

That’s not an assumption I made. I acknowledge there is a blockade. In fact, that’s kinda the point.
That’s not an assumption I made. I acknowledge there is a blockade. In fact, that’s kinda the point.
That’s not what I said.
It’s not too surprising. But I do have to seriously question why anyone would try to have a family in the circumstances of Palestine. I struggle to justify it for myself, living in a first world democratic country, because of climate change and overpopulation concerns I have. I can’t imagine considering it in a country that’s permanently under oppression by their ethnic supremacist neighbours.
ETA: It may not be clear. I’m empathizing with the situation that a young Palestinian couple would find themselves in. Choosing to introduce a child into their world with little hope for improvement is an agonizing choice, and yet there’s the constant challenge that if they don’t, they as a people risk dying out.
Seattle cops don’t want competition.
I don’t agree that there’s a biological need to procreate. There is a biological drive to procreate. But there’s no need.
It is resistance to occupation, and ultimately resistance to the ongoing genocide. But personally, I’d feel so much guilt to bring a child into that situation. Is it worth allowing a child to suffer so much to stick it to Israel? I can’t imagine what couples go through making the decision to try to have kids.