.in/guNE7vay
Even the ex-head of Israel’s Mossad (their CIA) said “There is an apartheid state here. In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.” lnkd.in/gF_2dqvM.
I will keep advocating for peaceful resistance & Palestinians have been trying for decades, but IDF soldiers shoot them in the knees, kill them, or at least imprison & beat them. If you don't believe it, read this 2020 Haaretz article titled: '42 Knees in One Day': Israeli Snipers Open Up About Shooting Gaza Protesters: lnkd.in/g4VqQRzs
And now, Israel is committing mass ETHNIC CLEANSING & GENOCIDE WITH THE WEAPONS WE KEEP GIVING THEM & has killed OVER 25,000 WOMEN & CHILDREN (~70% or the dead), according to the US military: lnkd.in/gaMEPKSn
"Children like me deserve to be free"