#anti zionism

The famous Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was working for  Al Jazeera and exposing various Israeli crimes for the past 25 years has been shot in the head today by an Israeli sniper while wearing a press vest and a helmet (videos online literally shows her headless body being dragged moments after being shot and her press vest is clear as the day) while she was cowering on the ground and repeatedly screaming “press!” during her coverage of the Israeli military raiding a refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Jenin where at least one unarmed Palestinian civilian was killed by them (source:X)

Israel regularly kills, kidnap, torture and brutalize journalists from all nationalities that document their crimes in occupied Palestine and per the norm, American/western media such as the New York Times are reporting on this literal war crime as “clashes,” even though some of them had their own journalists killed and their offices bombed in the past by Israel.

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Palestinians made a document that contains templates for letters to US, UK, & Canadian politicians, media outlets, and companies in relation to current events in Palestine as well as petitions & other resources. If you live in any of these countries then please select a template, edit it to your preference and send according to the instructions on the relevant page.

Here is a link to it (please share it): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-RUOHHiEtr7uoclQgWN-tCWOihnHIp5hym89aNePi_E/mobilebasic

Aside from that, please protest, support the BDS boycott and spread awareness as much as possible.

socialismoffools:

Since this tumblr is the only place I can ~vent:

1. A big problem I and many other Jews have is, with whom can we safely and ethically ally? I cannot ally with Islamist, chauvinist or otherwise autocratic forces in the Arab world and pretend that they are a meaningful part of the global left. I cannot pretend that Iran or Hamas or Saudi Arabia is more “entitled” to ethnocracy or human rights violations because its citizens are Arab and not Jews. I cannot ally with Western individuals or organizations who are anti-Semitic, who believe that Jews have no right as a collectivity, or who participate in revisionist history (naively or otherwise).
   
2. Is the Israeli left as strong as it could be? No, certainly not. Nor is it strong in the Western countries (certainly not in the United States) or the Arab world. But it seems to me a complete myth that principled Israelis are non-existent and that anyone who tries to speak out is punished in some kind of Stalinist government program. The huge numbers of “dissident” Israeli academics/journalists, along with the prominence of publications like Ha’aretz and +972 indicate otherwise. Personally, I know many people who have travelled to work in “peacemaking” or human rights organizations in Israel, or who have gone on interfaith “reverse birthrights.” What other middle eastern country would tolerate this and, indeed, support a whole economy of foreign NGOs, activist journalist, and peacemaker Christians? Would America tolerate a flood of foreigners who came for no other reason than to expose the treatment of Black Americans or migrant farm workers? Would Belgium? Would Qatar?
   
3. In some ways, Israel’s right-wing or tribal tendencies are not actually colonialist imports but reflect the values of its neighbors. Israel is surrounded by autocratic, dueling ethnic groups and the lesson of the contemporary Middle East is, surround yourself with your own kind or you’re fucked. Leftists talk about how Israel needs to be “re-indigenized” to be acceptable to them. What if “re-indigenizing” means becoming more tribal and autocratic? 
4. Information about Israel is presented to us with a narrative already built in. That narrative could not have higher stakes. Whatever Israelis do that is wrong is proof not that they need to be corrected, but that they need to be destroyed. This is an impossible situation. Look at the outcry the UK and the US have faced for “bombing Syria,” a country in far worse shape than Israel. Look at the forgiveness shown to Germany and Japan (and the acceptance that the Allied forces committed atrocities, too). Israel is not a metaphor. It’s dangerous to treat it like one.

Don’t tell me you’re “just anti-Israel” if you stand outside synagogues with your protest banners or attack Jews in synagogues and holy places..

Don’t tell me you’re “just anti-Israel” if you stop Jews wearing yarmulkes or Stars of David to question them about their political views.

Don’t tell me you’re “just anti-Israel” if you think of even the smallest of Jewish children as instruments of violence.

We’re fed up with your hatred and your violence and we see right through your excuses.

imanes:

@ fellow eurovision haters and palestine supporters, palestinian activists have called to hijack the hashtag #eurovision to talk about the occupation of palestine and share the crimes committed against palestinians. on top of that, israhell is represented by an ex-IOF who is singing a song called, and i kid you not, “set me free”, which is completely egregious. if like me u love annoying the shit out of people, head over to twitter and use the hashtags #eurovision alongside #GazaUnderAttack and other tags used by the palestinian online resistance such as #SaveSheikhJarrah and #FreePalestine

i never thought the day would come where i’d be like “get this hashtag trending” but here we are, using the tools of our times for some guerilla campaigning for palestine. once again for ppl who don’t get it, palestinians want the horrors they’ve lived and are living through to be shared as widely as possible through, among others, social media so if u have an account and five minutes to spare now’s a good time for some spamming

and fuck the eurovision!

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