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8. I really, really want to be a supporter of Israel. T
Fri May 13, 2022, 01:26 PM
May 2022

People of Jewish heredity have certainly been terrorized and brutalized throughout history with the Holocaust being the most horrendous acts against humanity. Even today the Jewish people are suffering anti-Semitic attacks against them like the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue last year and the hostage taking and shooting at a Jewish synagogue in Texas in January.

But how do these actions of Jewish officials in Israel help their situation. It made me angry reading the article. It made me think of how Putin and his henchmen are treating the Ukrainians, who themselves have gone through eras of ethnic attacks.

The shooting of the reporter was bad enough, but then to disrupt her funeral procession and arrest mourners is unconscionable. Had they allowed for a decent, respectful process, the Israeli government would have been lauded.

I was hoping with Netanyahu no longer Prime Minister, a new era of civility between Israel and the State of Palestine would begin and just perhaps a way forward to a peaceful coexistence. I know their differences run deep and changes won't happen overnight, but actions like this make it even more unlikely there will ever be peace.

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