I was wondering about the two different ways, two different people view the Palestinian people. The Arab people who are mostly in support of the Palestinian cause, look at the Palestinians inside the occupied territories and see the people living in there as super-humans. Although this is flattering and true in many cases, but what the Arabs living abroad don't fully comprehend that those people are human too. They have fears and worries that occur to all of us when it comes to our personal safety and our own well being. While, it is true that the Palestinians living under constant Israeli harassment are resilient and though people, but they are no supermen. When I call home and friends, I am often reminded that we fear the same things. Maybe because the Arabs do not really understand the full extent of the Israeli aggression or maybe it is because they know that they themselves cannot live under those conditions to they project on the Palestinians to be super humans. As the Chinese rightfully say, "Weak waves do not make strong boats."
The other group is way the common man in America view the same population. While there are many Americans who understand the complexity of the Palestine-Israel situation, you wouldn't know that from watching the news networks. The way Palestinian viewed is mainly negative, they are one of three terrorist, sympathizer of terrorism or vote for terrorists. While some of those are true if you look at them from the American political frame, but this view is unfortunately divorced from reality. "They probably deserve it" in way that perspective puts Palestinians as subhumans.
Those two groups also have apposing views on the way they look at the Israelis as people, and the differences are stark.
Between the super humans and the subhumans Palestinians are caught in Israeli fire and no one knows when this carnage will end.
2 comments:
So what do you suggest be done from both sides of the situation. Obviously, Israeli needs to stop killing civilians. That is a horrible thing. What does Israeli do when hundreds of rockets are fired into their territory? I don't like their solution, but I haven't been hearing other viable solutions. What does Palestine do when hundreds of rockets are fired into Israeli? It is a much more difficult answer than either, based on the point of view, Israeli needs to not kill people when they are attacked, or, Palestinians are getting what they deserve because they attacked. Both are wrong..So what is the right way to go about this?
How do you expect, some pepole to know war are scarey with no water or food and light, sleeping under a table or in a closet with no shower or rest-room, unless they are in a war them-selves and pepole in a war like this are no superman.
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