For far too long I openly supported the war in Gaza and now I’m reckoning with what that means. I am culpable. Do all Jews share responsibility for the horrors of Gaza?
What responsibility do the Palestinians have for the fact that they largely haven’t spoken out against October 7 and according to polls generally support it? The same as Jews for Gaza or less?
Thank you. It takes a strong person to admit that he or she was wrong. No, all Jews are no more responsible for Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza than all Americans are responsible for the destruction which Trump is unleashing on the US and the world. What everyone can do is unite to fight the evil that Netanyahu and Trump are unleashing. It is a monumental fight, but we can’t give up.
Perhaps you could comment on this headline in the NY Times just now.
Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three
As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.
Excerpts from the story:
Several hundred Palestinians were sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church compound when the church roof was hit around 10:10 a.m., sending shrapnel and debris flying.
President Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to express “not a positive reaction” to the attack on the church, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said at a news briefing.
And then, one of the most preposterous paragraphs to appear in an American newspaper this year:
Shortly afterward, Mr. Netanyahu’s office issued a statement saying: “Israel deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Family Church. Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful.”
And, just as with our fellow American who was beaten to death by West Bank squatters a few days ago, the Israelis promise a “thorough investigation“. As always, this will never be heard of again and nobody will be held accountable.
"Every time a coconut" (as implied of a coconut shy). This tale of "an error" is both tiresome and worn out. He uses it time and again because he has run out of excuses in defending his abomination of blood lust.
When I was 10 my suburban American Sunday school asked me if Israel and the USA went to war who would I fight for. They told us about how the arabs are having so many babies that Jews would be a minority in Israel. It takes a society to commit genocide. We are all to blame.
Empire of Lies. All my life I've been told that Israel wants peace. What was meant was the peace of the grave for it's enemies, and you don't make peace with your friends.
I enjoyed your piece very much. However, I am not sure about the conclusion that Jews must speak out against Israel in order to be safe for two reasons. One, it feels like a purity test: are you one of the “good” Jews or the “bad” Jews, because only one is allowed in our leftist (art, education, activist, etc.) space. Two, in the spaces I mentioned above, it’s not enough to denounce the actions of Israel, you must agitate for the complete dismantling of the Jewish state or be labeled a “baby killer.” Again, I imagine for people navigating more mainstream spaces, this is not true. In my communities, both choices seem untenable, and I find myself trying lay low and just wait it out.
We must all advocate for the dismantlement of Israel. If there is a land without a people, Jews can have their state but not in Palestine. From 1901, the Jewish National Fund was established with the explicit purpose of ethnically cleansing the region and that it EXACTLY what it has been accomplishing ever since the creation of the state.
How do you imagine that Israel will be dismantled without ethnic cleansing? There are 9 million people living there. Do you imagine they will just disappear?
It’s the least the Jewish community can do for the genocidal colonialist project that is Zionism that will continue to have devastating effects in the region if it is allowed to continue. The killing and the gaslight simply will not end. The silencing of antizionist Jews done by Zionist Jews will not end.
More than half of Israeli Jews were displaced from the Middle East and North Africa. Do you think that Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Syria, Egypt and Algeria are going to allow 4 million Jews the right to return? Or are they Europeans now in your eyes?
Europe, biggest supporters of the Jews - they are literally destroying international, humanitarian and their own domestic laws to protect them - will give them a home.
Instead of taking all these Muslims and Africans in, they should take Israeli Jews in.
all of the Jewish money around the world will ensure that the transfer Is luxurious and easy. Leave the Palestinians, the antizionist Jews (they claim they were just fine before the settlers arrived) and Christians in the ME to recover and the Israelis must pay reparations for 100 years in the same way the Germans have paid for WWII
and it must be documented that Zionism DOES NOT represent all Jews. Zionism is clearly a satanic
cult that hijacked Christianity and Judaism in order to pursue a globalist, anti human agenda
The belief that Jews have the right to self determination like all other peoples is… satanic? Really? The anti Zionist Jews are so lucky to have you as a spokesperson lol.
Not that ethnic cleansing is a final solution for anything, but how many in Israel are supporting a Just, Equal, Secular State based on a fundamental constitution that doesn't centre Polity, Culture, Education around one ethnicity? Exhibits are: Likud platform of from the river to the sea, Israel's Nation State Law, the Right of Return reserved exclusively for Jews only.
What responsibility do the Palestinians have for the fact that they largely haven’t spoken out against October 7 and according to polls generally support it? The same as Jews for Gaza or less?
Thank you. It takes a strong person to admit that he or she was wrong. No, all Jews are no more responsible for Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza than all Americans are responsible for the destruction which Trump is unleashing on the US and the world. What everyone can do is unite to fight the evil that Netanyahu and Trump are unleashing. It is a monumental fight, but we can’t give up.
Perhaps you could comment on this headline in the NY Times just now.
Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three
As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.
Excerpts from the story:
Several hundred Palestinians were sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church compound when the church roof was hit around 10:10 a.m., sending shrapnel and debris flying.
President Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to express “not a positive reaction” to the attack on the church, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said at a news briefing.
And then, one of the most preposterous paragraphs to appear in an American newspaper this year:
Shortly afterward, Mr. Netanyahu’s office issued a statement saying: “Israel deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Family Church. Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful.”
And, just as with our fellow American who was beaten to death by West Bank squatters a few days ago, the Israelis promise a “thorough investigation“. As always, this will never be heard of again and nobody will be held accountable.
"Every time a coconut" (as implied of a coconut shy). This tale of "an error" is both tiresome and worn out. He uses it time and again because he has run out of excuses in defending his abomination of blood lust.
When I was 10 my suburban American Sunday school asked me if Israel and the USA went to war who would I fight for. They told us about how the arabs are having so many babies that Jews would be a minority in Israel. It takes a society to commit genocide. We are all to blame.
Empire of Lies. All my life I've been told that Israel wants peace. What was meant was the peace of the grave for it's enemies, and you don't make peace with your friends.
This was a powerful read Shaiel! Thank you for speaking up
I enjoyed your piece very much. However, I am not sure about the conclusion that Jews must speak out against Israel in order to be safe for two reasons. One, it feels like a purity test: are you one of the “good” Jews or the “bad” Jews, because only one is allowed in our leftist (art, education, activist, etc.) space. Two, in the spaces I mentioned above, it’s not enough to denounce the actions of Israel, you must agitate for the complete dismantling of the Jewish state or be labeled a “baby killer.” Again, I imagine for people navigating more mainstream spaces, this is not true. In my communities, both choices seem untenable, and I find myself trying lay low and just wait it out.
We must all advocate for the dismantlement of Israel. If there is a land without a people, Jews can have their state but not in Palestine. From 1901, the Jewish National Fund was established with the explicit purpose of ethnically cleansing the region and that it EXACTLY what it has been accomplishing ever since the creation of the state.
How do you imagine that Israel will be dismantled without ethnic cleansing? There are 9 million people living there. Do you imagine they will just disappear?
No. Tell them to relocate. Give them money and let them go back to their homelands across Europe. Simple. Trust me. It’ll be very easy.
It’s the least the Jewish community can do for the genocidal colonialist project that is Zionism that will continue to have devastating effects in the region if it is allowed to continue. The killing and the gaslight simply will not end. The silencing of antizionist Jews done by Zionist Jews will not end.
More than half of Israeli Jews were displaced from the Middle East and North Africa. Do you think that Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Syria, Egypt and Algeria are going to allow 4 million Jews the right to return? Or are they Europeans now in your eyes?
Europe, biggest supporters of the Jews - they are literally destroying international, humanitarian and their own domestic laws to protect them - will give them a home.
Instead of taking all these Muslims and Africans in, they should take Israeli Jews in.
all of the Jewish money around the world will ensure that the transfer Is luxurious and easy. Leave the Palestinians, the antizionist Jews (they claim they were just fine before the settlers arrived) and Christians in the ME to recover and the Israelis must pay reparations for 100 years in the same way the Germans have paid for WWII
and it must be documented that Zionism DOES NOT represent all Jews. Zionism is clearly a satanic
cult that hijacked Christianity and Judaism in order to pursue a globalist, anti human agenda
The belief that Jews have the right to self determination like all other peoples is… satanic? Really? The anti Zionist Jews are so lucky to have you as a spokesperson lol.
Their “homelands”, daft cunt has no understanding of anything… how about we send the rapey Palestinian terrorists back to Arabia? How’s that sound?
Nope. Send the Europeans back to Europe
Still a daft cunt. Qq - where do Arabs come from…? I’ll wait.
Not that ethnic cleansing is a final solution for anything, but how many in Israel are supporting a Just, Equal, Secular State based on a fundamental constitution that doesn't centre Polity, Culture, Education around one ethnicity? Exhibits are: Likud platform of from the river to the sea, Israel's Nation State Law, the Right of Return reserved exclusively for Jews only.