Great column. Thank you for posting the entire quote. The other writers you published did not seem to notice the that the prayer is also for the Israeli hostages and families who lost loved ones in the terrorist raid that started this one sided "war". What.is happening in Gaza is horrible as Netanyahu uses a terrible situation to tighten his control on Israel. I keep hoping President Biden will cut off all military aid to Israel until it agrees to a truce. But equally we cannot forget the hostages or see Hamas as anything but a terrorist organization that needs to be destroyed. Picking sides is not helpful.
Damn right things have shifted on Israel/Palestine, and the only person who doesn't seem to recognize it is Joe Biden. Recently he said "Israel is in a position where its very existence as at stake." What kind of 1967-era nonsense is that? Plucky little Israel, surrounded by enemies who want to push it into the sea, I was raised on rhetoric like this, and it's only about 50 years out of date. What happens if we have ceasefire? Do the Palestinians march on Tel Aviv and depose the government and hang Netanyahu from a lamppost? Israel is a military behemoth with NUCLEAR WEAPONS, it would continue to exist even under the most generous peace-settlement terms you can imagine. What will it take to get Biden to wake up to the reality of 2024?
Why do you frame it as this guy "put his career on the line" for saying something like this, Parker? That plays into the "Jews control the media" nonsense, which is not like you and which I am sure you didn't intend.
This really belies the idea that a comic has to choose between being funny or empathetic/aware of injustice/"woke". These guys just don't have the juice.
Great column. Thank you for posting the entire quote. The other writers you published did not seem to notice the that the prayer is also for the Israeli hostages and families who lost loved ones in the terrorist raid that started this one sided "war". What.is happening in Gaza is horrible as Netanyahu uses a terrible situation to tighten his control on Israel. I keep hoping President Biden will cut off all military aid to Israel until it agrees to a truce. But equally we cannot forget the hostages or see Hamas as anything but a terrorist organization that needs to be destroyed. Picking sides is not helpful.
Damn right things have shifted on Israel/Palestine, and the only person who doesn't seem to recognize it is Joe Biden. Recently he said "Israel is in a position where its very existence as at stake." What kind of 1967-era nonsense is that? Plucky little Israel, surrounded by enemies who want to push it into the sea, I was raised on rhetoric like this, and it's only about 50 years out of date. What happens if we have ceasefire? Do the Palestinians march on Tel Aviv and depose the government and hang Netanyahu from a lamppost? Israel is a military behemoth with NUCLEAR WEAPONS, it would continue to exist even under the most generous peace-settlement terms you can imagine. What will it take to get Biden to wake up to the reality of 2024?
Why do you frame it as this guy "put his career on the line" for saying something like this, Parker? That plays into the "Jews control the media" nonsense, which is not like you and which I am sure you didn't intend.
Public perception of the situation in Gaza really seems to be shifting in favor of Palestine. And yet, America just keep sending Israel those F-35s...
This really belies the idea that a comic has to choose between being funny or empathetic/aware of injustice/"woke". These guys just don't have the juice.