Abraham’s Family Feud: Israel, Palestine, and the Holy Land Hatfields
🧬 I. Welcome to the Original Family Feud
Before there were the Hatfields and McCoys, there were Ishmael and Isaac. Same dad (Abraham). Two baby mamas. Two birthrights.
One got the covenant. The other got exiled with a goatskin flask.
Fast forward a few millennia, and we’ve got a generational land feud that’s been edited, redacted, sanctified, and militarized—now with nuclear capability and digital PR teams.
👉 This isn’t just a border war. It’s a cosmic custody battle backed by scripture, drone strikes, and colonial map ink.
📰 II. Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Murdoch’s Mic:
Across the U.S. and U.K., media giants like The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and The Times (UK) are not just reporting—they’re narrating. All owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, they frame Israel as the valiant Western hero. Gaza? At best, collateral. At worst, existential threat.
The Litmus Test of Loyalty:
Murdoch once declared that “support for Israel is the litmus test of seriousness in international affairs.” That test now determines who gets airtime and who gets erased.
Sympathy by Subscription:
The media machine ensures you’re far more familiar with hostage names than Palestinian casualty counts. That’s not coincidence—it’s complicity by narrative.
🚫 III. The Sidelining of Palestinian Grief
Editors silenced: Print something critical of Israeli policy and you’ll be labeled antisemitic, accused of bias, or booted from your job.
Grief isn’t neutral: When Palestinians die, it’s a “response.” When Israelis die, it’s a “tragedy.”
The media math: 1 Israeli life = 3-minute segment. 100 Palestinians = 1 vague “clash.”
🤯 IV. Gaza: WTF, Man?
I’m not anti-Israel. I’m not antisemitic. I’m just confused AF.
As a young woman living in Paris, I had some friends who were filmmakers. They had footage of Israeli soldiers marching Palestinian families out of homes by night. Like reenactments of Kristallnacht—but in color.
Yet in U.S. media, these films are nowhere. The story is erased.
And if you mention it? You’re slapped with the label: “antisemite.”
Reality check:
Hebrew is Semitic.
Arabic is Semitic.
Palestinians = also Semites.
So how can you be antisemitic for acknowledging both Semitic peoples?
🗺️ V. A Map Made for Madness
Welcome to the geopolitical jigsaw:
Gaza? A fenced-in strip of trauma by the sea.
West Bank? More holes than land.
Israel? Wielding borders like a Rubik’s cube.
Who drew this lunacy? England.
Same folks who brought us Partition India, Sykes-Picot, and “Rhodesia.”
They handed out borders like bad party favors at the imperial drunk tank.
💧 VI. The Water and the Wasteland
Israel got the water, the ports, the trade lanes, the high ground.
Palestine got the desert. The blockade. The bulldozers.
How are you supposed to grow a country without access to clean water, open ports, or fertile soil?
Why not grow it together, like the Hatfields and McCoys eventually did?
Their feud—fueled by pride, politics, and pigs—lasted over a century and was rooted in a border dispute between West Virginia and Kentucky.
Sound familiar?
🕊️ In 2003, the families held a joint reunion and declared the feud officially over.
🕴️ VII. Enter Trump: The Mediator Nobody Asked For
Even the Hatfields and McCoys eventually made peace.
In the Holy Land? Maybe their mediator is Donald J. Trump.
Abraham Accords (2020): Yep, he did that.
“STOP IT!” diplomacy: Like Bob Newhart meets Tony Soprano.
Trade threats instead of tanks: Weirdly… it worked? For a minute?
It ain’t elegant. It ain’t smart. It sure as hell ain’t diplomatic.
But after 75 years of polished failure, maybe the table needed flipping.
🏳️ VIII. What If They Settled?
If the sons of Abraham could stop slapping each other with scripture, what might peace actually look like?
✨ Perhaps… this.
🕊️ The Flag of a United People
A fusion of identity, memory, and reconciliation.
A flag that says: We were half-brothers once. Maybe we still are.
🗂️ SIDEBAR: Family Feud—The Holy Land Edition
Abraham’s Sons. One Inheritance. Two Narratives.
Isaac (Israel):
Son of Sarah
Inherits land, covenant, media support
Flag: 🇮🇱
Capital: Jerusalem
Backers: U.S., EU, Murdoch
Water: All of it
Ports: Controlled
Ishmael (Palestine):
Son of Hagar
Inherits exile, suspicion, and hashtags
Flag: 🇵🇸
Capital: Ramallah (claimed East Jerusalem)
Backers: UN, global protests, college kids
Water: Depends on pipes Israel controls
Ports: Blockaded or nonexistent
Feud Duration:
Hatfields vs. McCoys: 1863–2003
Israel vs. Palestine: Since Philistines & Canaanites
Winner: 🧾 Lawyers, weapons dealers, and border engineers
Mediator: Donald J. Trump, yelling “EVERYBODY SHUT UP OR NO MORE TRADE DEALS.”
🪞 IX. Twain’s Postscript
Blessed are the peacemakers.
But also blessed are the ones who see the whole family photo—not just one half.
This isn’t just a holy war.
It’s a holy mess.
Until both sons of Abraham can sit at the same table…
We’re just building pyramids out of rubble and calling it peace.
Kimberly,
Your best and most thoughtful post yet. Bravo.
The tragedy of Gaza is unspeakable.
If there is any hope of a long term solution one can look at Northern Ireland where an ancient blood feud had continued for centuries only to be resolved out of exhaustion and by recognizing that as part of the EU there was common ground for peace.