7 quick points to contextualize the (retaliatory) attack in Jerusalem
An important reminder about what lies beneath yesterday’s synagogue shooting in Jerusalem.
Originally posted on Green Resistance (teaching, organizing, and eco-thinking):
Want to understand the attack on the synagogue in Jerusalem today?
First, understand that Jerusalem is occupied. The land is not “disputed” or “contested.” It is occupied.
Second, recognize that human rights violations continue – on a daily – basis against Palestinians, both in occupied Jerusalem and in the larger occupied West Bank (as well as within “Israel” and, of course, in Gaza).
-Homes are demolished, again and again. From 1999 to May 2014, almost 1,000 homes in occupied Jerusalem were demolished, leaving more than 2,028 Palestinians house-less.
-Children – children! – are detained and shot by the Israeli military. Example: Two days ago, Israeli military officials defended the attack of a 10-year-old Palestinian boy at the Kissufim checkpoint, after troops shot him in the neck for “loitering.” Israeli military confirm that shooting the child in the neck for “loitering” was consistent with the military protocol.
- People are lynched, shot…
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