Every American I know who has spent time in Palestine comes back angry, disgusted and traumatized. I’ve yet to meet someone who says “it’s not that bad. It’s their fault and they deserve it”. I’ve met many who went believing Israel were the good guys and Palestinians screwed themselves over only to come back with an entirely disgusted view of Israel.
I came back in a state of shock. I witnessed in real life things I had only read about in history books. Things I never believed a government could do in modern times. I had a neutral view of Israel prior to my trip. During my trip I was extremely skeptical and even pissed off several Palestinians with my lines of questioning. When I came back to the states and began processing everything… I couldn’t turn on the lights or get myself out of bed for a week. What I saw was unimaginable. It was a cruelty aimed at a group of generous and warm people with a very very clear intent- to get rid of them. And I couldn’t believe the group doing it to these people had it done to them not long ago. They took similar tactics and weaponized them against others. That is what I saw and I can’t unsee it. The children in the schools would stop me and beg me to come home and tell America to stop. They know it’s us allowing this abuse.
Myself and everyone I know comes back disgusted with Israel. And many of us weren’t even in Gaza witnessing war. Everyday normal life for Palestinians is cruel and it’s 100% controlled by Israel. And despite what we’ve been spoon fed our whole lives, it’s not done because the Palestinians are violent and dangerous, it’s done to rid the region of them. To make their lives so miserable they either leave or violently rise up giving Israel an excuse to take more land. And the Israelis are not shy about this when you speak to them. Some might couch it with statements like “well we tried peace but they didn’t accept it”. It doesn’t matter how they phrase it, they still end up in the same place which is “they can’t stay” and “we want them gone”.
I have a masters degree in National Security Law and I say in no uncertain terms that there is no factual or legal basis in Sara Duterte's claim that those who opose confidential funds are automatically opposed to peace. It is a clear logical fallacy—an example of non-sequitur.
Today, I asked for a copy of Sara Duterte's SALN.
Hindi ATM ni Sara Duterte ang pera ng taumbayan.
125 million ang inubos sa loob ng 11 days ng walang eksplenasyon. Iba pa raw ang sandamakmak na ghost employees ng Davao City na ayon sa ulat ay bilyon bilyon ang halaga.
The Davao City government’s annual confidential expenses ballooned from P144 million in 2016 to P460 million when Vice President Sara Duterte was the city’s mayor. #PeraNgBayan#BudgetWatch https://t.co/ausHUuLYHT
‘WHAT IS THIS FOR?’
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero wants to hear why the Department of Education asks for P150 million in confidential funds.
READ: https://t.co/JG8ejZO8MZ
Ito naman ang ating panawagan sa COMELEC! Kung inilalabas na ninyo ang transmission logs ay natatapos na ang isyu na ito? Meron ba kayong ilalabas o pinag aaralan pa ninyo kung papaano magagawan ng remedyo yan? Me aasahan pa ba kami sa inyo?
#ReleaseTransmissionLogsNow
US, UK, Australia, Japan, Canada, Germany, EU, France, NZ, South Korea have all issued statements denouncing dangerous actions of the China Coast Guard in the South China Sea or expressing their concerns. Noticeably missing, however, are statements from the ASEAN member states!
So the Filipino politicians are gigil na gigil sa intel funds, confidential funds, travel funds.. Bakit walang kumukwestion at pumipigil? Tahasan, garapalan, nasa harapan ng bawat mukha ng mga Pilipino kung paano nila ninanakaw ang pondo ng bayan. Deadma lang ba? 🥵