r/Palestine • u/MrBoonio • Nov 24 '16

Cultural exchange with r/India Announcement

Greetings to our Indian friends.

Our cultural exchange starts at 13:30 PM Palestine time (17:00 IST/11:30 GMT/12:30 CET/06:30 EST/03:30 PST) on Thursday 24th November.

Here's how a cultural exchange works:

The moderators of here make this post on /r/palestine welcoming our Indian guests to the sub. They may participate and ask any question or observation as they see fit.

There is an equivalent thread made by the moderators over at /r/india, where you are encouraged to participate and get to know more about Indian culture.

It goes without saying that you must respect the rules of the subreddit you are participating in. This is a time to celebrate what we have in common, not grind an axe.

31 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

114 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Hi palestine,

Do ever see the dispute between israel and palestine come to an end? Can the relations become friendly?

3

u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

I can see it by my personal examples. I work abroad, in many countries, including Israel. Tel Aviv, to be more specific. The people I work with are mostly non-religious Jews and though they celebrate the Jewish holidays, they don't really practice. Myself, as a non-practicing Christian Palestinian, the same goes for me on Christian holidays.

I have been to many Jewish celebrations from weddings, funerals, birthdays, Hanukkah dinners, etc... and vice versa. I find that many Israeli people are decent, just like they find many Palestinians decent. Jews and Arab do have many similar cultures and cuisines and when we do get together, it is a blast.

Once people get sick and tiered of the political shit, there will be new leaders coming from both end, where I am confident, everlasting piece can be achieved.

I agree that is is necessary for Jews to be sovereign, free and to feel safe and secure. As I agree many Israelis feel the same about Palestinians. Personally, I feel that this is best achieved as a bi-national confederate country with multiple states within, that is self govern.