#iof failing their own people as well

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You can find her interview in NYTimes as well.

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sorry i’m not done.

there is violence and hatred happening on college campuses and in the streets, at synagogues and community centers, etc that has been happening for MONTHS now. SO MANY jews have been attacked, even killed, because of their jewish identity post-10/7. in countries that these idiot influencers and celebrities live in. they can’t bother to be concerned for them. they can’t even bother to be concerned for any other humanitarian crisis or war or ANYTHING, just this one. why? is it trendy? is it easy? is it a social pressure thing? is it better to be perceived as woke, socially aware, than it is to be perceived as pro-jewish, pro-peace? is it better to promote biased content, to stay quiet unless there’s something to share that demonizing jews and israel, than it is to exhibit nuance and empathy for all involved??

i’m fucking devastated by what happened in rafah. i haven’t seen pictures or videos but it’s been ALL i’ve thought about all day. i know the background information, i know the different players involved, i know most importantly that we won’t know the full story until it’s further investigated. but the people sharing things now are mostly sharing false information — they’re not just mourning the brutal losses, they’re pointing fingers and further demonizing israel, who very well may be accountable (likely). which is to say that they’re using this as a political tool, as social currency. “look at me, look what i shared because I Know!!!”

this is all a game to every stupid influencer, celebrity, random fandom tumblr or twitter account, each one with zero stake in this war.

elica le bon shared something today, she said this:

“The reason the war has failed and cost so many lives is because Israel tried to fight a physical war on the ground in isolation against Hamas. What should have happened instead is the entire world banding together to starve and isolate the Islamic Republic and its Empire (ie its terror proxies, networks, supporters, jihadist fighters, intelligence, propaganda machine etc) instead of pulling their fingers out of their asses only to hold a one minute silence for the butcher of Tehran. What you're witnessing now is a failure of every government on earth to do the right thing and protect all of us by isolating terrorists that have been emboldened for decades and sacrificed millions of lives for their own jihadist agendas. Their power and influence is the result of decades of appeasing, fraternizing with, and doing business with terrorists that have rocked the Middle East and the world to its core.

And the world looks on and says ‘what a failure’

It is you, world, that has failed us. All of us.”

this is what these dumb people/influencers etc don’t know. i wish they did, but that would be hard — to push a button and share a post about the “IOF and its bloodthirsty regime of apartheid” is way easier. so.

i’m seeing a lot of celebrities and “influencers” who haven’t said a word about the war until now speaking out and while i understand what happened in rafah was devastating, i think them deciding to speak out now is A Choice that i personally don’t feel comfortable with. was what innocent israelis went through not deserving of sharing, either, seven months ago and even last week when more footage was released? was footage of hamas shooting at innocent palestinians or stealing aid for themselves not worth sharing? no, they decide to share now.

why? why is that? i’m sorry but i have approximately eight months of pent-up cynicism and pain (and 7-8 years of built-up fear and doubt, mind you) that does not enable me to trust any single person, especially with a “platform,” who is choosing to share their thoughts now. you can be as kind-hearted as they come, i can’t trust you. sorry.

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You can find her interview in NYTimes as well.