“No one is looking at us or the extent of this disaster or the crimes that we are experiencing in Gaza,” he said. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet.
“These protection jackets and helmets don’t protect us,” he said, flinging the equipment to the ground. “Nothing protects journalists. … We lose our lives for no reason.”
Holy shit. literally just doing a “I know you are but what am I” for an hour. Hang it up SilentStorms, there’s no reasoning with the terminal thickness of the meat on this guys head.
Yeah, I’m going to call it here. I did get him to say that the apartheid state is justified because of a war 75 years ago, so I’ll take the win.
If anyone else is reading into the trenches of this comment thread, please please read about the Nakba and the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine that continues today before bringing your thoughts into this topic. The reality of it is far worse than you can imagine.
ApArThEiD
https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/israeli-apartheid-and-its-apologists/
If anyone’s curious here’s further reading with historical nuance that lays out the case of apartheid