Gaza? It’s not just a mess

10/02/2024

Gaza genocide

Stop the Gaza Carnage: Beyond the Blame Game, We Need Humanity

Look, I’m going to say it flat out. Gaza? It’s not just a mess, it’s a bloody disgrace. It’s a humanitarian catastrophe that we’ve all just let fester for far too long. It’s this open wound, seeping into the collective conscience of the world, and what are we doing? We’re squabbling, finger-pointing, and mumbling diplomatic jargon that means nothing to a child trapped under rubble.

I’m tired of hearing about “complex issues” and “historical grievances.” Yeah, there’s history alright, a whole messy book of it. But does that history give anyone the right to rain down rockets on families? To blockade civilians into this choked-up urban jail? No, it bloody well doesn’t.

And for those who immediately cry “But Hamas”, stop. Just stop. Does the existence of a militant group justify the collective suffering of an entire population? Is that proportional? You wouldn’t use a sledgehammer to tighten a screw, just like you don’t obliterate civilian neighborhoods to target a handful of extremists.

Listen, folks, it’s not about being anti-Israel or pro-Palestine. I’m anti-suffering, pro-humanity. Right now, it’s the ordinary people on both sides who are bleeding. Mothers mourning their sons, kids orphaned, homes turned to dust. And when those kids grow up in that endless cycle of violence, do we really think they’ll suddenly forget those bombs, those sleepless nights, that constant terror? It’s a recipe for more hate, more bloodshed.

The fact is, those in power – politicians, arms dealers, the war profiteers – they don’t seem to care. They fuel the fire from the safety of their offices, protected from the very destruction they sow. And why? Ideology? Territory? What’s it all worth when innocent lives are caught in the crossfire?

It makes me bloody sick. Honestly, sometimes I’m ashamed to be part of a world that lets this happen, day after day, and all we do is watch, tweet, and get back to our comfy little lives. Empathy’s cheap in this day and age, isn’t it? Well, not for me. I’m calling for it to end. There’s got to be a better way than this endless cycle of death and despair. Let’s be the ones who start demanding that better way.