I'm watching the local news, and a Jewish woman is interviewed who said she had recently lived in Israel and still has family there. She was obviously concerned about Hamas firing rockets into Israel, which triggered the recent invasion of Gaza. She's talking about the rockets and says something like, "They're firing rockets at us, and putting our families in danger."
Out of context, seems reasonable. I'd feel the same way. But she was defending Israel's invasion and, by default, the deaths of around 1,000 Palestinians!
Excuse me? So it's bad when Israeli families are in danger but ok to fire back at Palestinian families and kill them. 1,000 Palestinians dead so far--less than 20 Israelis and most of them soldiers, last I saw. This is just wrong.
And Bolivia has broken off relations with Israel because of the conflict. I know---oooooh, scary----but it's interesting to for me to see more Latin American countries taking stands on issues like this and snubbing their noses at U.S. dominance in the hemisphere.
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