I saw a post by someone asking why "we" care so much about what’s going on "over there". On an international site, it’s not "over there" for everyone responding. Folks in the United States in particular seem to forget that sometimes. And aside from the fact that we [b]should[/b] care what’s happening to other people, it’s always better to know what’s going on.
Lately, however, I have also been seeing a [b]lot[/b] of videos from African Americans and Africans urging other blacks not to get involved in this dispute, saying basically, "we have no dog in this fight". But it’s hard not to see some parallels, especially between our recent protests and those of the Palestinians, and many in BLM do support a free Palestine ([b]not[/b] Hamas).
In 2020 when there were worldwide protests in George Floyd’s name, many Palestinians participated
But so did several Israelis
Some white Americans have compared Hamas to BLM, which is interesting. I don’t know a lot about the origins of Hamas but I [b]do[/b] know that BLM exists because of ongoing mistreatment from law enforcement. BLM might not exist if the popular retort "all lives matter" [b]had been fact[/b]. BLM certainly doesn’t have a history of killing civilians, but Trump classified it as a terrorist organization just the same.
In any case, those YouTubers are urging other blacks to avoid this debate altogether [b]not[/b] because we shouldn’t care, but because of our own unresolved struggles. Plus, sadly, many in our communities are hesitant about trusting the information we receive about the conflict.
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The Israelis and Palestinians both have legitimate gripes, so it's hard to pick a side. I think that if religion could be taken out of the picture unity would become possible.
