Protesting against genocide gets you suspended these days.
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Jewish group punishes jews who speak out against genocide. Group is bad. Individuals are courageous.
after publicly criticising Israel’s military assault on Gaza, an act they described as incompatible with Jewish values and morally indefensible
Fuck off, don't tell me what my values are. This is the kind of shit that made me question and then abandon my religion. It's obviously impossible to abandon being ethnically Jewish, but this bullshit has been so goddamn atrocious that it makes me question my people's history.
Jewish values my ass. Israel is run by terrorists and the Zionists in my family welcome it with open arms. Fuck all these monsters.
Edit: ohhhhhhh... Apparently "they" are the heroes of this story who got suspended. I thought that "they" were the board that suspended those folks. Well, fuck me for losing the subject-pronoun-antecedent game. The sentiment remains, but directed towards the fucking bastards who suspended the originators of the quote that I misattributed.
Jews who refuse to take responsibility for the Zionists claiming to speak on their behalf deserve what comes.
Fuck off trying to put distance. Clean up your own goddamn house.
That's crazy. Jewish people at large are not responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. The diaspora has no power over the isreali government, and they have no say.
You know, I can see where you're coming from there, but people have to resist with the tools they have at hand. I think it's a lot more powerful sometimes to keep your resistance in the family, both literally and figuratively.
Or Jewish friends who publicly denounce what is now clearly a genocide are to be protected and lauded, of course.
But those who resist quietly among family and friends, also deserve our admiration. Sometimes quiet diplomacy is the most effective thing, and it's perhaps even more brave when well meaning folk like yourself are creating these litmus tests requiring public resistance.
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