@samjc @davidmarsden @kimberley_rose @pratik Well said and agreed. I would add, I think it's one thing to read your description or to read words like apartheid. It's another thing entirely to watch video of violent settlers on the West Bank in the process of vandalizing, destroying or taking homes, destroying olive groves or perpetrating violence of various kinds on Palestinians. Or to watch video of Israeli soldiers at checkpoints and road blocks as they dehumanize Palestinians who are just trying to go about normal day activities of life. I can't begin to comprehend what it must be like to live there.

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I was reading about why the U.S. vetoed the UN Security Council vote on the Gaza ceasefire. It apparently wanted to make the ceasefire conditional on Hamas releasing the hostages. Sounds fair to me. Do opponents not want Israeli hostages released? 🗳️ In the regular scheme of things, Hamas may have not expe... microblog.pratikmhatre.com

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@samjc @davidmarsden @kimberley_rose @pratik Well said and agreed. I would add, I think it’s one thing to read your description or to read words like apartheid. It’s another thing entirely to watch video of violent settlers on the West Bank in the process of vandalizing, destroying or taking homes, destroying olive groves or perpetrating violence of various kinds on Palestinians. Or to watch video of Israeli soldiers at checkpoints and road blocks as they dehumanize Palestinians who are just trying to go about normal day activities of life.

I can’t begin to comprehend what it must be like to live there.

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