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2021/5/19

    Today in our class we learned new shocking facts about what is going on in Palestine. I learned new facts about Palestine that I never heard of before. Palestine is very densely packed and 50% of the population is under 20 years old. This is due to bad healthcare and the fact that only 5 % of the population having access to clean water regularly. We learned in our last class that the Israeli soldiers control Palestinian roads but we also learned that the ports and all the access to the outside have been bombed by Israeli soldiers. And there are no roads that connect Gaza and the West Bank. Then we watched footage from Twitter that wasn't censored like the mainstream media. I learned some shocking facts about where Israel is bombing. Mr. Paterson also told us Facebook admitted to censoring Palestinian voices, Mark Zuckerburg the CEO of the company is Jewish.
    The most memorable thing in today's class was when we watched videos from Twitter. I've already watched the video of the Ten-year-old girl in front of her bombed house on Tik Tok, but seeing it again made me very upset. The thing that shocked me most was the fact that they bombed a graveyard. Mr. Paterson mentioned that bombing graveyards are more effective for cutting attachment to the land because people can rebuild houses. I thought that this was a horrible approach to take, I felt very upset that someone can be so cruel and disrespectful. They can not justify bombing a graveyard. Another thing I was surprised by is the footage of the Israeli children being taught to hate Arabs. "When they see Arab kids they want to kill them. They feel sorry for secular people. In 10 years everyone will be Jewish and the Arabs will be killed and some will be slaves." This reminded me of Japanese education during WW2. I hurt my heart that children genuinely think that it is ok to kill someone or make them slaves just because of their religion. When I see the comment sections of Tik Toks under #freepalestine, some people justify killing children by saying they are future terrorists. Educating Israeli children to become future soldiers is not right, manipulating their perspectives at such a young age is technically narrowing down their future. I felt very sorry for the children who are getting brain-washed, I was very disappointed in the US for being on Israel's side.

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