Brandon Dothager, Justice Democrat, Highland, IN Videos
Videos by Brandon Dothager, Justice Democrat in Highland. Brandon Dothager is the Precinct Committeeman for Highland 16.
I thought I was going to another country
but in fact what amazed me was
I actually felt that I was in the same country.
But I was in a different time.
I was in the time of my parents and grandparents.
I can think back to all the articles I've read
all the things I've seen said
about how complicated and complex
the occupation is
"It's Complex, it's Complicated."
Made to sound as though you need a degree in Middle Eastern studies.
A PhD. To really understand what's happening.
But I understood the first day.
We went to East Jerusalem to try to visit
in the way that Muslims visit to al-Aqsa mosque
There were four IDF guards
Biggest guns I'd ever seen in my life
They checked IDs and gave us our IDs back
and then they did nothing
they just made us wait
and we waited and we waited and we waited
There was no list, no protocol, no anything
They were just making us wait because they could.
And somewhere in the back of my mind
I was like: I know what this is.
I know exactly what this is.
The second day, we went to Hebron
As I walked the streets with a Palestinian guide
we would get to certain streets
"I can't walk down this street with you.
You can walk, I cannot.
Because I am Palestinian."
and I thought, "I know what this is."
As we drove
through the occupied territories
I would look out
I would see roads
that Palestinians could use
and roads
that only Israeli Jews could use.
I said, "I know what this is."
As I saw
different colored license plates
for different classes of people
I said, "I know what this is."
As I saw communities that
I can only describe as segregated
Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia
I felt the obvious thing.
Our tax dollars are effectively subsidizing
apartheid
a segregationist order
a Jim Crow regime.
I was reared on the fight
against Jim Crow
against white supremacy
against apartheid
I felt tremendouse shame.
How could I not know?
How could I not know
the only democracy in the Middle East
as it bills itself
is s
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I thought I was going to another country but in fact what amazed me was I actually felt that I was in the same country. But I was in a different time. I was in the time of my parents and grandparents. I can think back to all the articles I've read all the things I've seen said about how complicated and complex the occupation is "It's Complex, it's Complicated." Made to sound as though you need a degree in Middle Eastern studies. A PhD. To really understand what's happening. But I understood the first day. We went to East Jerusalem to try to visit in the way that Muslims visit to al-Aqsa mosque There were four IDF guards Biggest guns I'd ever seen in my life They checked IDs and gave us our IDs back and then they did nothing they just made us wait and we waited and we waited and we waited There was no list, no protocol, no anything They were just making us wait because they could. And somewhere in the back of my mind I was like: I know what this is. I know exactly what this is. The second day, we went to Hebron As I walked the streets with a Palestinian guide we would get to certain streets "I can't walk down this street with you. You can walk, I cannot. Because I am Palestinian." and I thought, "I know what this is." As we drove through the occupied territories I would look out I would see roads that Palestinians could use and roads that only Israeli Jews could use. I said, "I know what this is." As I saw different colored license plates for different classes of people I said, "I know what this is." As I saw communities that I can only describe as segregated Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia I felt the obvious thing. Our tax dollars are effectively subsidizing apartheid a segregationist order a Jim Crow regime. I was reared on the fight against Jim Crow against white supremacy against apartheid I felt tremendouse shame. How could I not know? How could I not know the only democracy in the Middle East as it bills itself is s