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November 2024

So, you believe Hamas should hand over its hostages, and this justifies Israel's brutal actions? What, then, do you think about the nearly 12,000 Palestinian men, women, and children that Israel has taken as hostages since October 7 last year? And that's just since then—prior to that, Israel already held around 5,000 Palestinians in detention. Or what about the nearly 800,000 Palestinians arrested by Israel since 1967, often without charge or due cause?

And what about the 35,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since 1967? Or the estimated 150,000 to 200,000 who have realistically been killed just since last year? Or the 5.7 million Palestinians displaced from their homes since 1967? The land confiscated from those who lived there. The hospitals destroyed, the schools bombed, the mosques leveled, and the homes reduced to rubble.

This is not speculation or radical rhetoric. These are facts—confirmed by organizations such as the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International, Save the Children, the World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders, and the Red Cross. Even B’Tselem, Israel's own human rights organization, corroborates these realities. These are the facts.

And if we insist on framing everything as a matter of Hamas, let me say this: the members of Hamas are born, raised, and killed under a terror regime that occupies their land. Hamas was established in 1987—after 20 years of killings, oppression, apartheid, and violence. I cannot condone the killing of civilians, regardless of who does it—whether Hamas or Israel. But let me ask you this: if you and I had been born in Palestine, would we not have joined Hamas ourselves to fight for the freedom and dignity of our people?

Open your heart to their suffering. This is about human beings—people like you and me. There is no difference between us.

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