Omar Suleiman
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And I would recommend a serious discussion with even people whose perspectives have grown.
Peter Beinart being an example.
Rabbi Simone Zimmerman started If Not Now.
Beit HaSlim, an Israeli human rights organization that also classed it as apartheid recently.
There are many Jews that are opposed to what is happening right now.
Palestinians are also not exclusively a Muslim population.
Shareena Barakallah was Christian.
There are many Palestinian Christians that are also being denied entry into their historic churches and that are completely bewildered or absolutely lost in regards to why
American evangelicals have this ironclad support for the occupation and have ignored the plight of Palestinian Christians.
Of course, I believe Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist.
Of course, I have hope because I have to have hope as a person of faith.
But as much hope as I have, I think there's a great sense of urgency for people to open their eyes, learn what's actually happening on the ground, read the reports,
Stop letting these commentators and these companies that are able to generate propaganda own the narrative.
There are objective standards here.
There are objective measures of oppression that need to be considered here.
What's happening to Gaza is one of the greatest atrocities of our time.
learn about it, right?
I'd tell people to just watch the Vice documentaries, for example, the mini documentaries, I'd sent them to you as well, inside the battle for Jerusalem.
I mean, think about it, a guy from Long Island, New York can fly to Israel, right?
Fly into Tel Aviv and walk into a home that's been occupied by families for generations and throw the people out under the full protection of the military there and spit on them, historic homes.