{"id":121459,"date":"2025-05-26T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=121459"},"modified":"2025-05-26T07:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T05:08:34","slug":"26-05-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=121459","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Hamas\u2019 Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>An Open Letter to Hamas\u2019 Defenders<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Elisa Albert<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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We have so much to chat about\u2014as soon as the war we never wanted is over<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tablet Magazine<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hi, Terror Apologist!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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I don\u2019t know who you are, why you care about the plight of Jews in the diaspora or in Israel, how long you\u2019ve been involved with Jewish-Arab peace and coexistence movements, or how much you have personally at stake with the safety of Israeli Jews or people in Gaza, but I\u2019m so glad you\u2019re here.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Perhaps you\u2019re a gentile with a social justice bent and you\u2019ve recently become interested in a centuries-old conflict between people you don\u2019t know in a place you\u2019ve never been near. Perhaps you are on an exciting algorithmic adrenaline ride, learning as you go. Perhaps you are an assimilated Jew with some intellectual curiosity and the epigenetic trauma response of trying to cover your ass so you\u2019ll be accepted by the secular world. Whatever the case, you are alive and well and safe enough in this moment to be putting forth some sort of argument for\u2014or implicit defense of\u2014terrorism. You might be doing so from an Israel bomb shelter, in which case I salute you and would love to discuss the absolute necessity of a two-state solution, the complete removal of Netanyahu and his cronies, a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria, and the travesty of what unfolded in Gaza since we unilaterally withdrew in 2005 and found ourselves under rocket fire literally two hours later\u2014once our hostages are home and Hamas is destroyed. Assuming you aren\u2019t a random careless internet dilettante who will be on to the next \u201ccause\u201d by then.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We can talk about war crimes, morality, good and evil, when this war we never wanted is over. Assuming you won\u2019t be on to the next cause by then.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We weep for the plight of the Palestinian people and for the ignorance and na\u00efvet\u00e9 of so many who believe that anyone but Hamas is responsible for their current suffering. Someday, when this war we didn\u2019t want is over, I\u2019d love to discuss the radicalization of the oppressed. And the fomenting of extremism, and Israeli intellectuals who have been warning against this very scenario for decades. When this war we did not want is over, we can grab coffee and talk about Iran and Saudi Arabia and Qatar. And Jordan and Egypt and Yemen. We can talk about building terror infrastructure under a hospital, about the concept of \u201cmartyrdom,\u201d about propaganda. We can talk about squandered opportunities. We can talk about Hamas\u2019 misdirected\/stolen billions in aid. We can talk about means and ends and which ends justify which means. We can talk about how a population that doubled over the past 20 years can possibly be said to be a victim of genocide. We can talk about war crimes, morality, and good and evil when this war we never wanted is over. Assuming you won\u2019t be on to the next cause by then.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, our hearts are broken and our hopes for peace are dashed yet again, but we have long memories and a powerful will to live.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Am yisrael chai<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Be safe, and pray for the safety of others\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elisa<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elisa Albert<\/strong> is the author of three novels and a story collection. Her fiction and essays have appeared in n+1, the\u00a0Guardian,\u00a0The New York TImes, New York Magazine, Lilith, Bennington Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. THE SNARLING GIRL, now out from Clash Books, represents a decade\u2019s worth of personal essays and literary criticism.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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