by Arjun Walia, The Pulse:
What do we make of facts that don’t support official narratives we hear?
On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel, killing approximately 1500 innocent Israeli citizens and taking many hostage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then formally declared war on Hamas. This declaration was accompanied by a statement from Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in which he mentioned that “there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel” for the people of Gaza, and he added, “We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly.”
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Since that day, the Israeli leader has consistently emphasized that this war is expected to be “long and challenging” and may extend for “months.” This seems to be the case and fighting has since resumed after a brief “ceasefire.”
Thousands upon thousands of Palestinian men, women and children have been murdered in the process of Israel’s offensive. Hospitals, generational homes, schools and more have all been destroyed. Dozens of journalists trying to cover what’s happening in Palestine have been killed.
It’s painful to watch these events in history. I feel for the attacks on Israel and the terror they must have felt, and do feel. I also feel for the absolute horror Palestinians are experiencing as Israel, in my view, takes their retaliation much too far.
I often can’t believe I live on a planet where death, destruction and the bombing of innocent people are so easily justified.
All this said, some facts have been emerging that I’m trying to place in my sensemaking process. These facts can be hard to face, but we must do something with them if we want to live in reality and not in the world of geopolitical storytelling.
This article is a transparent process of my thinking on this issue as it evolves day by day. Many events in history are often not what they seem, but this does not mean people aren’t suffering. It means that elitists in power may use citizens for their gains while using propaganda to control perceptions and narratives.
