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[jawnbc]

I got nothing. This is just horrible. But especially the first ones.

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[devilishous.livejournal.com]

Your perspective is very interesting. As a Palestinian queer living in Australia, I understand your sentiment and the injustices on both sides.

How does one move on when you have a racist, fucked up culture on one side and another racist, fucked up culture on the other? And I'm not talking about Jewish and Arab cultures - but subcultures of hate within them.

With 85% of Israelis supporting the incursions into Lebanon, and probably similar levels of Arabs (if anyone ever bothered to poll them) holding anti-semitic beliefs, how do we move towards a better future?

Talking to each as humans of the same species, somehow, before we talk as Jews, Muslims, Christians, Israelis, Palestinians, Men, Women or Racists for that matter.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

simply: i don't know.

i find myself yo-yoed in my reactions to what i see and hear. i understand there are just—more than just: elemental—grievances and concerns on both sides (or multiple sides: it's not just israel/arab states, or muslim/jewish, or arab christian/arab muslim, or sunni/shia/druze... . the permutations are seemingly endless and important.

there is more than enough hatred and racism to go around, and i hate the ripple effect it has.

[jawnbc]

To grossly oversimplify...I think that, given Lebanon's very recent endeavours to maintain peace while a democrat pluralism takes root, Israel's reaction to Hezbollah it disproportionate.

No one, however, is absolved of responsibility on any side.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

lebanon, alas, is the inner city householder with a crack-dealing, crystal-meth-addicted youngest child who cannot see that, despite the neatened yard and doilies in the front room, the neighborhood is on fire and the youngest child has a gun to its head and isn't concerned about bringing it all down just for a fix.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to thank you for the response. I'm a gay Jew with multiple ties to Israel. And while I may hold several aspects of the country dear to my heart -- SEEING these subcultures of hate collide just makes my heart sink. Admittedly, sometimes a possibility of a better future seems rather bleak...