Gaza

Gaza represents the reality of all racism and nationalism. Israeli racist apartheid and Islamic antisemitism reveal themselves in the violence over a minuscule piece of shoreline in the desert. Both sides are uncivilized in this conflict. They are the bullies in the schoolyard, acting out the conflicts of others.

 

I was disgusted yesterday as I listened to two "experts" on the Middle East as they salivated on National Public Radio. They were enthusiastically describing the situation on the Gaza border as though it were a boxing match. Consideration of individual civilian lives and general human suffering was totally lacking in their discussion.

 

The responsibility for racist violence resides in each individual. The soldier or paramilitary who engages in racist violence is responsible for that violence. "I was just following orders." has been dismissed since the horrors of the persecution of Jews, dissidents, homosexuals and gypies by the Nazis. A government which promotes violence should be resisted nonviolently by those who cherish humanity.

 

The day when no individual will take up a weapon to kill other human beings will be the day of true human liberation. Only then we will have peace.