Massive crowds descended on downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Protesters' messaging at the event centered on calls to end U.S. aid to Israel and for a cease-fire.
It’s not anti-semitic to criticize the Israeli government and their disproportionate response which has killed over 9,000 Palestinians. If a cease-fire isn’t agreed upon, and the slaughter of thousands of innocent Palestinians continues, tenuous support among Americans and others around the world will dry up. The Palestinian deaths and destruction in Gaza is causing irreparable damage to the region and is intensifying hostility toward Israel by other Arab nations.
The two state solution - a compromise proposed in the 1940′s that would create a Palestinian state - has been jeopardized by Israel’s expansion of Jewish settlements into Palestinian territory. So much so that it may never happen.
For eighty years this conflict has disrupted the lives of millions of Israelis and Palestinians. You would think they’d be willing to discuss some sort of resolution other than genocide of the Palestinians.
