Rex Kerr
2 min readOct 11, 2024

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If my children and I were Palestinians who were Israeli citizens, I would want Netanyahu out of power as quickly as possible and some sort of halfway sane centrist (or leftist) in power--someone who doesn't think that trying to kill everyone you don't like is the best road to peace and safety. Bibi's going to get us and a bunch of Israeli Jews killed, and he might get my family and me killed; he needs to go. Peacefully, democratically. But he needs to go. Now.

If my children and I were Palestinians living in the West Bank, I would like Israel to uphold its own laws and not let settlers harass and possibly murder my family and me. I would also like new leadership in the West Bank.

If my children and I were Palestinians living in Gaza, I would want a ceasefire in Gaza for long enough for me to flee to asylum in Egypt, except they won't give me asylum. Jordan? Nope, no asylum. We need to get out! Chile? Can we go to Chile? I reject Hamas, but I can't do anything about them. I'm powerless. What's the use of aspiring to "return" to a place I've never been? Even worse is staying on this bit of dirt under thugs whose idea of a good plan is to rile up an overwhelmingly more powerful enemy and use our deaths as leverage. Just let me out, please! Give me somewhere to go--Israel, let me leave, Hamas, let me leave--I'll leave!

If my children and I were Palestinians in Jordan in a refugee camp, I would want the government to naturalize us already! We were all born here anyway! We are your people, now, and have been for generations! Recognize us already! This sucks.

Those are the main four populations of Palestinians.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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