That’s great news. I love to see the inspiring peaceful protests by artists intent on raising the issues of violence. This 5C collective is something I think of here, a continent and ocean away in America. Five Centuries of invasion, occupation and enslavement by the “Western Europeans”, with their massively more civilized and destructive weaponry, is too much. And it will stop once all the oil and gas is sucked dry, and all the cobalt is mined. So there’s hope.
But from where I sit, I can hear a massive yawn out of the Pentagon coming from the generals, and the deep pockets of our military contractors, supplying billions in weapons not really caring about what everyone thinks. Here’s how the money flows to bomb the Palestinians: it starts by the our government asking taxpayer money, giving to the contractors, who send the weapons. It actually never leaves the US, just the bullets and bombs and the “iron shield” missiles do (trust me, they think it is so cool that shield). Israel is locked in a proxy war. I’m not sure they could stop if they wanted to. Military generals and contractors study war at our special colleges for them. They war is natural, it happens all the time, is just part of human nature. Thus they better keep funding it. And profiting. There’s a reason the area around DC is one of the richest counties and the most expensive to live in. Contractors. Private companies who take only tax payer dollars, like Northrup Grumman. Kenya, Palestine and Israel combined have a smaller GDP than the pentagon. It’s a shame. But keep raising your voices loud. Thank you. Let’s hope people keep coming together.