So, I cried my eyes out, and then I cried more. I cried for families. I cried for the upsurge in hate. I cried because I know that a new misplaced hatred is forming in people's hearts as a result of this, this thing. But mostly I cried for the children.
I am Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel. It is possible to be both of these with reason, balance, humanity, compassion.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad may now please go rot in hell. What breaks my heart is torn-up families and dismembered children, but what else breaks my heart is all the suffering that Palestinians in specific and Arabs in general are undergoing, are going to wind up enduring, as an obsecene side effect of a horrific and gruesome act of cruelty and evil.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have struck a horrible blow against Palestine, and I hope the Palestinian people don't take it lying down. Now is a time for everyone to stand apart from monsters who would do such a thing. Now is a time for people of sensibility, of truth, of peace, people who want to get on with life with honor, with dignity, with a homeland, to stand up for what they believe in, and denounce horrors such as these, to disallow these organizations to be perceived as speaking for an entire people.
Now is a time to wage the peace, in the face of Hamas, in spite of Islamic Jihad, to wage the peace against all those who would opposite it. It's time to stand up straight and do what is right, to lay aside the noise and just do it.
Palestinians, don't take this lying down. You know for sure the Israelis won't. Don't either of you dissipate your anger on false targets. You know exactly who did this. Do something about it.
