Well, whilst I abhor the violent terrorism that Hamas have committed and abhor the overwhelming overreaction and horrific vengence that the state of Israel have, as usual, immediately begun, it’s just not accurate to call what preceded recent events “peace”.
The people I know who have separately and recently visited Israel and Palestine variously called it “viscious apartheid”, “appalling”, “military occupation” and phrases like that. No one called it peace.
I think you erroneously assumed that because it wasn’t in the news, violence was not occurring, whereas I think it’s more accurate to say that it wasn’t in the news because the violence was so everyday and constant that there was nothing new to say about it. A child getting run over by a car won’t make the national news either, for almost exactly the same reason.
Yeah, the point I’m making is that for some of us it hasn’t gone away. That saying “it’s back” is such a weirdly privillidged and ignorant position to take.
Like it’s this year’s hot conflict.
Also, they haven’t been forgotten. Certainly not in Europe. I can’t speak for the US though.
Is back in the global news. They were forgotten for the last several years, to suffer in silence… The reward for peace is being ignored…
Well, whilst I abhor the violent terrorism that Hamas have committed and abhor the overwhelming overreaction and horrific vengence that the state of Israel have, as usual, immediately begun, it’s just not accurate to call what preceded recent events “peace”.
The people I know who have separately and recently visited Israel and Palestine variously called it “viscious apartheid”, “appalling”, “military occupation” and phrases like that. No one called it peace.
I think you erroneously assumed that because it wasn’t in the news, violence was not occurring, whereas I think it’s more accurate to say that it wasn’t in the news because the violence was so everyday and constant that there was nothing new to say about it. A child getting run over by a car won’t make the national news either, for almost exactly the same reason.
Yeah, the point I’m making is that for some of us it hasn’t gone away. That saying “it’s back” is such a weirdly privillidged and ignorant position to take.
Like it’s this year’s hot conflict.
Also, they haven’t been forgotten. Certainly not in Europe. I can’t speak for the US though.
The US forgets about everything on pretty much a weekly basis. Blame the 24 hour news cycle, I guess.