Thank you to the many people who privately thanked me for my courage to speak the truth. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the support and not surprised it was all done privately, and that only naysayers responded publicly.
This demonstrates a symptom of the very issues at hand that began this conversation in the first place. Even in a town like Lincoln, Jews and Jewish supporters still feel very afraid to be exposed and speak out against antisemitism and false accusations. Firstly, I have compassion for your personal experience and am sorry that you’re hurting.
That being said, you are spreading dangerous propaganda and I’m asking you to please stop.
You have used the word “genocide” incorrectly. Genocide is by definition intentional ethnic cleansing: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group."a campaign of genocide" Hamas is trying to inflict ethnic cleansing. Israel is defending itself with the intention to spare as many casualties as possible while successfully completing the mission to wipe out terrorists. It is Israel’s responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide. No level-headed person desires war or death of any innocent people. We in the west have been sheltered from was war looks like.
There was a ceasefire on October 6. Hamas who was elected by the Palestinians inflicted TERRORISM. If Hamas is not eliminated there will be MORE civilian deaths in total on both sides. If you expand the reach of your news sources you’ll see Hamas is responsible for many of those Palestinians deaths.
I encourage you to educate yourself about the history of Israel and this conflict, and not use incorrect verbiage that can cause communities their lives. This lie that Israel is committing genocide is causing the rise of antisemitism globally right now.
Spreading misinformation is an irresponsible.
For those who wish to explore this topic, I’ll include a link to a 2 minute reel/video that is simple and easy to follow, as well as a post that includes references and is fact-checked to explain how misinformation is spreading through the media, and by Hamas.
This is dangerous propaganda.
You have used genocide incorrectly and that is dangerous. Genocide is by definition ethnic cleansing. Hamas is enforcing ethnic cleansing. It is Israel’s responsibility to its civilians to protect them from genocide. No level headed person desires war or death of any innocent people. We in the west have been sheltered from was war looks like.
You’re right. This isn’t a normal war. There was a ceasefire on October 6. Hamas who was elected by the Palestinians inflicted TERRORISM. If Hamas is not eliminated there will be MORE civilian deaths in total on both sides. If you round out your news sources you’ll see Hamas is responsible for many of those Palestinians deaths.
I encourage you to educate yourself about the history of Israel and this conflict, and not use incorrect verbiage that can cause communities their lives.
Spreading misinformation about genocide is an irresponsible move right now.
I could bombard you with fact checked I formation but I’ll leave you and the community with one two minute video instead that any person can grasp.
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