It does a disservice to all Jewish people to conflate opposition to human rights abuses and war crimes with Anti-Semitism. Failure to to act on these injustices is what radicalizes people and spreads support for violent uprisings.
Does anyone seriously see the ongoing domination and subjugation of Palestinians as a pathway to peace and safety? The extreme violence of the current regime let alone the consistent cruelty of past administrations; and ultimately the indifference of the global community, is what has led us to this moment.
If we zoom out, and honestly and objectively look at a 25 mile wide by 7 mile wide slice of land enclosed by high walls and high tech military barriers where all the 2 million people inside are the same ethnicity and nationality, live in abject poverty and without basic human rights its hard not to see it as a fundamental injustice that must be corrected. The appropriate response would be to say "not in our name", and to support peaceful efforts to make things right.
We need meaningful discussion of a pathway to peaceful coexistence from intelligent influential leaders. Its a bummer to see so many post that claim to be about protecting us as Jewish people but in fact potentially leave us in more danger.
Ceasefire and negotiation of the return of the hostages is the only option and it needs to be the beginning of real change. Bombing only puts the hostages and all Jewish people in more danger.
Ultimately the real anti-Semites are empowered by this whole situation. Being Jewish should not be synonymous with support for radical Zionist politics or committing human rights abuses. I fear as a community we let our trauma blind us to damage we are doing to others. Hurt people hurt people. We need to end the cycles of violence before it spins completely out of control.
#antiSemitism #Israel #Islamaphobia #Palestine #FreePalestine #Gaza #CeaseFireNow
@monkeyflower
I'd like to add that your post omits the horrific treatment that Palestinian children get from Israel. In the last "hostages deal" women and children were traded for women and children which should have raised the question, "what the hell were children doing in Israeli prisons?"
Until last night I wasn't aware that there's an organization that's been tracking how children have been treated, and that's the Military Court Watch people. The media wants us to cry over the treatment of Israeli children but no one's crying over Palestinian children's treatment prior to October 7.
