Israeli war crimes
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Anonymous
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I’m Jewish, and it’s been incredibly hard for me to villainize Israel. I was raised to see Israel as a vision of pride and strength for a people—my people—who had been victimized over and over again.
But even I can’t deny it anymore. The country and its government have changed. I grew up with Rabin and Clinton and Arafat and hopes of peace. But that is all lost. It’s terrible. Oh the other hand, I feel like this has also led to so much anti-semitism. It’s been awful for the perception of American Jews. But when you hear people use words like “zios” as slurs it doesn’t exactly make you feel welcome in joining any kind of peace movement. I’ve just resigned myself to keeping my mouth shut and privately hating what Israel is doing but also not being horrified at the people calling for Israel’s total destruction. |
Anonymous
The country and government have really not changed much in terms of their stated goals and their methods since it's inception; the only change is the pace at which things are occurring. The more you study and read on the history of Zionism, the more it becomes apparent. I have heard some political analysts refer to this accelerated phase as "Neo-Zionism" which is primarily happening because the state of Israel sees their window of opportunity as limited due to the ever increasing awareness from social media and the repercussions of their genocidal actions. As for the term "Zio" - Zionism encompasses so many evil principles with racism being at it's core. If someone ascribes to such an ideology, I really don't have sympathy for them being offended by the term. |
Anonymous
Excluding those individuals who are ACTUALLY anti-semitic, which I’d wager is less than 10% of those who are accused of being so, there’s good news. The remaining 90%+ are individuals genuinely appalled and outraged by Israel’s policies and actions. They are genuinely appalled and outraged by radical, extremist Zionists in Israel and especially here in the U.S. They are genuinely appalled and outraged by flagrant conflicts of interest in our government officials setting U.S. foreign policy. They are especially appalled and outraged by the corruption of our political class by AIPAC, Betar, Canary Mission, and other anti-American individuals and groups acting entirely in the interest of a foreign nation. And yes, they are also genuinely appalled and outraged by the policies and actions of Hamas, and other instances of the Palestinian people working against their own interests at times over the years. But these are war crimes and this is a genocide underway. HOWEVER, the instant any Jewish person disavows in unequivocal terms what’s been occurring in Israel for decades, and especially over the past 18 months, there’s absolutely no judgement, animus, hostility, whatever. None. It’s understood that not all Jewish people are radical, extremist Zionists. In fact, it’s understood that the majority of radical, extremist Zionists are not even Jewish - the majority are racist, fake “Christian” POS mouth breathers here in the U.S. And my guess is that less than 50% of the Jewish people in Israel and less than 25% of them here in the U.S. are incapable of thinking rationally about Israel and its actions. The rest may love what Israel represented to their parents as a Jewish homeland, but they get that something very wrong is occurring. The fact is that no nation has a right to exist (including Israel, the U.S., and every other nation). No nation has a right to “preemptive self-defense”. There is zero equivocating on those points. None. In recent times, Israel has attempted to transform its right to defend itself (which all nations should have, yet Israel blatantly argues is reserved for them only) into a “right to exist”. It’s usually the only time they respect the authority of the U.N. But that attempt will NEVER be successful. Nevertheless, the vast majority of critics of Israel are not calling for it to cease to exist or for Israelis to be “annihilated” anyway. The vast majority are not calling for the “total destruction” of Israel. But they are calling for massive systemic reform in Israel. They are calling for humanitarian restraint in a “war” where one side is actually being “annihilated” and it ain’t the Jewish people. They are calling for an end to the violence on both sides and a sustainable plan forward, where the status of the Palestinian people is finally settled, whether one-state or two-state solution. And importantly, they are calling for real accountability for those in Israel who are committing these war crimes. They should face unforgiving justice. And real accountability for those in Israel and here in the U.S. who enabled these war crimes, funded them, and defended them while tens of thousands of innocent, non-combatant refugees were slaughtered. You may not feel welcome joining a peace movement, and the decision to join would be your choice anyway. But I think you are playing a very important role by acknowledging Israel’s sins. That alone is a gesture of peace in my book. |
Anonymous
Thank you for writing this. A lot of us who grew up in UMC neighborhoods and attended T20 schools, grew up and hung out with Zionists. We have been personally appalled that these people are not speaking up about Israel’s on-going atrocities. It has been confusing and eye-opening and frankly friendship-ending situation. |
Anonymous
You know the American Jews love trump now. Don’t give a damn about what he is doing to feds but because he let’s Israel slaughter Palestinians he is good by their standards |
Anonymous
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Sad thing is Palestinians and Hamas hate Americans. They will gladly cheer when terrorists kill Americans. They will happily kill any gay,lesbian, trans people. But you support them? Their terrorists killed 1200 innocent kids, parents elderly and took 200 hostages. But you support them?
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Anonymous
You have the chutzpah of saying that with no remorse whatsoever for the deaths of so many Palestinian children. And you want me to venerate your Zionist ideology that dehumanizes others? No thanks! |
Anonymous
Only about half the 1200 were civilians. Whereas Israeli forces recently admitted that at least 80% of their casualties are civilian. Knowing how much they lie I'm sure it's way more than that. Remind me again, how many of their own 1200 people did Israel kill with the Hannibal directive? |
Anonymous
At least you’re able to be objective about it. It’s a natural reaction for Israel to hate Gazans but Gazans are not the reason Hamas became what they became. Hamas existed since 1980s long before most of the Gazans were alive. Qatar and by allowance, Israel funded Hamas beyond anything the West Bank could ever dream of. Israel strengthened the hand of the bad cop vs the good cop and for what reason? Major blowback now. They asssumed the bad cop would be a “managed” threat and a necessary evil to isolate Palestinians from the West/ world community and it majorly backfired. Hamas has more legitimacy now on the world stage than Israel even with the U.S. president which is insane to think about |
Anonymous
They have something in common with Israelis then. Didn’t Netanyahu call 9/11 a good thing days after 9/11? The problem with Israel is they have a major liability as their prime minister and somehow he keeps returning to office. |
Anonymous
No they’re not. The settlers are as crazy as Hamas and certainly not above taking out Jewish PM’s (see Rabin). Netanyhau has allowed them to not get drafted. His hands are tied by them because he needs their support. Netanyahus lack of wisdom is why he is in the predicament he is in now. He aided and abetted the absolute worst extremists of the region: settlers and Hamas and expected things to turn out ok. Peace and understanding is no utopia for Netanyahu. He gambled against peace and two state solutions, choosing violence and war and extremist groups as his legacy |
Anonymous
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Horrific crimes occurring at Israeli torture camp whistleblower reveals
‘They entered alive and left in body bags’: Palestinian hostages raped, tortured, murdered – and all exposed in Israeli press while UK media and government ignore it The 10,000 hostages are enduring these types of conditions and some have been held for more than a decade. https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/09/israeli-papers-whistleblower-exposes-reality-of-sadistic-torture-camp-sde-teiman/ |
Anonymous
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https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1922815404381974972
Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree. |
Anonymous
Correction, Israel is torturing, raping, and murdering more than 20,000 hostages https://en.ypagency.net/328772 |
Anonymous
| It always amazes me how many people are pro-Hamas and purport to be pro-women and pro-LGBT. Cognitive dissonance, much? |