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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When there are multiple synagogues in the area with "we stand with Israel" signs outside and similar slogans on their websites, it's hard not to conflate the religion with the atrocities. I realize the synagogues don't speak for all Jews, but you can't pretend that Jewish religious institutions aren't complicit in the genocide. [/quote]

Your statement illuminates the ignorance of most non-Jews toward the complexity of being Jewish, loving Israel, enduring decades and centuries of atrocities, understanding the realities of Middle East politics and yet being horribly uncomfortable with the Netanyahu government and its objectives. The vast majority of American Jews would prefer that this would end now, with the return of the hostages and a two state solution.  But Hamas and Iran are as complicit in this as is Israel. No, Jewish religious institutions are not complicit in a genocide.  Labeling this genocide is still controversial. But standing with Israel and supporting its right to exist, and the return of the hostages is not going to cease.  And for all of this, as long as people think there is something wrong with our whole religion, I don’t know that it’s easy to be a Jewish kid in a Catholic school.[/quote]

Calling it a genocide is only “controversial” in Israel, the US and the UK. They have a vested interest in denying it. The majority of the rest of the world (including worldwide organizations and even courts) have spoken and called it for what it is.[/quote]

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