Daniel shares about underlying fear and hostility that contribute to negative perceptions of Palestinians, fueled by historical attitudes towards Muslims and Arabs. #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #CATC2024 #justice #AcrossTheDivide
I watched a video the other day by a popular Christian RU-vidr called Melissa Dougherty. In that video, she interviewed David Wood. The interview was about Islam, and David Wood casually mentioned how hating Jews is part of Islam. Melissa replied with "Oh, that's what we're seeing in Gaza today." It honestly broke my heart how twisted the narrative has become. Christians treat this as good (Israel, Jews, Christians) fighting evil (Palestinians = Muslims) not knowing how much they're hurting Palestinian Christians and also demonising all Palestinians in the process. I even watched a video by Reason and Theology recently commenting about the conflict and justifying it with "but Hamas." I quickly unsubscribed and was even more discouraged when I found out he interviewed you a few months ago about this topic. It made me realise that there's no getting through to people. If people dont want to see us as humans, then no matter how many facts you throw at them, no matter what you say, they will always view Palestinians as collateral damage or fodder to be slaughtered.
Thanks for this @ubemon. What we're seeing in Gaza is a wholesale destruction of life and humanity --what is that but hate and dehumanization against Palestinians? It's really heartbreaking seeing this uncritical Christian support for suffering and death.