I actually don't hate Israel nor do I hate jews in particular
The problem arises with some misconception , generally in Pakistan and most of middle east , no one even knows what exactly is a Jew or Israel
And also we do not have detailed studies on World War 2 , as it was not our problem we were enslaved by British so our focus in history books is on winning our freedom and struggle of our people and leaders .....
Israel / Palestine etc ww2 is not that much discussed
These issues are pretty much undiscussed , in text books you have like a 1 page article explaining the problem in Palestine/Israel
may be 1 chapter , and the rest of the information comes from Visual News channels , which formulates the public opinion.
So as a youth when you are growing up you ask a simple question
Why ?
Why are Israeli's so cruel that they are willing to demolish homes for Palestininas instad of living side by side with them using democracy ?
Then obviously you see images of civilians with no weapons on streets , you see they have no jobs no work and no economy in their CAMPS and then you feel sorry for the Palestininas
This was my initial view .....
DO NOT KNOW WHO ARE THE JEWS , OR WHAT ISRAEL IS .......
As I grew up , I learned about WW2 in more detail , but even so I imagined if that was the case would they not be more compasionate becasue if germans did the harm to them they would not do that to others ????
Then I met some jews my frist jewish people contact , very good I ate food with them shared food etc and it was just like any other normal person - so I was genuinely confused
WHY ? WHY ... can we not have peace in that region if I can have dinner with Jewish person peaceful and share jokes and chat during lunch breaks why can't there be peace?
Then I investigated more ... and the more I investigated the more it became apparent to me that ... jews are not the problem ... its the system that is in place , a system that discriminates and that is cruel and is hateful ....
and there is no one strong enough to really challenge it and help bring change , I learned about people in Israel , jews that even hate that system and they want peace ...
I saw videos of people trying to bring youth of Paltesine / Israel together when they were 10 years old and as they age ... I saw them start to learn from adults all the hate and they stopped beliving ...in peace ....
Then I also saw some documentatries about peopel living in camps who have no jobs they work illegally and sleep in garbage / huts made of garbage etc ... they build all homes for others but they live in garbage dumps ... I wondered how cruel is that ? Life is so cruel
So do I hate Israel .... I don't know ... I just want law to prevail and peace prevail and the people who believe in peace prevail nothing more ...I want the people in Israel who believe in peace be strong and in power , I want people on Palestine who believe in peace be strong and in power ...
This is what I want -
Also when F16 Fighters are used against civilians and civilian buildings its very sad too ... its pretty much a genocide if shooting an unarmed man is called illegel so should be the case when F16 Take out civilian targets
Then every one asks ..... the same question .....
Look ....
a) Its illegel
b) Its cruel
c) Its illogical
d) Its unfair ....
Why is the world not stopping it ?
When Saddam invaded Kuwait ?
How quickly the world came together for GULF war 1 ?
Why is OIL that much important vs lives in Palestine ?
Its a lasting question that remains unanswered .....
Of course then you also ocassionally meet Palestinians or if you happen to see one of their conventions and you see their old pictures of old you see they had a distinct culture and history ... in those black and white pictures , they used to have clothes and culture ....
Now its fading away ... as each generation passes they are being driven away ... no different then what happened to native indians in US .. in past ?
It defines all logic ... and confuses you
Its makes you realize when man has weapons in their hand they become animals
But as you examine the problem as you grow you wonder why don't the europeans help control Israel's in humane treatment of Palestinians
Then you look at US , and same thing there is normally no action untill recently with OBAMA ....
Perhaps the correct question should be
"
WHEN DID YOU NOTICE PALESTINE'S Freedom as an international Issue"
Again its not only issue for Muslims but its issue for international community but if international community would want to just put sanctions on Iran only while Israel is riding its Nuclear subs all over middle east ....
That won't work
nope