The thing is, I personally do not know anyone in Gaza, in Palestine, in Israel. I knew one person in Iraq who was once my best friend, but no one in Libya, Syria, Yemen or any of the states we have or are threatening to bomb.
I also do not know anyone in Israel either, I know very few people outside of the UK.
I have no idea of the religions of the majority of friends, I am open about my beliefs, but I doubt if many of them know what they are, unless of course they read my blog or Facebook.
I do know I don’t hate any people for where they live, their religion, their culture or skin.
I do not blame anyone now for what their parents, grandparents or ancestors did.
I do however despise war, death, cruelty, famine, terror, poverty, genocide, especially when it’s due to expansionism, imperialism, greed, corruption or political grooming and profiteering.
I look at Palestine, Gaza and Israel and can see the fear and mistrust, the anger upon both sides.
I can understand how the political leaders upon both sides are responsible for stirring all of it up.
I even get why people listen to the rhetoric their leaders feed them. Propaganda when backed by violence is the strongest tool in any generals armoury. Teach those you wish to fight for you to hate those you wish to fight. It truly is a first rule in any war.
I can sit in any pub, café or even shop here in Derbyshire, UK, 2,330 miles from Palestine and listen to people rant at how they hate the “Muslims” or how they hate the “Jews” because of what they are led to believe by the media, by government ministers or by Bob from the local bookies that knows a bloke…..
I have had conversations with British and American Veterans, all of whom have differing experiences and views.
Before I hate anyone I have to have met them, or been effected by their personal actions. I can easily despise a politician due to their behaviour, I can get beyond angry at a terrorist or war criminal, even a group of them. But I can also feel ire towards the attitude of a GP practice manager or receptionist.
My feeling towards each will differ in scale, but each will gain a response from me. Whether through words upon social media or through a complaint made.
I do know that I have always been led to believe that there have been stacks of weapons piled up on Israeli street corners due to the constant fear derived from the risk of being invaded by their bordering countries. I also have been told that Israel still has conscription, and that almost all adults have to join the army. I however have never been to Israel so do not personally know.
I also have been able to see videos, posts and news from social media and various news outlets of the vile living conditions in Palestine, and the ongoing military attacks upon vulnerable children and their parents.
I know that Israel is not only a wealthy country with the ability to influence western politicians and right wing activists, breeding and spreading hatred towards any Arab that is not a member of the Israeli Zionist (expansionist) state.
I also know that the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, is likely the most skilled, powerful and aggressive of any of their counterparts in the world, including those of Britain, Russia, China or the USA. They have been able to infiltrate and control the international and even national political policy of most of the world’s governments.
I, given the information available to me, see Israel currently as a Rogue State, that is intent upon genocide of all the people that they see as inferior to themselves …… Untermensch as Hitler and his supporters called the Jews, the Russians, the Chinese or anyone that was non Aryan.
Our politicians, even those within the Government have been groomed by Israel, with I believe holidays, I presume gifts and maybe even bribes, even as far as taking these ‘perks’ as opportunity for political photo shoots, and not only politicians, but also such purveyors of hate such as the pathetic Steven Yaxley-Lennon – Tommy Robinson, and the vicious bile filled Katie Hopkins both of whom have, as a few British politicians also, been Photographed on their Israel jaunts wearing Israeli Defence Force T-shirts straddled across an Israeli tank.
Even the conflict in Ukraine has financial and political benefits for British Politics, including contracts for arms, political favours and pressure, opportunities to asset strip that country of minerals under thee guise of commercial support, and recreating a fake cold war, enabling share holders of British Arms and Aviation firms to benefit from international tensions, that do not actually exist.
It also means our own government, whatever party, can easily divert hate and fear to external sources taking the focus off their own cruelty, corruption and paths towards state murder.
