Uncomfy truth: Israel & Zionists are doing more to worsen global anti-semitism than any single group on the planet. While anyone with 2 braincells knows "Israel" and "Jew" are not interchangeable or synonymous, your country DOES fly the Star of David as its official flag while referring to itself as the "Jewish homeland" or the "Jewish state of Israel". See how that might be a TAD confusing for less well-read or worldly onlookers? Racists & bigoted types aren't known for being particularly brilliant to start with & here y'all go trying to confuse them.
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| Trump Tower protest by U.S. Jews and friends. 💙 |
Members of the Jewish diaspora who do not endorse Zionism or the genocide in Gaza should be PISSED at these bloodthirsty, missile-dropping maniacs. And indeed they appear to be, at least in the U.S. I was heartened to see a group I already follow, Jewish Voice for Peace, organizing a mass protest inside Trump Towers recently in which American Jews opposed to the war said "NOT IN MY NAME". It's no more noteworthy when Jews oppose the war than anyone else, except that in the U.S. this overwhelmingly white, upper-middle class demographic is way less likely to get wrestled to the ground by cops, arrested, taken away in unmarked vans or shipped out of the country than their poor, Muslim, brown or Black non-Jewish counterparts. That's what happened recently to U.S. permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil--Columbia grad, campus protest organizer & surprise, surprise: a brown Palestinian man. More deportations appear to be on the horizon for law-abiding, non violent war opposing protesters in the country on a green card or Visa if we don't rise up and stop it NOW.
Police protect property and the very wealthy, not the public. This is why it's so vital for white, upper class & other privileged groups to raise their voices loudly & often. The very act of peaceful protest is more deadly for certain groups in the U.S. For supporters of the 1st Amendment & basic fairness/equality regardless of race or creed, this latest act against Khalil is potentially the most egregious act of anti-American, Constitution-violating discrimination by the U.S. government since the Kent State Massacre. They are straight up saying "If you're legally here on a green card or student visa, you may only support one side of the conflict or else keep your foreign yap shut."
If you don't believe this is going to result in antisemitic blowback all over the world potentially lasting years or decades, you're lying to yourself.
America's Super Sus Relationship with Israel
Israel is not the 51st state of the U.S. Our undying monetary & moral support of their war crimes when they've never even given us anything tangible as a nation is highly sus. So then you have to ask yourself: what kind of kompromat or blackmail material might they have on our billionaires, judges, politicians... on the Trump Admin or Trump himself?
I recall a photo of Elon with a beaming Gislaine Maxwell circulating on X back when it was Twitter. What was allegedly happening in that pic is even more chilling when you consider his later takeover of the website, one of the leading communication platforms on the globe. The only real export by Israel is their highly creepy spying apparatus, the most advanced & intricate on Earth. It may be less of a friendly relationship and more of a "send us billions in weapons or else Trump's piss tape drops tomorrow on Worldstar" relationship. (Don't mean to imply this is a partisan thing as Dems literally blew the election pledging their unwavering dedication to murdering Palestinian ki--I mean, supporting Israel).
Meanwhile we keep picking shit with Russia and China when like 90% of our electronics, textiles, medications, food & other goods come directly from China. Does that seem a little... odd or counterintuitive to anyone else? I ask you again what innovation, product, service or solution has Israel E V E R given the United States that would even halfway justify pouring endless billions into their constant illegal wars? Especially when we really, REALLY can't afford it: we've got so many veterans, elderly, addicted & homeless mentally ill citizens living under bridges in this country we're practically one giant tent camp. Not only that, but we're making enemies around the world by supporting these murderous colonizers & staying involved in Middle Eastern affairs in general. Who's steering this ship anyway? I'd like to have a chat.
Our voices do matter, and we should be using them to demand answers and accountability on this issue before we lose the right to do so altogether. I'm not a fan of hyperbole but things are escalating fast & it only takes one night in "session" while the country sleeps for Congress to pass some atrocious bill that rewrites the rules on protest & free assembly permanently (or potentially the Constitution itself). As with the Patriot Act, there's probably already a rough draft waiting on deck somewhere.
Again I repeat: Israel's actions as a country do not reflect the ideals, beliefs or wishes of the worldwide Jewish population. But their involvement in this relentless massacre is a BAD LOOK and could conceivably lead to serious problems for Jewish people living anywhere, and it shouldn't be hard to see why. That's not victim-blaming, it's just reality. Also: antisemitic sentiments, as ugly & dangerous as they are, don't really compare with the actual physical slaughter of millions of innocent men, women & children in realtime in Palestine. If roles were reversed the Western media would be labeling it a modern Holocaust & supporting bombing the offenders back into the Stone Age. Except, we already are doing that. Therein lies the problem. 😞
This isn't a war or even a "conflict" because wars require that TWO sides engage in battle. It's a genocide; a slaughter... a 21st Century Holocaust. When you said "Never Again," you clearly didn't mean it. At least some of you. Huge respect to those who did & who continue fighting to see the humanity beyond the different skin tones, flags, religious symbols & languages of all the diverse & beautiful peoples on this planet. To quote the late, great Maya Angelou: We are more alike than unalike.
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Human Family
by Maya Angelou
by Maya Angelou
It is time for the preachers, the rabbis, the priests
Pundits and the professors
To believe in the awesome wonder of diversity
It is time for parents to teach young people early on
That in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength
I note the obvious differences in the human family
Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy
Some declare their lives are lived as true profundity
And others claim they really live the real reality
The variety of our skin tones can confuse, bemuse, delight
Brown and pink, and beige, and purple, tan and blue, and white
I've sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land
I've seen the wonders of the world
Not yet one common man
I know ten thousand women called Jane and Mary Jane
I've not seen any two who really were the same
(Mirror twins are different, although, their features jibe)
And lovers think quite different thoughts
While lying side by side
We love and lose in China
We weep on England's moors
We laugh and moan in Guinea
And thrive on Spanish shores
We seek success in Finland
Are born and die in Maine
In minor ways, we differ
In major, we're the same
I note the obvious differences between each sort and type
But we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike
We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike
We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike
Our young must be taught
That brain-shock, peculiarities do exist
Back then, beneath the skin, beyond the different features
And into the true heart of being
Fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike
We all should note that diversity makes for enriched tapestry
And we must understand that all the traits of the tapestry are equal in value
No matter their colour
Equal and important, no matter their texture
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