Comparable? No. Connected? Yes. No one should be calling Israel’s crimes and Hamas’s crimes equal. They’re different in character and scale. But they are connected. What happens to the hostages affects what’s possible tomorrow. What Israel does to ordinary people in Gaza affects what’s possible tomorrow. Sometimes when people bring up the hostages they’re recognizing the deadly knot that Hamas and Israel tied together. Sometimes they’re wrongly and racistly saying the hostages matter more than anyone else.
They're connected, you're right! I'm just continuing to feel like politicians only talk about Palestinians if they're able to mention the hostages, as well. It feels like it's belittling it.
I agree :( And I know far too many people who refuse to hear a single word about Palestinians unless they hear too, in the same sitting, about hostages. And I think that's wrong. Room in our hearts for each in their own right.
Comparable? No. Connected? Yes. No one should be calling Israel’s crimes and Hamas’s crimes equal. They’re different in character and scale. But they are connected. What happens to the hostages affects what’s possible tomorrow. What Israel does to ordinary people in Gaza affects what’s possible tomorrow. Sometimes when people bring up the hostages they’re recognizing the deadly knot that Hamas and Israel tied together. Sometimes they’re wrongly and racistly saying the hostages matter more than anyone else.
IMO ILU OXO
They're connected, you're right! I'm just continuing to feel like politicians only talk about Palestinians if they're able to mention the hostages, as well. It feels like it's belittling it.
I agree :( And I know far too many people who refuse to hear a single word about Palestinians unless they hear too, in the same sitting, about hostages. And I think that's wrong. Room in our hearts for each in their own right.