#zionsim

[thesevenstarfoxes]

If what you said will sound antisemitic if you switch the word "Zionist" with "jew" what you said was antisemitic to begin with. It's that simple

[takingbackourculture]

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[vague-humanoid]

[ayman-eckford]

TW: police violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia

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Ok, unpopular opinion!

I hate all mainstream leftist talking about Israel politics. And I wouldn’t even speak about complete ignorance in Zionism history and ideology, that most mainstream leftist have.

And I wouldn’t speak how extremely often “anti Zionism” is actually a nice new name for old “antisemitism”.

It’s completely another topic.

I just want to speak about one simple tendency that pisses me off.

Especially after I lived in Israel and saw the situation there.

So:

1.A: *An Israeli policeman attacked young Muslim man*

(Huge reaction from international media).

B: *A Russian policeman arrested dozens peacful Muslim in their flat because they was talking about Sharia of because they are Salafi/part of peacful Hizb-Ut-Tahrir group*

(Zero reaction from international media).

C:China arrested and tortured hundreds and thousands Muslim.

(No big reaction; not so big as to Israel stuff. Or massive arrests have the same reaction as arresting one man in Israel).

2.A:Israel destroyed some “Palestinian setellment” some years ago.

(Huge reaction even now)

B:Russian government completely destroyed Groznuy (a big city in Chechnya) just to stop separatist movements.

(Well, I’ve never seen any reaction from leftist to this event nowadays. But they remember everything that Israel did)

Reaction to any problems that happened with Muslim in Israel is huge, while even biggest problems with Muslim rights in Russia and other post-USSSR, or China, Burma and other Asian countries never have such attention in media and from leftist activists.

It’s especially piss me off because I lived in Russia when many people used to feel sorry for “poor Palestinian Muslim” just because they haters Jews and belived in Jewish conspiracy. Because the same people actually they harassed and openly hated Muslim in their everyday life.

I don't say that police in Israel is not a problem- even the majority of people I meet in Israel believe that police are too aggressive and suspicious.

I doesn’t think that there is no discrimination of Arabs in Israel - there is.

Or that politics toward Muslim population in Israel is wise - no, on the contrary.

I just saying that I piss off that many people don’t really care about Muslim or Arabs (Palestinian or any other). They just hate Jews and need justification to their antisemitism.

And everyone- including the media and human rights groups- support them.

And this is sucks!

-Ayman

[daloy-politsey]

U.S. Jewish activist Simone Zimmerman held by Shin Bet at border, questioned on work with Palestinians

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Simone Zimmerman, an American Jewish activist, was held by the Shin Bet security service at the border between Israel and Egypt for at least three hours on Sunday evening, Israel's Immigration Authority confirmed.               

Shin Bet agents asked Zimmerman which places she had visited in the West Bank and what she thought of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she said. 

Zimmerman is a founding member of IfNotNow, a movement to end the American Jewish community's support for the Israeli occupation.                   

While still detained at the Taba border crossing, Zimmerman wrote on Twitter that she and fellow activist Abby Kirschbaum were being questioned only about their political views and activities related to Palestinians. According to Zimmerman, among the first things she was asked were: "Why did you come here to work with Palestinians? Why not with Jews?"                           

Kirschbaum was asked about which protests against Israeli policy she had attended in the Palestinian territories and with which organizations, Zimmerman said. She was also asked if she wished to travel to Gaza and whether she had been at violent demonstrations – and what she thought of Netanyahu.                                                     

In 2017, Zimmerman, who resides in Israel and has a work visa,  published a video criticizing an Israeli law barring entry to foreigners who support boycotting Israel or its West Bank settlements.                                                    

Zimmerman briefly served as the Jewish outreach coordinator for Bernie Sanders' 2016 primary campaign before being fired over an old Facebook post surfaced in which she referred to Netanyahu as a murderer.                                                    

Responding to Sunday's incident, lawmaker Mossi Raz said "the persecution of human rights activists at the country's borders is another testament to the abyss into which we are descending.                                                    

The Shin Bet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.                                                    

Zimmerman's questioning came less than a week after an Israeli citizen who lived in the U.S. for several months was detained by Shin Bet agents at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv  for a "cautionary conversation" because of his involvement in left-wing organizations.                                                    

In July, a prominent Jewish-American philanthropist was delayed for questioning at Ben-Gurion Airport after a pro-Palestinian pamphlet was found in his suitcase.                                                   

"It is now beyond doubt that the Netanyahu government has turned its border crossings into interrogation chambers," said Daniel Sokatch, the CEO of the New Israel Fund, reacting to the reports on Simone Zimmerman's interrogation.                                                   

"The government is demonstrating once again that the test for entering the country is a political one - either you agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-right wing coalition or you're subject to questioning, intimidation, or refusal. This may be legal, but it's morally unacceptable and anti-democratic," he added.                                                    

[progressivejudaism]

Israel loves American Presidents!   Last year, I lived on rachov Avraham Lincolen street in Jerusalem!

[progressivejudaism]

[drag-tween]

Scott Wiener says he was 'verbally and physically' harassed at San Francisco Pride event

A spokesman for the state senator and Congressional candidate said both incidents would be reported to San Francisco police