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  • I Helped Start the Gaza Protests. I Don’t Regret It

    05/16/2018 2:12:27 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 30 replies
    NY Times ^ | 05/14/2018 | Ahmed Abu Artema
    The seed that grew into Gaza’s Great Return March was planted Dec. 9, just a few days after President Trump announced he would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinians long have held onto the dream of Jerusalem as our own capital, or at least as a shared capital in a country that offers equal rights to everyone. --SNIP-- It was not a surprise that Israel responded to our march with deadly violence. But I had not expected this level of cruelty. On the other hand, I was heartened by the commitment to nonviolence among most of my own...