Bet you thought this was going to be about Palestinians, didn’t you?

Nothing much has changed during the weeks I have been unable to post.

Independent Catholic News still can’t resist an opportunity to spit some venom in the direction of Israel. The poison in this case was provided by a ‘Christian’ ‘Peacemaker’ in Hebron, who makes much of ”living in an occupied land”.

The signs of the season are not the turning of the leaves but the closing of gates, the appearance of x-ray machines on the road to Friday prayers, large flocks of Jewish tourists parading in the streets.

“Flocks”? A term normally used of sheep or birds. Could she be trying to dehumanise Jews? Well, she considers their lives to be of no value.

A plane roars over my head and I remember that it is not flying passengers to the Minneapolis airport, but possibly heading on a mission to bomb Gaza.

No mention of the terrorism and constant barrage of missiles from Gaza, or of the Palestinian build-up of advanced weaponry in preparation for war with Israel. She objects to every attempt by Jews to defend their own lives.

I breathe air heavy with the weight of injustice. The sparrows call outside the window. I remember that I am here, in Palestine, in Al Khalil, living under occupation.

Occupation? Call that occupation? How about moving to Tibet, little Miss Peacemaker. You and your ilk never protest about the real occupation there, nor do you appreciate the freedom the Israelis allow you to indulge your feelings of anti-Semitism disguised as virtue. Do you think the Chinese would permit you similar self-indulgence in Tibet?

Chinese shoot unarmed Tibetans - including a 17 year old Buddhist nun, who was killed. A video of the event is available here.

So why don’t ‘Christian’ ‘Peacemakers;’ go to Tibet instead, to protest those who are truly occupied and oppressed?

Could it be because their deepest underlying motivation is not justice but hatred? And they don’t hate the Chinese.