The Minority

So, the topic at hand is the massacre happening in Gaza.

I know I happen to be among the minority who feels the way I do. I have seen multiple posts from a majority of my friends who are in total support of Israel. I have read articles from both sides & my thoughts are this.

History is never objective. It is always based on who is telling the story. For instance, if you read history from America's standpoint, you will always have a pro American take on things. If you read history from Germany or Russia, England or France, or the American Indians, for that matter, it will always be pro whatever country or race it is you are getting the story from. The only thing I can say is there will always be some fact mixed with the emotion behind the storyteller. I do my best to separate the fact from the emotion.

This war is nothing new. It has been going on for centuries & centuries. I believe it is about greed. I believe neither side is in the right. That being said, a friend put into words what I couldn't quite pinpoint. Hamas was elected. That puts it into a separate category than, say, ISIS/ Al-Sham. Although it is an elected government, no doubt, with definite problems & extremists, that makes it no different, in my opinion, from our very own president, or the president of any other country. You elect a douche, it's up to you to overthrow that government, not anyone else. Now, back on point, how can people not see the injustices occuring. There was a cease fire drawn up by Hamas that has been completely disregarded. This is about Israel feeling entitled to the land. It is about Israel claiming to be the superior/ chosen people. It's about valuing one human life above another. In my mind, even these claims can't justify the actions. For the so called "chosen", how can they disregard the law they supposedly follow? It's a matter of convenience. They pick and choose what suits their wants & desires. Putting aside the fact that Christ has come & He came & died for our sins to save all mankind, let's say the Jews are right & the Savior is yet to come. They still have the Old Testament to fall back on. Correct me if I'm wrong, but where in the hell is the desire to follow the 10 Commandments in all this???... especially when it comes to killing & coveting? In addition to that, aren't the Palestinians descendants of Abraham also? If memory serves me, Ishmael (Palestine) & Isaac (Israel) were brothers.

I also feel like we are not blameless in continuing this century old feud. Britain & France divided the lands, then, we also stepped in to help do more damage. Everyone is trying to get their piece of the pie in addition to policing how they choose to live.

I think that you are a believer or you're not. By this, I mean that there are those who claim a belief or religion & there are others who not only claim it, but live it. They don't selectively choose what they want to. I think that if you have all the facts & you disregard something, you are more at fault than if you don't know. I think God, in His justice & love, will have mercy on someone who truly doesn't know. However, if you are given the means, yet choose to ignore it, you have no excuse.

In the end, upon reflection, it seems to me that we are truly lost if all we can do is try to destroy each other. Right, wrong or indifferent, people are dying... women, children, elderly... someone's mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, son....