Good vs. Bad ➡️ Good For vs. Bad For

In real-life situations, things are usually not only good or only bad. Often, they are ‘good for Person A’ and ‘bad for Person B’ or ‘good for Person A’ and ‘bad for Group C’ or ‘good for People A-Z’ and ‘bad for Population M’. Or ‘good for Person A’ and ‘better for Person C’. Or ‘good for upholding principle X’ and ‘bad for upholding principle Y’.

Oct 21, 2024: Israel has most certainly been almost totally domicidal (wreckless-wreckful?) in its ‘attempt to rescue the hostages’ and ‘destroy hamas’. And this post from Bisan made me believe that Israel is committing a genocide in front of everyone’s eyes too. But others claim that this is not what Bisan calls a death queue at all and that Bisan is lying. I am so far physically from this situation but somehow I keep getting drawn back to this ‘genocide’/‘war’. And I just want it be resolved. I guess it’s time for me to grow up another day and realize that my writing does little to change anything.

May 29, 2025: Israel has been catastrophically bad. I just want Israel to stop killing Gazans and Palestinians and the land they are on. Self-determination for all. And if Israel did stop, they may even get a few remaining hostages back, but it is so past that being the focus. The Israeli government has caused far more deaths, pain, hurt, and destruction than their own people have received. Whether they admit it or not, their actions have been genocidal. This was already the case much earlier than I am writing this on this website. They have and are committing ethnic cleansing and it is not okay. For the first time too though, I will also write that I see Hamas as having moral responsibility and agency in this situation. It took me long enough to acknowledge, but they are actors in this conflict as well. And of course their actions were bad. And are bad for continuing to hold onto hostages.

It’s now time for me to stop writing on this topic. There are journalists, united nations delegates, and all the people in the region that are involved. I am not a journalist, a fighter, a policy maker, or a decision-maker in any government. I am just a civilian on the other side of the world. Well, maybe I am a fighter… for a more just world.

And while this blog post once had the image of a watermelon (a symbol of palestinian resistance) in front of an American flag and an Israeli flag. It now has just a watermelon in front of the Palestinian flag. It seems important at this moment to root for a better future for the Palestinian people.