Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: The Global March to Jerusalem, a brave and admirable attempt to awaken the world’s conscience [View all]pelsar
(12,283 posts)just a history lesson, and this comes from a muslim Palestinian who has relatives in gaza who used to post here:
intifada I started in 1987, thats 20 years after the occupation began, it was a grass roots rebellion that succeeded and was in fact a real step towards western democracy that had real backing and and a real local leadership developed, what destroyed it was bringing in arafat.
l.e. under the occupation something very positive developed that had potential, what destroyed it was a combination of progressive mentality, politicians, the UN and every other organization, that had their hands in the "till".
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i realize you have absolution no idea of what i just wrote about, and your probably in "automatic mode" of rejecting what you don't know, so before you react, do a bit of research or at least try....you claim you have an open mind?, well, now would be an good time to show it.
and if you have a hard time understanding what exactly happened, you can always ask