tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067944933474160424.post3554528344156028913..comments2014-11-05T07:05:01.177-08:00Comments on The Young and the Literate: I Stand with Israel vs. I Stand With Palestine: Why Can't We Stand With Both? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14497987789352012883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067944933474160424.post-59200866558014001902014-07-14T08:30:46.936-07:002014-07-14T08:30:46.936-07:00Thanks for taking the time to read my piece, I thi...Thanks for taking the time to read my piece, I think maybe I was a bit misleading, but when talking about Palestine I wasn't directly referring to Hamas or the government, but rather was more focused on the Palestinian people. So more of taking a stand with Palestine referring to the Palestinian people on the whole. Thanks for sharing your perspective, you definitely bring up a good point about the lack of a legitimate centralized Palestinian government! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497987789352012883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067944933474160424.post-40127810338248493552014-07-14T08:21:26.242-07:002014-07-14T08:21:26.242-07:00I think you have a totally valid point in that as ...I think you have a totally valid point in that as Americans we should support peace and the common welfare of all people rather than a country that seems to be causing major fatalities in Palestine. However I think what a lot of people fail to recognize is that in giving support to Palestine you are not giving support to it's people, but to the terror organization, Hamas, that rules over it. I don't say that as a Jew who has been to Israel a couple of times but as an informed citizen of the United States whose country along with dozens more classify Hamas as a terrorist organization. I'd suggest researching the reason why there have been so many more casualties in Palestine. The answer probably won't surprise you. It's extremely disheartening to know that the major population of Palestine has no hand in any of this fighting and yet they are the ones being punished for an out of control government. And no Israel is not blameless by any means but they do their duty as a country to protect their citizens during this conflict and the same cannot be said for Hamas. Until the Palestinian government is run by good and competent officials there can be no peace and I cannot support Palestine.Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430899416014471840noreply@blogger.com