Nobody will ever know for sure, not because facts won’t be found or witnesses testify, but because when it comes to the conflict in and around Israel, there is no truth, only belief and belief shuns reality. It would have been insanely self destructive if Israel or even an Israeli officer acting without orders actually did shell a Gaza beach last week, killing seven innocent people, but then such things can happen either on purpose or accidentally and it would not be the first time. It would have been unspeakably evil if those who wish the violence to resume and escalate planted explosives to make it seem as though Israel had blown up Palestinians for sport, but then such things do happen and have happened. It doesn’t matter, we will believe what we want to believe.
All of us have our biases, some seek to set them aside and be objective, but I think I’m past that now. I just think that the human race is the inferior ape, the ape that could but won’t and I think that all we hominids hold most dear: patriotism, faith and pride, are our greatest faults. What greater good than that we disappear and leave the planet to less dangerous beasts.
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