@wesstreeting Don’t worry Wes, there’s nothing to fear.
We aren’t scared of being called racist anymore.
You and your ilk used it so flippantly that the word has no meaning.
We were never racist, you were never on the right side of history.
We Had a Chance to End the Conflict and We Chose to Burn It.
In 2005, something historic happened.
Israel withdrew completely from Gaza - not just its soldiers, but also all of its civilians, farms, and settlements. Thousands of Israeli families were uprooted from their homes by their own government. Synagogues were dismantled, greenhouses and infrastructure worth hundreds of millions of dollars were left behind - not destroyed, but handed over to give us a chance to start fresh.
For the first time in our history, we had full control over a piece of land - our own borders, our own cities, our own people, and access to the sea. The world was ready to help. Billions in aid and investment were promised.
It could have been the beginning of a Palestinian Singapore.
But instead of building schools, hospitals, and industries, we built tunnels, rockets, and militias.
Instead of creating hope, we chose hatred.
Instead of turning Gaza into proof that Palestinians can govern themselves, we turned it into proof that we cannot.
When Israel left, the world expected calm, peace, and progress.
What did we give them?
Civil war between Fatah and Hamas.
Executions in the streets.
A terror group seizing power and turning Gaza into a launching pad for endless wars.
And the world still asks: Why doesn’t Israel “just give up the West Bank” too?
Because they already saw what happened the last time they gave land for nothing in return.
The truth is painful, but it must be said:
We were given a chance to build a future and we used it to destroy our own.
We could have shown that we were ready for peace.
Instead, we showed that we were ruled by those who fear peace more than they fear death.
Every rocket fired from Gaza wasn’t just aimed at Israel - it was aimed at our own future.
And now, after all the destruction, poverty, and death, I keep asking myself:
What if, just once, we had chosen life instead of revenge?
We had the opportunity to end the conflict.
But our leaders and too many of us chose to keep it alive.
My great-grandfather lost everything, his wife, his children, his parents, and every one of his siblings.
After the Holocaust, although he could have left the blood-soaked land of Europe, he stayed and wandered through Europe for months, going from camp to camp, scanning every list of survivors, praying that maybe, just maybe, one familiar name would appear.
None ever did.
Although he eventually moved on in life, he never stopped looking. He just kept living with the silence that followed him everywhere.
I remember him as a quiet man. Though he was built like a soldier and often smiled at his new grandchildren, it was clear he carried a world of ghosts inside him.
So don’t you sit here, comfortable, with your nice watch, in perfect shape, well fed, and with all the time in the world to grift online and talk about the Holocaust like it’s content.
Disgusting.
Following the ceasefire, TikTok has been flooded with videos from Gaza.
The more I see, the more evident it is to the public: people look healthy, well-fed, and are walking in crowds, celebrating.
If you’re still talking about “genocide” or “starvation,” you’re either blind or just stupid.
Stopping foreign born people from claiming benefits is right-wing apparently.
To think that the most basic level of common sense is now seen as right-wing truly astonishes me.
@Ryan_In_Mi Charlie Kirk’s death elevated him from the most influential conservative under 35 to a figure people will remember forever.
Killing him won’t bury his ideas. It will cement them in history. Big mistake.
It will forever boggle my mind that there exists an organisation that can kidnap 1 and 3 year old babies, kill them, parade their coffins on stage to cheering crowds of civilians, and still be considered the victims by morons in the west.
President Trump signed an Executive Order authorizing the deportation of non-citizens who support terrorist organizations, such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
There are about to be a lot of open spots at Harvard and Columbia!