Hit them hard

Do you know why truth could be dangerous? It hinges on the side from which it is viewed. Israel-Palestine conflict is one such classic example of truth being manipulated to suit respective narratives.

Are you aware that on October 7, 2023, Hamas made an unprovoked, heinous and cowardly attack on Israel? The latest figure on the number of deaths in the October 7 attacks is 1,139: 695 Israeli civilians, 71 foreign nationals, and 373 security forces. This data was published in December 2023 using social security data. There are additionally five people classed as missing, including four Israelis.

Which nation with even an iota of pride would not go after the killers of its citizens? Which nation with a backbone won’t eradicate the group, organisation or country that threatens its sovereignty? Why would a nation offer an olive branch after the brutal assignation of hundreds of its citizens by an enemy nation and terrorist organisation?

Tell me something: how would the US have reacted if any country or terror organisation had killed its 1000-plus citizens? We all know it would have razed the country or the organisation to dust. Israel is doing precisely the same.

It baffles me that some Indian celebrities with pea-sized brains have taken to social media to support Palestine. Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha, Dia Mirza, and Richa Chadha took to social media to stand with the people of Palestine who as they face genocide in Gaza. Where were they when Israelis were brutally raped, paraded naked and killed? Or, like Indian media, rape and killing is heinous only when it happens in a BJP-ruled state or when the victim is from a particular community?

Ask any of these celebrities to point to Palestine or even Israel on a world map, and they will draw a blank. But their agenda-tuned hearts only beat selectively. They are the same who campaign for PETA and then post biryani recipes on social media. This is the same gang that talks of water conversations on Holi and environment protection on Diwali but chooses to stay mum when millions of goats and lambs are butchered on Bakri Eid.

Protest after knowing both sides of the issue, cry but not selectively, stand but always with whites, and support but only what is just and fair.