So yeah, Hamas’ ongoing attack is shockingly massive even to Palestinians themselves. But if you’ve been following the Palestinian struggle from the inception of Israel to the ongoing attacks on Gaza and the West Bank to the home and land confiscations to the daily humiliation and subjugation of Palestinians to the constant encroachments on Muslim holy grounds, Hamas’ ongoing attack compared to what Israel does is like a drop of ink in a tank of blood.

You can compare however you wish. Civilian casualties? Let’s not even go there. Frivolous imprisonment without charge? Even for minors? Hamas keeps a few captives for exchange negotiations while Israel has a whole prison system for Palestinian resistors. Deliberate targeting of schools, shelters, hospitals, and places of worship? Israel has done all of that while Hamas hasn’t (they’ve leveled seven mosques in Gaza in the last 48 hours). Daily humiliation and subjugation of an entire population and reducing them to dwellers of an open air prison? That’s Israel’s line of work, not Hamas’. Use of white phosphorus and cluster bombs on civilians? Israel did it. Hamas did not. Economic and agricultural sabotage? Israel did it. Hamas didn’t.

If you’ve been following things, you know that the list goes on. And if you’ve been following things, you know that the damage Hamas has incurred is literally nothing compared to Israel.

Now, if someone has indeed been informed of Israel’s actions but still chooses to be outraged by Hamas’ ongoing attack then excuse my French, but that’s an extreme case of supremacism. I don’t have to explain why this is the case but I will exercise my right to judge that person’s world view and to treat it accordingly.

I just ask that such people acknowledge and embrace their own supremacism. I hope they can reach the courage to be open about it. After all, being supremacist and honest is better than being supremacist and dishonest. I wish they would just say that Palestinian/Muslim lives are worth less than Israeli/Jewish ones. The world can see their supremacy pretty clearly, so their dishonesty is only making them look worse. Being honest might be a minor upgrade.