Differing perspectives
I was reading a NY Times article on the Israel-Gaza war today and it struck me how narrow one article could be, and how words can offer a glimpse, but not the whole story.
From: New York Times: In Israel, A Consensus That Gaza War Is A Just One
But voices of dissent in this country have been rare. And while tens of thousands have poured into the streets of world capitals demonstrating against the Israeli military operation, antiwar rallies here have struggled to draw 1,000 participants. The Peace Now organization has received many messages from supporters telling it to stay out of the streets on this one.
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“It is very frustrating for us not to be understood,” remarked Yoel Esteron, editor of a daily business newspaper called Calcalist. “Almost 100 percent of Israelis feel that the world is hypocritical. Where was the world when our cities were rocketed for eight years and our soldier was kidnapped? Why should we care about the world’s view now?
It reminded me of the tale of blind men and the elephant from India. Each blind man grasped different parts of the elephant and argued what it was, not realizing that what they felt were just parts of the whole, and not the whole itself.