Palestinians living in Gaza are burning tires
and throwing rocks in protest, not against their
usual target but toward registering their deep
discontent with a tyrannical rule that Hamas
has ensnared them with to represent a living
arsenal of hatred and violence against Jews in
Israel they have been incited to blame for their
misfortunes, a diversion from identifying and
revolting against a rule that has diminished
their lives and their livelihoods, a blame-device
as old as history itself used and abused by
historical governments mismanaging the
affairs of state while persuading their citizens
the fault lies with Jews. The old blood libel
to instill hate flies in the face of the reality of their
children used as pawns, taught the rudiments of
guerrilla warfare, sent to the front lines of the
conflict Hamas keeps alive even as their children
face death as they attack the targeted soldiers
of the Jewish state. Deprived of their young
and of the basic civic amenities of civilized
life apportioned to supporters of the rulers
they despise, they gather to express their outrage
against a government whose sole mandate is
the destruction of a neighbouring state, the
well-being of its own population irrelevant.
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