Someone asked me in good faith if I believe in a land for both Palestinians and Israelis then why do I seem to speak more to the benefit and defense of all Jewish people than I do for Palestinians and I think it's worth a bigger discussion.
Y'all the hate and misinformation in the pro-palestine movement is off the CHARTS.
A large portion of the stuff I see claiming to support Palestinians on this website that I could reblog is either:
Completely untrue and not based on anything factual
Potentially even intentional misinformation or propaganda by malicious parties
Calls for increased violence or hatred
Zealous, fanatical, fascist, or pro-terror rhetoric
Wildly unproductive and beneficial to absolutely no one. Such as things that are not in the interests of Palestinians while also managing to harm the most Jews as possible
Logical fallacies, false dichotomies, useless or offensive comparisons
Conflating Israeli government with Israeli peoples and Jews on the whole
Absolutely raging blatant antisemitism
Using the term "Zionist" as the justification for their violence, hatred, racism, and antisemitism while still feeling like they can masquerade as pro-peace love and justice without actually being critical of the systems that led to where we are now
It's a major major problem. The things we balked against in the far right in 2016 are becoming main-stays for this movement more and more and it's distressing.
I never defend Israel because...well... I don't personally support its actions. But I also cant sit silent while people seem to blindly and passionately fall for all of the traps above and feel like they're doing the progressive compassionate thing. So I try do what I can- speak out as much as possible against the flaws I see popping up in the pro palestine movement with the hope it doesn't snowball into something monstrous and far warped from its original intention. I want Palestinians to thrive but it can't and won't be through antisemitism.
We MUST find a way forward that is better than the sort of thinking that got us here.
@thewoodbine Thank you for posting this and for articulating some of my own thoughts on this.
I'm Jewish, and while I don't always support Israel's actions in the current war, I will always, ALWAYS support its right to exist.
The amount of hatred and misinformation out there is massive and to me it does feel overwhelming and depressing, which is probably why I don't speak out too much. That, and despite the fact that I am reading more and more into the situation, I still feel like I don't know enough to combat misinformation.
What I will say, however, is that I very strongly feel that after this war is over, there cannot be a return to how the situation was before October 7. Netanyahu, his far-right cronies, and Hamas all need to be removed from power if there is to be any chance of a lasting peace.
