Paul Sanderson

Call it what it is… This is not a “conflict”… It is a slaughter. It is not a “just war”… It is a genocide. Killing children is not “self-defense”… It is sick and twisted. Killing civilians is not a “necessary evil”… it’s just straight up evil. The truth is — Killing is wrong, no matter who does it. Two wrongs don’t make a right. We must not repay evil with evil but “overcome evil with good”as Scripture says. Jesus shows us how to respond to evil without mirroring the evil. This violence in Gaza is all about historic trauma, fear, and pain being transmitted into terror. The bullied have become the bullies. The terrorized have become the terrorizers. Hatred only begets more hatred just as violence only begets more violence. The violence must stop. We will not build a peaceful world by killing each other’s kids. Love is the only way forward. For God is love. Ceasefire now. Now. NOW.

Every decent human being should be able to say: Bombing hospitals is wrong Bombing schools is wrong Bombing churches is wrong Bombing refugee camps is wrong Bombing shelters is wrong Killing children is wrong Killing journalists is wrong Killing doctors is wrong Shooting unarmed civilians is wrong Running over bodies in tanks is wrong Cutting off water is wrong Cutting off electricity to premature babies on incubators is wrong Burning down someone’s home is wrong Prohibiting medical supplies is wrong Refusing humanitarian aid is wrong Starving people to death is wrong — All of these things have been done by the State of Israel, with the help of the United States, over the past month. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20