the world isn't a fair place, and lots of bad things happen in it. so, i tend to react in sort of bewilderment when i see people try to argue for palestinian policy positions by producing appeals to morality, as though god herself is going to come down and set things straight if we whine and complain about it long enough.

it's not fair, and that's too fucking bad.

but, what palestine needs right now, more than ever, is to focus on a civil rights movement. i know - it's hard. the israelis are mean, and they're worse than mean sometimes, too. people are going to get hurt. but they have to do it.....

if there was some passing pretension towards the application of international law in the region in years past, what's happened over the last few days is that this has come to a close. that all got thrown out the window, and there's a new set of rules on the table, now.

there needs to be a change in the laws in israel to ensure that palestinians are treated as human beings. that's not going to be easy, but if they insist that it's too hard then they're just signing their own death warrant. it has to be the focus. and, they're going to fail over and over before they succeed, but they have to keep trying.

palestine will never have a state.

palestinians need to adjust and move on and refocus towards fighting a different battle.