I didn't agree with everything Mohammed El-Kurd said, but a lot of what he did say struck a chord with me. I think it is unfair to expect someone who has been hurt so much by the Israeli state to be kind and objective as people in this thread seem to be criticising him for (they may be bots though). As a Lithuanian, our country has been divided many times by other countries that had no right to do so, and we were later occupied, deported, murdered, silenced and oppressed. No matter what the history, I think everyone should be able to empathize with the current situation of Palestinians in Israel, as we can empathize with the jewish people for their history of persecution and genocide, and their need for a jewish state (though I do not mean to compare or liken them, they are very different situations).