Many many years ago, I learnt Hebrew out of curiosity, and in a bid to penetrate into a world that I once thought was evil and conspiring against Arabs and Muslims. Once in, I was surprised how wrong I was, how wrong almost every Arab and Muslim around me was.
These days, I watch Hebrew networks (and Arabic ones). There is a lot of Israeli pain over those who were killed on 10/7, agony of those who survived, and anxiety over those who are held hostage by Hamas. A lot of tears, now mixing with tears over fallen soldiers fighting in Gaza.
The thing about all this Israeli pain is that it is almost exclusively in Hebrew. The world does not see Israelis hurt, does not hear them cry. The world sees Israel as fighter jets raining death to punish those who killed them from 15000 feet above ground. The world only sees and hears pain coming from Gaza, and the world always takes the side of the underdog, even when the underdog is guilty. One billion Muslims certainly have a much louder voice than 20 million Jews, and the world will always blame Israel, even when Palestinians started the carnage.
And that's exactly why Israelis are fighting the fight of their lives. They understand that the world is an unfair place, and that they cannot rely on non-existent international justice or biased global opinion.
I wish I had a magic wand to make fellow Arabs, and the rest of the world, see what I see. There will never be peace without justice, and using our numbers (Muslims) to impose our narrative is one way to try to beat Israel, but not the way to peace. My voice will dissent. I want peace, and peace is incumbent on winning the trust of those we want to live in peace with, not keeping on instigating the world against them.
Reports from West #Darfur received today unveil that 773 African civilians including mostly teenagers, but women and elderly as well, have been massacred by the Jihadi #Janjaweed in the #Geneina area. Reports talks about hundreds burned and many detained and brutalized on their way for exodus. The Janjaweed are allies to a network of militias in the Middle East and North Africa that includes #Hamas and #Hezbollah. Voices from Darfur are urging the US and Europe, as well as the Arab League to intervene at once.
Ziel ihres Massakers am 7. Oktober sei es gewesen, einen dauerhaften Kriegszustand mit Israel zu provozieren, so ranghohe Hamas-Funktionäre in einem Interview mit der New York Times. Sie weisen zurück, dass sie den Gazastreifen regieren wollen, um die Situation dort zu verbessern
@Erdal_Torun_ Wer kann schon Wissen was passiert ist? Die derzeitige allgemeine Situation, ist schon sehr fordernd und so ist es nicht verwunderlich, das so mancher damit überfordert ist und plötzlich am Rad dreht.
Wenn zur neuen #Chinastrategie Deutschlands gehört, dass wir jetzt vor chinesischen Forderungen einknicken und die Pressefreiheit im eigenen Land einschränken, dann gute Nacht. Eine Pressekonferenz bei 🇩🇪-🇨🇳 Regierungskonsultationen ohne Fragen von Journalisten gab's noch nie!