A US veteran reflects on protesting alongside Palestinian human rights activists in Hebron
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Last month I was in Palestine with a delegation from Veterans For Peace. I've been on several such delegations over the past year, traveling with VFP to stand in solidarity with resistance movements against occupation, oppression and militarism in Japan, in the US and, in February and March, in Palestine. To be on the other side of the rifle barrel, to go from being occupier to being in support and in line with those resisting those with the guns has been humbling and rewarding, and I say that with the full knowledge that their resistance is very far from over and that their resistance is not my struggle but theirs, and, at most, I can only support and stand with them.
A US veteran reflects on protesting alongside Palestinian human rights activists in Hebron
A US veteran reflects on protesting alongside…
A US veteran reflects on protesting alongside Palestinian human rights activists in Hebron
Last month I was in Palestine with a delegation from Veterans For Peace. I've been on several such delegations over the past year, traveling with VFP to stand in solidarity with resistance movements against occupation, oppression and militarism in Japan, in the US and, in February and March, in Palestine. To be on the other side of the rifle barrel, to go from being occupier to being in support and in line with those resisting those with the guns has been humbling and rewarding, and I say that with the full knowledge that their resistance is very far from over and that their resistance is not my struggle but theirs, and, at most, I can only support and stand with them.