A statement before I leave about the double standard and Ethiopian minority in Israel
We are all people… A statement that hardly isn’t used enough today in the world.  All the wars, disputes, protests, claims, problems, and arguments happening around the world every day for every conceivable topic often miss one thing.  That we are all human beings on this one little planet that is so insignificant to the universe that our primary thought as a people should be being grateful for even living in it, taking this big picture and applying it to our smaller every day lives.
Israel and the double standard inflicted upon it in its conflicts is an example of the lack of thinking about the big picture.  When people see news stories and pictures about Ethiopian minorities protesting in the country’s main cities for believing that they, as a people, are not considered equal to the majority of Israel’s population, a combination of the negative messages of main stream media and overall thoughts on the country encourage these regular every day people to think even worse of Israel and inflict the double standard. Â
This double standard is that even though places that are widely considered “more peaceful” like the United States where minority groups do similar things, when the same things happen in Israel, improperly educated people see it as a catalyst to hate on Israel even more.
My message today is to think about what you say before you say it, something that all of us, including me, must learn. Â Remembering that when thinking about putting your opinion out there, you are making sure that it is properly informed and not biased in any way by double standards or personal beliefs. Â And to always hold in your mind the statement that we are all people, we are only human, we make mistakes, and whatever problems we may have, the quarrels held inside of us should not compromise the principle that we are all living people on this Earth.
