WHO IS IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

LET’S ALL NOT TAKE SIDES, BUT STAND UP TO THE PROBLEM

THE NEVER ENDING STOOOORYYYYY…! I can’t & am not pleased to sing the movie story.

The US’s tactical association with Israel will continue to affect the prospects of peace in the Middle East forever given its unparalleled support and everybody’s guess why has the US been so involved in the region? Does the US foreign policy in the Middle East, especially between Israel & Palestine, unequivocally and equally validated to bring peace? Do you think Palestinian rights and democracy has been equally valued as their counterparts? What have we learned from the war’s loss of lives & destructions between Russia & Ukraine?

The claims that Hamas has launched rockets against Israel is not an excuse to massacre innocent civilians & decimate everything they own, although Hamas is so frustrated that their people’s lives are confined to limited improvements, developments and impossible to make any progresses in the Middle East, doesn’t, likewise, qualify them to kill Israeli civilians out of a continuing and overwhelming anger. However, it seems that’s the only predictable routine they’ve got to scream to the world for help for so long.

On the other hand, Israel can make any type of weaponry and advancements in any areas of assailant technology, but when it comes to other countries like Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran and so forth, they’re not allowed to make any global weapons developments without being indicted for whatever the reason. Israel is aware that they are living on the brink of a volatile sinkhole surrounded by very tolerant and benign Arab communities.

Unfortunately, our world has changed so much since the word terrorism has been created out of people, fighting for their rights, who are subjugated and subjected, to live an immobile and stagnated existence because of unrelenting dominations. I am not condoning to the acts of evil by all involved. I am truly and consciously defining the term based on who is committing the actions, for what purpose, as I see it.

Mind you, every time rockets are launched by few disgruntled individuals, it’s hard to comprehend why massacre innocent civilians and decimate their properties and livelihood. This should be a strong warning that unfortunately, next time when this sort of devastations happens in any country, instead of emotionally destroying innocent people and their property, it may not be an easy operation, humanely & patiently why not hunt for the perpetrators to face their ordeal.

In all conscience, the lighthearted publicity stunt US aid donations of 100 million for the crisis in Gaza will not bring back the dead or inconceivable destructions that took place.

Because this remorseless conundrum has been going on for so long in the Middle East peace process, the world has changed forever in terms of respect for humanity and moral practices. Time and again, we all need to raise our voices for this and all other never-ending wars to end or share the blood of innocent children, all equally treasured like Jewish children, on our hands.

Come on people! Please, make your honest conscious evaluations without hatred against Muslims, Islam religion, Jews, Judaism or Christianity and me for telling you my concern and what I care about or taking no sides against humanity, they should be allowed to live side by side with respect practicing their Asalaam Aleikum or Shalom Aleichem?

It seems to me that in the course of human events, most people face their own defining moments when they least expect it. Often that moment arrives when we are forced to make a choice between doing good, doing evil or remaining indifferent because we just do not care or exasperated for so long.

Also not making a choice or indifference is the easiest choice to make; it requires no thinking at all. The choice between good and evil is paralyzing not because there is actual moral ambiguity or uncertainty in choosing but because evil & indifference is so much more attractive, seductive and appears to offer greater rewards no matter how long.

To stand for the truth, what is good and right, is the hardest choice of all because they require moral clarity and courageous acts of conscience. One must have fundamental convictions and moral principles to speak the truth and to do good and the right thing and in so doing define the moment instead of being defined by the moment & very few lingering prejudices.

In the face of evil, the question in our morality is always a clear one. We can choose to be silent; we can choose to be defenders and accomplices of evil; we can choose to blindfold ourselves in the face of evil or get in the faces of evil doers or we have a choice to be damn evil to condone it or openly accept it.

What are your thoughts and choices about this never-ending war, which keep affecting global peace & creating dreadful human relations, to let the world community to do something about it?

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, it’s not enough to create change at the level of symptoms and structures. We need to work together even more deeply to change the underlying paradigms of thought and to connect with our deeper sources of creativity and self in a heterogeneous society.

The process of unifying people is difficult and the road to agreement is often littered with the debris of historical grievances, animosity and resentment.

However, any failure can be turned into an opportunity to learn and grow. I say it can, because it requires a particular attitude to benefit from our failure. Without that mentality, all our failures will go to waste. This is true in political affairs as it is in personal life for a leader as well as a follower. So, what is that mentality?

It is a mentality that is willing and able to reflect on past experiences, past actions and their outcomes. It is only through such reflections that one learns one’s strengths, weaknesses and the environment and conditions in which actions were undertaken and what could have been done differently that could have resulted in a positive outcome. It is not enough to admit collective failure. One needs to evaluate one’s role in the failure.

These days in age, we don’t need guns and weapons of mass destruction to change courses of disagreement, but by engaging in dialogues, sharing practical concepts as an interconnected society we can write and re-write differences until we get it right, peacefully.

Nevertheless, this is a wakeup call for all humanity and government officials to take heed and reaffirm the responsibility for their own actions or face this ongoing inevitable fate again & again for generations to come. I’m not violent or inciting violence but commenting my own assessment as I’ve lived through this and all sorts of incidents, war and cruelty and demanding for change.

We’ve the choice to live together in harmony or continue to live in a world of hate and inequality.

Let’s anticipate eliminating shared problems that have entrenched us for so long by redefining the way we perceive its symbolic grounds without blaming one or the other. If we do so by using all of our senses, we may empathize rather than trivialize.

Our condolences to all the families, loved ones & friends who have lost everything.

TIME FOR REDEMPTION & FAIRDINKUM

 First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians & true sovereign of this land on which we live and pay my respect to their elders of the past, present, from all nations and to those who gave their lives and for enduring praiseworthy foundations by making significant sacrifices.

Commiserations to all who have dedicated their time and energy in the efforts of advancing the fairness vote. It is predictably disappointing that the yes vote didn’t prevail. Now, it’s time to restore hope, present new thoughts and invigorate the public again to deliver the atmosphere of good will for all.

Let’s not be perturbed by the referendum’s no vote preferences. This was like all the past undertakings, a predictable show of fewer hands as the vote for change was marginalized. Now, it’s Makarrata time to refocus and find a different but strong terminology than the previous jargons of “sorry, reconciliation, referendum, yes… that can entice all Australians to burst with earnest messages that can introduce moralities for equal opportunity rather than construe it as if the indigenous people will take over the sovereign.

Let’s not swayed by few hoodwinkers and perpetrators that blaming Prime Minister, Albanese was at fault, the yes vote didn’t prevail. He has allocated so much effort for the vote to be successful, but Australia reflected on its past to disregard it and he was determined to give the indigenous people a better opportunity. It was also disheartening to see some of the responsible but young indigenous representatives and influential leaders misconstrued and being deceived to oppose the referendum.

Make no mistake, a better and more peaceful world can only be attained by societies developing basic principles of humanity, supporting each other thru individual empowerment, practicing non-violence and self-development thru internal transformation.

Recognizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country’s constitution to represent their people and paying respect to 65,000 years of culture and tradition is not about taking over the sovereignty and leading by dominating the people as some are instigating this system of archaic fear as a motivating standoff and generating division prone conventions by encouraging hesitant crusaders.

Keep in mind that, the yes vote was the start of the emergence of big change. Next time, it will be different. There will be times when they shouldn’t compromise their core values, their integrity, and they will have the responsibility to speak up in the face of injustice and do all that they can to thrive and survive. To do so they need to cultivate and nurture the concept of cultural helpfulness and social cohesion rather than individualistic hatemongering approach even if they don’t get the support for those new changes.

A sense of self-worth by any group in society is only partially internal; it also depends on the willingness of other competing groups in the general public to acknowledge the worth of the other.

Furthermore, just because someone is the leader of the opposition doesn’t mean they have to repudiate every important policies/changes that serve the people without creating unfairness. It’s an absolute disrepute for someone who has leadership knowledge and authority standing to refute the owners of the land that they live on by amassing enormous opportunities to say the least. This message is also for the rest of Australian public who the opposition leaders reverberating to, ‘the people are not ready to accept any voice for change’. When will the public be ready to accept changes? The opposition leaders are just labelling people to show that they are doing something by opposing in their given position. It’s time to understand the functions of the voices/policies being demanded by addressing all false impressions to increase public awareness in good conscience.

We all have the right to dislike and make comments how and what we feel about anything. How others feel is entirely theirs alone. Nobody deserves to be abused or punished because they speak up the language of the new millennium.

We are all making our open contributions regardless of commendations, acknowledgements, appreciations and validations of our efforts, to improve any ongoing social, political and individual dilemmas in our community. Those contributions are somehow used by other personalities in assisting and advancing their actions for a better outcome. That’s also morally a good feeling!

It’s easy to take someone for granted until we see the unimaginable person or candidate emerges to replace the existing ones.

Today, it’s not enough to create change at the level of symptoms and structures. We need to work even more deeply to change the underlying paradigms of thought and to connect with our deeper sources of creativity and self in a heterogeneous society.

It’s the sanctity & crudeness of being human, stupidity, complexity, communality, mortality…and tragedy that we linger on grumbling no matter how fulfilled and comfortable we are.

Reconciliation and Sorry are not only about remuneration with handouts with limited opportunities and ‘unfairdinkum’ treatments in order to maintain equal shares in the conventional society.

It’s now time Australians draw a line under the differences of the past and work together to build consensus around a proposal for change without hostility.

This is long overdue and it’s a decision that we as Australians must make for ourselves. As time goes by we’re becoming heartless, unsympathetic and insidious society. We’re all the same under the universe; every one of us needs to practice it correctly.

Nevertheless, irrespective of the disparities that have long existed here and around the world, learning from the past and still remaining calm to do the right thing, I’m happy and contented to see change is happening at a slower rate than ever before. There’s more to be done. Everything all of us declared and wanted to be accomplished will be realized surely either now or long before we all have gone like all those who have gone before us doing so much and putting up their lives for moral causes.

FYI: UK just announced, “Its jails are crowded & wants to send prisoners abroad.”

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