Gaza is in a poor state, according to most media observers that tell us what we should know. These self-serving ideologues are also self-loving idealists. They like a good bit of misinformation to pass on doubts and lies to get a ‘good position’ in New York, or a place like it.
The drivenness of such individuals is entirely of their own making and amounts to a cult, now, that worships security breaches and puts demise at the top of its agenda.
But this is falsehood, in our terms, and officially the matters they talk about are handled by our best and brightest as a national duty of concern. No overnight statement replaces the slow, considered, and behind the scenes work.
The reality on the ground is a situation that people in Gaza are desperately crying out for attention over, not to get clicks or likes but because fake media has threatened their lives too many times.
Real affairs
The people in Gaza aren’t sure of who they are or where they are. This is the truth of it as people young and old have spoken to me in joy and in tears. They are so because resilience is natural but suffering is artificial, and it cuts in oftentimes.
I’ve listened to the stories, though, and it has made me to stop and ponder life too. I’ve heard of similar acts here, but theirs sound relentless and crushing. The support is quiet and often it can seem too distant for human need. The protests worldwide make life feel unsafe.
Hamas is the point that makes people in Gaza feel angry beyond any other sign of brokenness. They hate the sight and sound of its militants, and pray for deliverance from its proximity to their lives and their local communities. Their behaviour makes them feel hopeless.
The buildings used for ‘normal’ activity at ground level but above the space is given over to torture chambers, cyber centres, and command control centres. The houses emptied for donor families of Hamas that are left in harms way later. The shops taken away and returned again with no word as to why.
The chaos has confused children for a long time. Parents struggle to say what it is while Hamas and others are in their way. The limited infrastructure is a sign things can live there but it feels tenuous and ready to disappear like peace.
Political things
In small groups people have gathered to discuss politics in more Western ways but without the protest mantras or false doctrines. They’ve planned a future many times over and considered all options as fairly and as openly as they can.
Children are now widely taught about democracy and the only resistance to it – in the form of local clerics – has fallen away to permit it to continue. The reality is that people in Gaza have inspired others in their tribulation. It counts as real change in the Middle East.
Yet, the dog fighting in their familiar surrounds is unabated, and as much progress as Israel makes for itself, it’s inevitable Hamas is going to spring back into action. They don’t think their terrorism will end soon because it’s supported and they don’t have a way to fight back.
Looking forward, the people in flight that I’ve spoken to are optimistic that builders, planners, and leaders will come out of the woodwork. They can’t say when, but that’s been the point of it all along. The chance of it occurring increases and decreases by itself all the time.
