so..yesterday while i was recuperating from my nephew's visit
at least 16 innocent people were being murdered and countless more injured on a commuter bus in israel
i didn't discover this atrocity until this morning when i walked by a newspaper stand
the bloody little girl, the shattered bus, the body parts, the despair
it's all so familiar now
the murder of innocents
but today when i saw the headline
and stopped to read the story
i said in my head
"i'm done"
I AM DONE
i'm done caring about the plight of the palestinian people
i'm done worrying about what is PC and what is not
i'm done looking deeply for both sides of the story
putting aside my jewish soul to be open to the plight of the downtrodden
because you know what
quite simply
if the palestinian people can not rise up and fight against this endless terror and murder of women, children and innocents
than i will not rise up and fight for them
they have lost my concern
they have lost my effort to try
to care
to understand
they have lost it all
and they deserve nothing
because they will not raise their voices
their fists
even a finger
against this
against hamas
against terror
if a group of militants rose up in this country
and murdered innocents
children
school busses
Americans would rise up and stamp them out
israel is denounced every day, every hour, every minute
by arabs, by europeans, by moslems, by americans
even by israelis...
for targeting terrorists and militants
they are denounced for killing killers
can you imagine for one second
the world wide uproar if israel
were to start blowing up school buses?
think about it..
well it would never happen
but its interesting to think about the fact that when palestinians
kill innocents
they are called martyrs
they are heroes to the arabs
many left wing americans say things like "well you know they've had it so hard.."
but if an israeli did this
forget
it
the entire world including israel would stamp them out
why the difference?
try this one on for size
ANTI-SEMITISM
im so tired of this shit
i can't even breathe
today i had a long talk with an israeli acquaintance of mine who said she is waiting to see all the names before she relaxes
she worries that one of her family will be on that list
she said that when she is in israel she rides the bus
because she can't afford taxis
but she... like all the other israelis she knows
thinks about it
"which part of the bus should I sit in?"
"Will it be worse in the front, the back, the middle?"
"Where do i have the best chance of surviving?"
this is how israelis live their lives
now with possible peace on the horizon
Hamas is pissed
yes they are angry
why?
because quite simply
they don't want peace
they only want death
they only want jews blown to pieces
they think peace mongers
are traitors to the cause
and where
where are their neighbors?
their families?
their communities?
you know the ones we see on the news
demanding peace
justice
land
money
food
why are these people not
stamping out the murderers?
these killers of peace
why?
why is their no mass outcry against this from amongst the palestinians?
Here are the names of those we know about...who died from yesterdays horror
there are more names of people yet to be recognized by their DNA..
say them out loud with me...
Tamar Ben Eliyahu, 20, from Moshav Paran;
Alexander Kazrir, 77, from Jerusalem;
Ro'i Eliraz, 22 from Mevasseret Zion;
Tzipora Pasakovich, 54, from Tzur Hadassah;
Sultan Rene Malka, 67, from Jerusalem.
Alan Beer, 46, from Jerusalem;
Elza Cohen, 70, from Jerusalem;
Tzvika Cohen, 39, from Jerusalem;
Yaffa Mualem, 65, from Jerusalem;
Tita Martin, 75, from Jerusalem;
Ogenia Berman, 50, from Jerusalem;
Bet-El Ohana, 21, from Kiryat Ata;
Yaniv Abied, 22, from Herzliya; and
Anna Orgal, 55, from Jerusalem.
Zipora Levy, 70, from Jerusalem
in the name of these innocent souls
and their ruined families
I say now
Out loud
For all to hear
For all to judge
That
I’m done
I am done
If you have the answer
I’d like to hear it
We all would.
