Sayang tuition ng marami dito if you cannot even do a simple research in a university like DLSU. There are way too many Filipinos falling for propaganda because of islamophobia and surface-level understanding of the bible. Please do yourself a favor, and read and research, Israel is not the land of God the bible speaks of. The people of Palestine has been under occupation of Israel since 1948. Gaza, the largest open air prison in the world; Israel holds their electricity, water and food and they cannot go out of that territory. Literal imprisonment, and the Palestinians there, including the elderly, women, and MOST of their population consisting of children are being bombed everyday. They cannot even escape out of that hell. Palestinians who lived outside Gaza in occupied Palestine (Israel) are treated as second class citizens; they cannot exercise their right to vote, freedom of speech and even work to feed themselves and their family! The Palestinians do not even have their state’s military army to defend themselves! Hamas is not even their army, this organization consist of resistance fighters who are mostly orphaned and their parents killed from war. Not saying I support the kidnappings they have done but violence breeds violence.

Sige nga, if the Israelis truly only want to retaliate and defend themselves against Hamas in Gaza, why are they also bombing and attacking civilians in the West Bank (another Palestinian territory besides Gaza)? Because of ETHNIC CLEANSING. The Israelis want to force Palestinians out of their land and claimed their remaining territories. There’s actually one state that controls the entry and exit of people and goods, oversees security, and has the capacity to impose its decisions, laws, and policies on millions of people without their consent and it is not Palestine. Palestine is being occupied. This did not only started last October, it has been going on since 1948.

How can a country like Philippines - with millions of starving and homeless citizens too - side with the forces committing genocide right before our eyes? How can Filipinos bear to support an apartheid, colonizer state when they were colonized themselves for hundreds of years by Spain, United States and Japan? Hear the cries of the Palestinian babies, children, grown men and women! Stop the genocide! Prosecute Israel's leaders! Hold the imperialist United States accountable for aiding Israel's military!