Lao Tzu
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<title>PALESTINE</title>
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<h1>THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE</h1>
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As of May 2024, nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been murdered by the Israeli government. Nearly all of
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these lives were innocents. About 14,000 of these lives were children. There is absolutely no excuse
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or justification for this fact. The fact of the matter is as follows:
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Since its foundation ~70 years go, the nation of Israel has dedicated itself in part to the
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extermination of the Palestinian people regional to the area. This has never ceased to be true.
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Today, and since October 7th 2023, we see another example of Israel's commitment to genocide.
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The far right Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu has a near-outright bloodthirst for children.
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They want all Palestinians dead and they will not stop until there is nothing but rubble left in Gaza.
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Then, they will move on to the West Bank. Anyone who challenges the idea that the West Bank is safe
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from occupation because Hamas does not reside there is woefully unaware of the reality of the situation.
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Although presently the bulk of Israel's occupation is focused on Gaza, they have countless times
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aggressed on the West Bank. Hamas exists in part as a result of Israel's effort to prevent the spread
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of the PLO to Gaza, to keep Palestinian people from uniting effectively in resistance.
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It is FALSE that if Hamas laid down their arms, this conflict would end. This is false because the
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bulk of the conflict has not been directed at Hamas, it has been completely <i>undirected.</i>
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Israel chooses to intentionally level Gaza with indiscriminant bombing. This is not the strategy
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of a military force trying to fight an enemy in a populated civilian area. It is the strategy of
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genocide.
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So what is the solution? Two-state? One-state? Frankly, I don't know. I know there will only be peace
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once ISRAEL commits to a cease-fire, and when ISRAEL commits to allowing Palestinians in Gaza the same
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rights and access to the democratic process as Israeli citizens. The current state of affairs <i>is</i>
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a one-state solution. Israel is one state, and it has chosen to abandon millions of its citizens in
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Gaza and the West Bank in the name of 'autonomy.' What a sick joke.
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The only reason Hamas exists and commits terror attacks is because Israel has raised a generation of
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Palestinians without families, without food and water and basic human respect. Of course this generation
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has been driven to acts of terror, because Israel has terrorized them and their family daily for
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generations. Additionally, this radicalization process has been inflamed by Israel as Israel has
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destroyed every attempt by Palestinians to direct their suffering and agitation towards effective
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organization. They bomb Gaza until all that is left is guns and hate and pain. Israel has the power
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to stop the violence, and they choose instead to kill indiscriminantly. Our country (the United States)
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refuses to revoke funding and support, we enable the genocide. Any rational humane actor will conclude
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that this genocide must be stopped by any means necessary. I must add that wanton terror against Israeli
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civilians is NOT an efffective means to stop the genocide. It is a war crime. It is a war crime when
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Israel does it by the tens of thousands, and it is a war crime when Hamas does it by the hundreds.
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For this reason, I cannot include wanton terror within 'any means necessary.' Wanton terror is not
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a necessary means.
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I can include many other forms of resistance, some of which
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are violent. Sometimes occupation and oppression must be resisted violently. Our founding fathers
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understood this very well when they violently resisted the British government. They added a Second
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Amendment to our constitution to enshrine our right to maintain arms in the event that our
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government must be violently resisted. I say, this issue is the same. I say to you, reader:
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<h1>CEASEFIRE NOW.</h1>
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