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#SaveSheikhJarrah is a wake-up call for Armenian solidarity
This past Saturday I went to a rally in support of Palestinians fighting against military expulsion from their homes. As an Armenian in 2021, the story is all too familiar. Soldiers with powerful weapons and advanced military hardware attack civilians, violently forcing them from their homes so settlers of another ethnic group can take them. International human rights institutions do nothing. The US militar
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It’s worth noting that Israel’s staunchest supporters are Jew-hating evangelical Christians (Pat Robertson, John Hagee, Robert Jeffress, the late Jerry Falwell), while some of the strongest criticism of Israel has come from Jews (Noam Chomsky, George Soros, Bernie Sanders, Amy Goodman, Sarah Silverman).
Dear Araxi, your article was refreshing and encouraging. I am Armenian born and raised in Jerusalem, Palestine. I was there when the first Arab-Israeli war began in 1948. Israelis truly believe that they are Gods gift to humanity. They have a masterplan for Palestine and nothing can deter them to execute their plan. Only the US Administration can intervene to broker a peace plan between the Arabs and Israelis. Unfortunately politically the US is not prepared to intervene. The Palestinian struggle has been going on for over 70 years.There is no solution in sight.
I have never agreed with a comment more in my life. Israelis strolled in Lebanon with such entitlement in 2006 after massacring Shias like they were ISIS and whines when we God forbid fought back. People forget a good amount of Palestinians kicked out were Armenian refugees. Israelis also have the gull to try to turn Lebanese population against Palestinians as if we don’t remember what they did.
The silence of Armenian social media influencers is palpable.
There were a couple that said stuff but Israelis already harass Palestinian-Armenians all the time so it must be hard. Honestly the worst silence was from other Arab influencers especially Lebanese influencers because the first people there for us (despite how Lebanon treats Palestinian refugees) were the Palestinians.