Israel has launched its threatened ground offensive into Gaza. This is going to be very bad—but, of course, Israel's just doing things the American way.
I'm certainly not inclined to take a stand with Hamas. On the other hand, Israel is unquestionably the more powerful force here and had already inflicted the greater number of casualties even before the ground assault began. As I understand the Hebrew Bible—which is one of my sacred texts, too—if we're going to talk about God standing on anyone's side in this conflict, he's not going to be siding with the most powerful.
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God of the nations—
I feel like I should pray, but I really don't know what to pray for.
Peace. That sounds so f------ hollow.
A pox on both their houses, is more what I'm feeling right now.
I pray for civilians on both sides, but especially for the Palestinians, who are the most vulnerable.
I don't know what the hell it means to pray for that under the circumstances.
I guess I'm saying that I hope deaths and maiming and hunger and damage to houses and hospitals and schools and water mains and other vital infrastructre will be "minimal." Whatever that's supposed to mean.
All right, here's what I want:
I want this conflict to be over right now.
I want Israel to back the f--- off and stop reacting disproportionately to the Palestinian threat in ways that just exacerbate the problem.
I want Palestinians to stop supporting f------ terrorist regimes.
I want militant Arabs and Muslims to accept Israel's right to exist so we can move beyond that already.
I want my country's government to stop funding Israel's military until that country's government shows a real political will for peace and the creation of a Palestinian state.
I'm angry, and swearing, because I find the situation so hopeless.
And I'm feeling so invested in this conflict, as opposed to others, because I know that my country shares responsibility for this mess.
I don't know what good this does, but you're the one who asks us to pray, so here you have it.
In Christ's name, amen.
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Amen.
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