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Oct-07-2023 20:48TweetFollow @OregonNews The Root of Violence Is Oppression.Jewish Voice for Peace special to Salem-News.comInevitably, oppressed people everywhere will seek — and gain — their freedom.
(SALEM, Ore.) - Right now, Palestinians, Israelis and all of us with family on the ground are terrified for loved ones. We grieve the lives of those already lost and remain committed to a future where every life is precious, and all people live in freedom and safety. Following 16 years of Israeli military blockade, Palestinian fighters from Gaza launched an unprecedented assault, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded, and civilians kidnapped. The Israeli government declared war, launching airstrikes, killing hundreds of Palestinians and wounding thousands, bombing residential buildings and threatening to commit war crimes against besieged Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli government may have just declared war, but its war on Palestinians started over 75 years ago. Israeli apartheid and occupation — and United States complicity in that oppression — are the source of all this violence. Reality is shaped by when you start the clock. For the past year, the most racist, fundamentalist, far-right government in Israeli history has ruthlessly escalated its military occupation over Palestinians in the name of Jewish supremacy with violent expulsions and home demolitions, mass killings, military raids on refugee camps, unrelenting siege and daily humiliation. In recent weeks, Israeli forces repeatedly stormed the holiest Muslim sites in Jerusalem. For 16 years, the Israeli government has suffocated Palestinians in Gaza under a draconian air, sea and land military blockade, imprisoning and starving two million people and denying them medical aid. The Israeli government routinely massacres Palestinians in Gaza; ten-year-olds who live in Gaza have already been traumatized by seven major bombing campaigns in their short lives. For 75 years, the Israeli government has maintained a military occupation over Palestinians, operating an apartheid regime. Palestinian children are dragged from their beds in pre-dawn raids by Israeli soldiers and held without charge in Israeli military prisons. Palestinians homes are torched by mobs of Israeli settlers, or destroyed by the Israeli army. Entire Palestinian villages are forced to flee, abandoning the homes and orchards and land that were in their family for generations. The bloodshed of today and the past 75 years traces back directly to U.S. complicity in the oppression and horror caused by Israel’s military occupation. The U.S. government consistently enables Israeli violence and bears blame for this moment. The unchecked military funding, diplomatic cover, and billions of dollars of private money flowing from the U.S. enables and empowers Israel’s apartheid regime. Those who continue calling for “ironclad” U.S. support for the Israeli military are only paving the path to more violence. From the U.S., there are no sidelines. We will uproot complicity where we are: we demand that the U.S. government immediately take steps to withdraw military funding to Israel and to hold the Israeli government accountable for its gross violations of human rights and war crimes against Palestinians. We commit to escalating our campaigns for boycott, divestment and sanctions to end the billions pouring into the Israeli war machine from corporations and private foundations. Inevitably, oppressed people everywhere will seek — and gain — their freedom. We all deserve liberation, safety, and equality. The only way to get there is by uprooting the sources of the violence, beginning with our own government’s complicity. Never forget: Palestinian kids killed by Israel in 2023: Source: Jewish Voice for Peace; @PalBint Previously published here: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/10/statement23-10-07/ _________________________________________
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stephen November 19, 2023 8:56 am (Pacific time)
this has got to be he most complex problem I know of. its kinda like, 2 stone drunk guys getting into a fight in a bar. he police question them.. 1. he pushed me first,..or 2, he was disrespectful to my girlfriend. 3. he tipped over my drink unto my lap. dis-info (not including salem-news) is so rampant, its really difficult to take a side on "anything" anymore)
Anonymous November 2, 2023 10:15 am (Pacific time)
If oppression is the root of violence, does that mean all the shootings we hear about were just poor oppressed guys?
Jimmy October 9, 2023 8:15 am (Pacific time)
Hamas is learning about the FO part of FAFO. Too bad they want Israel to kill the residents of Gaza for their cause.
Jim October 8, 2023 8:41 am (Pacific time)
What a stupid opinion. Here’s my opinion. If Hamas dropped their weapons tomorrow, the result would be peace. If the Israelis dropped their weapons, it’s the end of Israel. Thanks to these terrorists, there will be nothing left to argue about. The restraint is gone, and the world is ok with that.
Nory King October 8, 2023 7:28 am (Pacific time)
Such a disappointing and skewed description of this heinous assault that targeted civilians. I really expected better from Salem-news.com
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