From Nizo's Blog [Christine note: A gay Palestinian]
Nizo: I heard you just came back from Israel and Palestine, did you enjoy your trip?
Jamaican woman: I really enjoyed Bethlehem
Swiss woman: The Church of the Nativity must have been beautiful
Jamaican woman: The people were even more beautiful, and kind and generous. The Palestinians that is... not the other people.
Swiss woman: Oh, you mean, them
Nizo: The Israelis!
Jamaican woman and Swiss woman look around nervously
Jamaican woman: Yes, they are an arrogant people, and the way they treat the Palestinians is a disgrace.
Swiss woman: Well if Hamas didn't push Israel so much, Israel would be kinder to the Palestinians.
Jamaican woman: The Israelis are taking out their anger over the Holocaust at the Palestinians. They cage them like animals. Look at me, I'm black, I don't take out my anger at white people, even if they once owned black slaves.
Nizo: The territories were more open before the bombs were going off in the buses.
Jamaican woman: It's collective punishment! They should just go after the terrorists.
Swiss woman: I heard some areas are turning into South Africa at the time of apartheid
Nizo: Well, the historical circumstances are quite different though, considering all the wars between Israel and her neighbors..
Jamaican woman: No she's right, it's apartheid all over again! I saw it with my own eyes!
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At this point I realized how silly I looked as a Palestinian defending Israel. Fuck Israel, what have they done for me lately? I'm joining in the fun!
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Nizo: And we'll never hear about Israel's abuses because the pro-Israel lobby controls the media! and Hollywood! And if you dare criticise them you're branded an anti-semite!
Both women nod emphatically
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