Thank you for finally acknowledging the tragedy occurring in Gaza. Thousands of innocent people have died, and for them the question of whether Israel crossed the legal line in a way that can be proven by us in the U.S. is irrelevant. They are innocent. And they are dying. We can see them. Let’s listen to them. Whether we believe Hamas or not, we can see with our own eyes that Israel is hurting people. If we hold Hamas accountable, we must hold Israel accountable.

@michaelward1341

2 ай бұрын

Did Moore ever acknowledge it? I couldn't listen more than a few minutes of French blaming Hamas and Egypt for Israel's forced starvation on Gazans before I had to give up.

I belong to a church that is primarily made up of ethnic Arabs. When Arafat was still in control, our denomination was sending aid to Palestinian churches, although exactly where the money was going was always a bit murky, given the Palestinian culture. At one point our pastor said the denomination was being investigated by the State Department because we were supporting a terrorist organization. He joked that our phones might be tapped and emails scrutinized in the near future. (All of us in the pews were chuckling with Ralph Wiggum, saying, "I'm in danger.") Now I cannot confirm that any of this was going on; I was merely a guy in the pew dropping my mites in the offering plate. But the story illustrates what you were talking about: In Semitic cultures, the lines between religion and government as well as between military and civilian are extraordinarily difficult to determine, and utterly impossible to sort out by those of us in the West who took for granted in the early 2000s that there was a clear demarcation between religion and state and military and civilian. I am especially glad that you highlighted the culpability of Egypt. Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, etc., should also be included in that list of culpable players in this cynical war.