The bombing and invasion of Gaza should stop now. It is immoral and impractical; the indiscriminate wounding of children and civilians makes the heart sick. And as is often the case, here is bloodshed and mayhem funded and aided by the United States. Joining my voice to those of friends around the world, I say: Stop the killings, end the occupation and pursue nonviolent methods of dialogue and cooperation toward a just, peaceful co-existence.
This to me, is the Christian, nonviolent and decently human response. My friends and I, we do not support anti-Semitism. The epithet "anti-Israel" doesn't apply to us. We are pro-peace. Which is to say, we don't plant our feet in one camp or another. We support both the Jewish vision of shalom and human rights for Palestinian children. We want a nonviolent solution and nonviolent movement toward a nonviolent Mid-East and world so that no more children die. Simple as that.
Something new is needed, some policy of substance and sense. For starters Israel should end its occupation and return the land it stole in 1967. And it should cobble together a two state system, one that begins the process of building trust and coming upon, not just peaceful coexistence, but of neighbourliness. And neighbourliness would begin with Israel dismantling its nuclear weapons.
As for the United States, it has long been a promoter of unrest in the region. Without US support in military and economic aid (about $3.5 billion annually) as well as weapons from US military contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Israel could not carry out this invasion or maintain its occupation. - Fr John Dear, National Catholic Reporter (click below for full article)
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