“My son is an American before Palestinian,” his grieving father said as he grappled with the U.S. government’s role in the violence in Gaza and the West Bank. “Americans, us, our government backs it up.”
I was there just 4 years ago https://jeena.net/pods/21 but I don’t think I’d go today. Even back then you could feel the tension while both sides welcomed you as a foreigner you could tell they hate each other and fear each other.
If you’re white its much less risky. The settlers and military are conducting an ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (and are trigger happy of all brown people). This is why international solidarity from white people is super important.
I was there just 4 years ago https://jeena.net/pods/21 but I don’t think I’d go today. Even back then you could feel the tension while both sides welcomed you as a foreigner you could tell they hate each other and fear each other.
If you’re white its much less risky. The settlers and military are conducting an ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (and are trigger happy of all brown people). This is why international solidarity from white people is super important.