{"id":86206,"date":"2021-06-12T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86206"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:50:53","slug":"26-00-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86206","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Player Julian Edelman Releases Statement About Israel-Palestinian Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Former NFL Player Julian Edelman Releases Statement About Israel-Palestinian Violence<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Julian Edelman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently retired NFL player Julian Edelman spoke out on Wednesday against the ongoing violence in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians, which has resulted in casualties on both sides of the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former New England Patriots wide receiver, who is Jewish, called the situation \u201ccomplex\u201d and ultimately urged a peaceful resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart is broken for the Israeli and Palestinian people,\u201d he said in a statement that he shared on his various social media accounts. \u201cOver the past few days, I\u2019ve been asked to say something. I\u2019m a proud Jew and a lover of Israel, but this is a complex issue, and somewhat beyond my ability to speak confidently about. So I\u2019ll just say this: People are not their governments. Israelis and Palestinians are both warm and loving people, deserving of a safe prosperous existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t help but think of this picture. It was taken in Tel-Aviv a few years ago with my Israeli and Arab friends when we ate way too many Sambusak (cheese pastry). That night, we used the word \u2018Yalla\u2019 a lot, which means \u2018let\u2019s go\u2019 in both Hebrew and Arabic. We are often more alike than we think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The three-time Super Bowl winner has been outspoken in the past about his support for Israel and how Judaism plays a role in his life. He also offered guidance and assistance to NFL athlete Dean Jackson and NBA player Meyers Leonard about the Jewish culture and community after they separately faced backlash for making antisemitic comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

By Thursday, Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have already fired hundreds of rockets at Israel. The IDF said 650 terror targets in Gaza had been hit so far, with attacks continuing into Thursday, i24News reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former NFL Player Julian Edelman Releases Statement About Israel-Palestinian Violence Shiryn Ghermezian Julian Edelman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Recently retired NFL player Julian Edelman spoke out on Wednesday against the ongoing violence in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians, which has resulted in casualties on both sides of the conflict. The former New England […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86206"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86434,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86206\/revisions\/86434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}