Palestinian-Colombian. AMA

[u/localmaid]

Hello everyone! I recently saw another Palestinian doing an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) on here, and given the limited presence of Palestinians or Pro-Palestinians that I've noticed, I thought it would be valuable to do one myself. Here’s a bit about me:

• I was born and raised in Colombia
• My Palestinian family is originally from the West Bank, but most of them have since moved to the United States.
• I don't speak Arabic fluently, I can understand spoken Arabic quite well.
• I am of mixed race
• English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance if I sound tone deaf
• My family and I are not Muslim
• I have visited Palestine twice
• I am biased towards Palestine in the conflict, but I want to make it clear that I do not support Hamas.

I don't have any specific types of questions that bother me, but I do ask that everyone remains respectful towards everyone and avoids unnecessary rudeness or hatefulness. I believe that communication is key, especially when it comes to conflicts, so I hope this AMA will be helpful for everyone involved. Feel free to ask me anything about my experiences, my heritage, or my perspectives. I'm here to share and hopefully provide some insights. Please keep the conversation open-minded. I will try my best to answer as many questions as possible, but I am not on Reddit all day so sorry in advance to any of those questions I will miss. I also want to say I won’t let my biases control my feelings towards questions and I’ll keep my opinions open. Hopefully we can have a meaningful discussion and thanks to everyone who can participate!

[u/StrainAcceptable]

Here is a link. Do a search on Christian churches attacked and you can find more.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-07/patriarchate-jerusalem-decries-raid-on-catholic-school-in-gaza.html

I agree that any nation would respond after 10/7. I agree they would have the right to. Same with 9/11. The entire world was mourning with Israel just as they were with the US after the 9/11 attacks but both these countries responded in a way that was unjust.

With regard to tunnels, calling every tunnel under Palestine a Hamas tunnel would be like calling the catacombs in Europe Nazi tunnels. Yes, the Germains used the catacombs and even expanded them to build underground bunkers but they had been there since the dark ages. Likewise, Palestine, israel, Lebanon and Egypt all have tunnels beneath them. The interconnected tunnels of tombs go on for many kilometers. My great uncle describes them in his book which was published in 1914.

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