It's been over a month that the world is watching painful images of children bleeding off their amputated parts from their living rooms before switching over to another channel as those images seem too ugly to be seen during dinner time. What is the world doing? What if our children were under constant threat of being killed by rockets coming from sky anytime? What if hospitals & schools were attacked in a sinful attempt of cleansing of our whole nation?
No place to run! No place to hide! No place to sleep in peace! No place to live..... for these Palestinians kids who are in a war for some reason they don't know.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ?
The world- the think tanks, nations, common public, social media- has divided itself into two groups. These two "Super Expert" groups keep giving their comments now & then as to who & why is Israel or Hamas responsible. But as an Indian Proverb goes," You can't clap with one hand." Both Hamas & Israel have dug their heels on ideologies which seem completely illogical reason for their efforts. The death row is about to touch 2000 with majority of them Palestinians & many among them Children, unfortunately. In the war of this geo politics, wouldn't it be more prudent for the Hamas to bow down a little bit, for it is their people who are getting killed like anything. Though they claim they are fighting their war.
How Mahatma Gandhi handled a similar war ?
Remembering India at the triumph of 20th century, one will find many small revolutionary groups which were fighting War of Resistance against a big power who had chained their nation, much similar to what Hamas says it is doing. With no(or little) money, ammunition, experience, leaders, strategy, discipline, those groups dreamed of conquering the mighty Britain which had won over most of its enemy nations of the time. Was it a possible idea to win over Britain. Gandhi had the answer to this question, it obviously was NO.
Gandhi with his unmatched intellect devised a new weapon never used by anyone in the world - NON VIOLENCE. Satyagraha was his call to awaken the soul of the enemy by resistance. He believed that Truth can shake the most stone hearted person's soul. And that was the weapon for which Britain found no reply.Never Ever!!
The numerous wars he fought using his Non Violent Satyagraha from 1920s to 1942 had completely shaken the foundations of British rule & Indians and Britons were on the same table, discussing the way forward for Independence. Though they were Rulers & Subjects.
World also saw similar movement in the Country where Gandhi first experimented his weapon. South Africa finished the inhuman Apartheid only when they had Nelson Mandela, who gave away his life following similar ideals.
Martin Luther King in his fight against racism used the same principles. So after South Africa, USA had their Gandhi. And look what ripples they created. Though the same USA keeps his lips sealed & friendship intact with Israel.
What was common in these struggles was - Non Violence.
Message for Palestine
"An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind". Mahatma's divine message seems true in Gaza & Hamas and Palestine should be the one which stops violence first & raise a white flag because they are on the receiving end. The only way to have a free Palestine starts after shedding guns & coming on the table. May be the world stand on the Palestinian side. Expecting from Israel will end up in the same fate, how it ended up for Jews expecting from Adolf Hitler.
No place to run! No place to hide! No place to sleep in peace! No place to live..... for these Palestinians kids who are in a war for some reason they don't know.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ?
The world- the think tanks, nations, common public, social media- has divided itself into two groups. These two "Super Expert" groups keep giving their comments now & then as to who & why is Israel or Hamas responsible. But as an Indian Proverb goes," You can't clap with one hand." Both Hamas & Israel have dug their heels on ideologies which seem completely illogical reason for their efforts. The death row is about to touch 2000 with majority of them Palestinians & many among them Children, unfortunately. In the war of this geo politics, wouldn't it be more prudent for the Hamas to bow down a little bit, for it is their people who are getting killed like anything. Though they claim they are fighting their war.
How Mahatma Gandhi handled a similar war ?
Remembering India at the triumph of 20th century, one will find many small revolutionary groups which were fighting War of Resistance against a big power who had chained their nation, much similar to what Hamas says it is doing. With no(or little) money, ammunition, experience, leaders, strategy, discipline, those groups dreamed of conquering the mighty Britain which had won over most of its enemy nations of the time. Was it a possible idea to win over Britain. Gandhi had the answer to this question, it obviously was NO.
Gandhi with his unmatched intellect devised a new weapon never used by anyone in the world - NON VIOLENCE. Satyagraha was his call to awaken the soul of the enemy by resistance. He believed that Truth can shake the most stone hearted person's soul. And that was the weapon for which Britain found no reply.Never Ever!!
The numerous wars he fought using his Non Violent Satyagraha from 1920s to 1942 had completely shaken the foundations of British rule & Indians and Britons were on the same table, discussing the way forward for Independence. Though they were Rulers & Subjects.
World also saw similar movement in the Country where Gandhi first experimented his weapon. South Africa finished the inhuman Apartheid only when they had Nelson Mandela, who gave away his life following similar ideals.
Martin Luther King in his fight against racism used the same principles. So after South Africa, USA had their Gandhi. And look what ripples they created. Though the same USA keeps his lips sealed & friendship intact with Israel.
What was common in these struggles was - Non Violence.
Message for Palestine
"An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind". Mahatma's divine message seems true in Gaza & Hamas and Palestine should be the one which stops violence first & raise a white flag because they are on the receiving end. The only way to have a free Palestine starts after shedding guns & coming on the table. May be the world stand on the Palestinian side. Expecting from Israel will end up in the same fate, how it ended up for Jews expecting from Adolf Hitler.
well said
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