Bring Them Home.
Since October 7th, 2023 I’ve seen calls world wide for a ceasefire. Never once, at any of these ceasefire rallies did I see a single person call for Hamas to release the hostages.
If what happened at the Nova Festival had happened anywhere else in the world the music industry would have been disgusted and angry. The world would have rallied together to destroy a terrorist organization that went into a civilian party and murdered over 200 people then raped, kidnapped, and tortured many more. But we didn’t see that. Why? The world has, again, dehumanized Jews. This isn’t a nueanced issue at all when it comes to the lives of civilians during a TIME OF PEACE. In fact, there was an active ceasefire in place when Hamas committed these atrocities.
So if Hamas really just wants peace for Gazans why take hostages? Why break a ceasefire? Because they wanted the IDF to conduct a ground invasion to get back the hostages. They wanted to pick off IDF soldiers in small groups while on their home turf. They wanted a war because they want all of Israel. They’re very straight forward with what they want. “From the river to the sea” is a call for all of modern day Israel to be exterminated.
Let’s imagine Hamas got what they want. What does that look like?
Hamas is an Islamic militant group. Within their charter they state they want sharia law. Sharia law is Islamic fundamentalism, and while people have the right to worship in any way they want, issues arise when you try to force your religion on others. Sharia law would mean strict rules on what women wear, who they marry, what their husband can command of them, what age they can marry, and so on. It would also mean zero tolerance of LGBTQ+ people and any other religious practices. Meaning to them- “freedom” looks a whole lot like fascism.
Time and again Israel has offered a two-state solution, a one-state solution, and ceasefire after ceasefire. Every time the Palestinian Authority has said no. They will only be happy with one Islamic state. This isn’t “freedom” for Palestinians. You can not have freedom where oppression lives.
So where would Palestinians who don’t fit the fundamental Islamic mold go? Where would Israelis go?
I think you know that answer. Conform or die.
I hate war. I want world peace more than anything, but how can our babies live in peace while terrorists threaten them based on their ethnicity alone? Hamas has not once stuttered- the west is next.
This is imperialism. This is racism. They are nothing short of a supremacy group.
Israel has tried the ceasefire route for the better part of a century. It’s not working. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. There is no room for freedom in terrorism and there is no room for terrorism in this world.
I want all of the babies, everywhere, to continue living. I want Palestinians and Israelis both have the right to freedom and self determination on their native land.
For a ceasefire, we have to call for the release of hostages.
Call for the rockets to stop being launched indiscriminately at Israeli civilians.
Call for terrorism to stop.
Call for Hamas to surrender.
We must demand for the return of innocent civilians as hard as we demand for a ceasefire.
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