We say we don’t want to leave without him. “Can one of our Israeli friends stay here?” we ask. The soldiers refuse, and a gun is raised. It points straight at us – and we begin to back away. “Move on,” we’re told.
Soldiers walk Abuhejleh out of sight around a hill, and as we make our way back to where the road was dug up, Rabbi Dana tells us she’s worried. … We don’t want to leave Abuhejleh, and so the waiting begins. What was promised as a few minutes becomes 30 minutes. Then 45. Then 90. What appears to be the same drone comes back, flying lower, with its camera pointed at us.
Eventually, our IDF contact calls back. He assures us that Abuhejleh is safe, and he strongly advises us to leave the area “for our safety.” So, reluctantly, we do. … We sit down with Abuhejleh to make sure he’s OK and to ask what happened after he was separated from us. He tells us that after he was led away, blindfolded and handcuffed, he was driven to a military office in a nearby settlement where he was mocked and questioned for hours.
“They say it’s our land. It’s not your land. So you must forget it,” he says. Later, when we would ask the IDF why he had been detained, they would provide no comment.
Now that he’s home, he assures us he’s unharmed. And as we’re about to leave, we ask if he plans to go back to see his land, even after today’s incident.
“I will go back. Don’t worry,” he says. “They will arrest, and I will return back – until I will fix my land. It’s our land.”
Hamas in no way is the govt of the West Bank. If anyone has a bit of soul left, they will see this for what it is, the elimination of Christians and Muslims from their homelands by military might against international law and my President Biden supporting this. After all I thought we leaned post George Floyd, we just shifted who we find ok to discriminate against and the rabid hate that was quieted has come back multiple times as strong. It’s almost like there was a built up hate pressure that has exploded. Stop ethnic cleansing, is it to high a bar to ask of our leaders (on both sides as the Republican talking points are just as bad or worse).
genocide joe must go. primary his ass
I don’t have a problem with a primary challenger but there is nobody even considering it let alone viable.
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Found the Republican.
It’s not a zero sum game. You don’t have to be a republican to dislike Joe Biden.
You don’t have to like him think shit like calling him “genocide Joe” is counterproductive.
He is actively and openly supporting and funding a genocide but we’re not allowed to call him mean names?
I don’t accept your characterization. And despite what the last person said, it is a zero sum game. Do I need to draw you a diagram of how Trump would be worse in just about every possible way, including for Palestinians?
Obviously Biden is better than Trump. The Democrats and Republicans are both bad. Yes, the Democrats are less bad, but things aren’t going to get better if we just refuse to criticize them because of this.
As long as we’re stuck picking between Democrats and Republicans I’m going to continue to vote Democrat and encourage others to do so, but I’m not going to hide my reservations nor accept mockery for refusing to toe the party line.
no I’m not. I’m an anarchist. no one is obligated to support shitty candidates and it’s not ok for you to go around calling people republicans for not doing so
It’s not ok for you to sit back and watch while the fascists take over, but here we are.
biden supporters, like clinton supporters before them, are the ones risking the country on bad candidates they often don’t like themselves
So what’s your plan? Sit around and gloat about how enlightened you are while the world burns? Your kind does nothing useful.
My “kind”?
Also Democrats in 2024, “It’s the progressives fault that Biden lost!” Really, you want to get people excited about elections? Then find better candidates.
I just hope they still show up for all the down ticket races. So much more is elected than President and the way Republicans captured our government was by acting at the school board and town level as well as securing legislatures and governorships so they could pack the courts.
The birchers had a cohesive strategy for a multi-frontal assault on democracy, and they didn’t do it by getting the most votes for president.
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I dunno, he doesn’t seem half bad - particularly when you look at the mooks currently in the lineup.
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Meh Hillary has baggage, I’ll let the quasi authoritarian nutjob win instead. Democrats 2016.
Meh, Biden is not exciting, I’ll let the proven kleptocrats promising they’ll destroy any checks in government win instead - they should have served me a better candidate.
Hopefully not 2024.
If it comes down to Biden and Trump, you better believe I’m voting for Biden. However, we’ve been here before and the DNC has had 8 years now to fix their shit, but they act as clueless as ever. You don’t like the risk of having an authoritarian Repub in office? Then the DNC needs to fix their shit period. You want to win the house and senate? Then find a Presidential candidate that people actually like.
Found the Americans. Good job, you’ve made it about your country again. You may leave now.
Edit: The Americans don’t like being told to not make everything about themselves. This platform is america-centric, just like Reddit.
wow, your comment history reads like… well, reddit.
Unnecessarily antagonistic and really has nothing intelligent or worthwhile to add?
Ok
It really seems like the IDF is the more successful Hamas.
They have better funding at the very least
and I have to pay for it every april
There is an easy solution to that!
You could pay your taxes all year round so you’re not stuck with a large bill in April!
Oh, wait, you wanted to stop funding that? Nevermind then, the leaders of the two parties are happy about that…
The current government is what was a recognized terrorist organization by the US and the UK.
Here is a link about the Irgun.
You right. Irgun morphed into the Likud party that’s effectively held power since the late 70s and is in-line with Bibi’s hardline Zionism. The Behind the Bastards Episode on Netanyahu was informative for me on the politics of Israel.
Hamas and the Israeli far right are symbiotic.
That’s pretty wild
Jesus Christ.
polls show biden loses to trump by 4 points while a generic democrat would win by 8
No thanks.
We tried that in 2016
and did it work? if it didn’t, should we try it again?
Ironic considering he himself was the “generic democrat” a few years ago – or at least the “demonstrated state puppet whose name doesn’t rhyme with Billary, and DEFINITELY not with Ernie” candidate…
Instead of doing something about that they’ll downvote you instead and put their head in the sand.
biden supporters don’t even like him, why should I “hold my nose” like how’s that any way to talk to voters? do republicans ask their voters to hold their nose for some corrupt liberal-leaning loser? no? and they win a lot anyways despite a crap platform and ageing electorate? gee I wonder why
