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October 11th, 2023 
Awake Goy 
Most Americans know little or nothing about the people of Gaza – or Palestinians in general (largely due to media omission and distortion). Here is a small step toward closing that knowledge gap.
by Kathryn Shihadah, reposted from Patheos: Grace Colored Glasses, October 8, 2023
If you follow world news, you know by now that on Saturday, Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel. My husband’s family live in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, so we are watching events closely. We have been following the situation for many years, and I have written about it several times on Patheos.
In a nutshell, the resistance group Hamas initiated what may loosely be called a war against Israel. On Saturday morning, they fired a large number of rockets toward Israel, broke down the border fence, and entered Israel. They have invaded a number of Israeli towns, kibbutzim, and illegal settlements, engaging with Israeli military when they showed up.
As of this writing, about seven hundred Israelis have been killed. [updated stat here]
Most analysts agree that this attack took Israel by surprised, and their military was totally unprepared – although Israel has one of the most powerful militaries in the world. But when Israeli leaders caught their breath, they did the only thing they know how to do: pulverize Gaza.
And so, four hundred thirteen Palestinians have also been killed. [updated stat here] Perhaps the only reason this number isn’t much higher is that Palestinian fighters abducted a number of Israelis, and have them hidden all over Gaza. Israel and its warplanes must proceed with care.
Notably, this is the first time Palestinians have been a real threat to colonizers in their historic homeland in at least 100 years.
Where to begin?
There is much that can be said at this moment. Most of the world knows little or nothing about the people of Gaza – or the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, those inside Israel, and the millions (like my husband) who live in the Palestinian diaspora.
Today I want to place the current fighting in context. Without this context, it would be easy to make wildly inaccurate assumptions – like “you can’t randomly attack your neighbor like that without expecting retaliation”; or “Hamas is a terrorist organization, they are the problem here, and the people of Gaza are paying the price”; or “Palestinians know nothing but fighting and killing.”
I’ve heard each of these statements a million times, and in every single case, the speaker has been unaware of the context of this conflict. It is with that in mind that I offer background on the issue.
Let’s jump in and see how much ground we can cover.
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