(Please boost)

Just a note here, because it is going around in WhatApp and Signal groups that I am in. 

I think Israel oppresses the Palestinian people and violates their human rights on a daily basis. Outside of my job, a lot of my time is dedicated to trying to fight these things. In fact, I just spent this morning helping a Palestinian family with their olive harvest. So please don't take this as coming from some kind of right wing perspective - 

This is a very good moment for all you leftists around the world who are watching the situation unfolding here to *read the fucking room*. I do not want to be lectured on the internet about why what Hamas is doing is justified, or actually not as bad as what Israel did in Gaza War X or whatever. This is not some hypothetical philosophical exercise, ok? I spent a large chunk of my day checking in with friends who were in affected areas. I am worried sick about an acquaintance who lives right next to Gaza who hasn't yet responded to my message. 

Having a good ideology is awesome, but so is having a fucking heart.