By Beauty Damned

Violence

Why does it seem like in this Middle East nightmare, the Israeli's are so staunchly uncompromising? It's almost like they want to keep fighting. They refuse to give up anything, and in return, they want everything. Even that which does not belong to them in any way except in light of their interpretation of religious texts. I'm wondering if by any chance, the peace principal is far more necessary to the satisfaction of their religious principles, than the issue of land ownership. Not the way they see it. Here is the way I see it: I see Palestine as a wife who is being brutally beaten every day with the iron fist of her oppressive and cruel husband, Israel. And I think all this shit about Palestine harboring and supporting terrorists is just a diversion and a way to point fingers. People just can't get enough of the word "terrorism" these days. The word is so overused it has become like a giant game of boy cried wolf. Most of the time, completely unsubstantiated. I hear that statement being made by Israeli officials and the ("in cahoots") Bush Regime, but I don't see the evidence being big and strong enough to warrant refusing them the statehood that they deserve. Unless there is something I am sorely missing. When the Palestinians strike the Israelis, it's terrorism, but when the Israelis strike the Palestinians, it's business as usual, and somehow justifiable? This hate cycle is so ugly and sad. I am not saying that Palestinians don't contribute to it. But to say that they should not be angry at the Israelis is like saying that blacks shouldn't be angry about slavery, or Jews shouldn't be angry about the Holocaust. Of course, the product of that anger should never become violence, because that just perpetuates the cycle. But should they just lay down and allow the Israelis to trample them, shove them out of their own communities and take everything they have? I think not. Regardless of the many facets to this terrible situation, it's pretty obvious to me who is the oppressive force here.