#TWO STATE SOLUTION NOW!

[heritageposts]

What ‘From the River to the Sea’ Really Means & Why Israel Can’t Win, w/ Vijay Prashad

[originalleftist]

There are over 7 million Jews in Israel.

There are over 5 million Palestinians in Palestine, and nearly 2 million in Israel.

Neither are going anywhere.

And if you want them to, you either haven't thought about what that would really mean... or you're a monster.

[cheesebongdynasty]

It flabbergasts me that people are trying so hard to ensure Trump's reelection while claiming it's because they care about the Palestinians.

[anarchotolkienist]

"Zionism is just Israeli nationalist ideology" tell me in fewer words that you know fuck-all about the history of Zionism. Zionism is Jewish nationalism (and should be opposed on those grounds), but it was once entirely possible to be a convinced Zionist active in the Zionist movement and be entirely opposed to the state of Israel, to any state Jewish or not, to a Jewish state in the Holy Land, to a mononational Israel that excludes the native Arab population, and etc etc etc. It is a complex movement, and reducing its complexity is what allows Zionist to function so effectively as an anti-Semitic dogwhistle, and one of the things that permits anti-Semitism to flourish on the Left.

[unforth]

I'm giving up on my belief in the continued existence of Israel as a state being right and appropriate.

I know to many people on Tumblr, this seems like a no-brainer, but I am a 40 year old Jewish USAdian, raised by my Poppop - a lower east side child of immigrants, whose unit in WW2 helped liberate Dachau - and by parents who were both born before the end of the war. I was raised that Israel existed as a place of safety for us, a place I could always have a home. I've always supported a two-state solution, always wanted safety and security for Palestinians, always wanted a co-existence that took into account the many challenges caused by history and recent events. Even as the Israeli government has grown more conservative, I've separated the current politics from the national existence and hoped for more liberal regimes and real change. I didn't want to let go of the pipe dream, didn't want to believe that Jews, with our history, could behave like this.

Giving up on Israel hurts.

But not as much as seeing the parade of dead Palestian children does.

If what's happening in Gaza is the cost for Israel's existence, then that cost is far, FAR too high.

If Palestian lives are the cost of Israel's existence, then Israel shouldn't exist.

There.

I've said it, typed it with tears in my eyes.

I'm done.

This needs to end. Israel needs to end.

(If for some reason someone wants to reblog this, you may.)

[jewishbarbies]

this is a jewish woman

[arieromby]

Today, 28 May 2024, is the day that Ireland, Spain, and Norway formally recognise the State of Palestine.

I am proud of my Irish heritage, and I will always be proud of my Irish heritage.

[deweydecimalchickens]

Ready for tomorrow's day of action.

[originalleftist]

Donald Trump is calling Netanyahu up and telling him to prevent a ceasefire because it will help Kamala Harris.

Why is he doing that? Because Harris and Biden are trying to negotiate a ceasefire, and he doesn't want them to get credit for doing it.

I do not want to hear one more Goddamn word about how helping Trump win is the "pro-Palestinian" or "anti-genocide" position.

[snekdood]

if ppl telling you "jewish ppl in israel were already kicked out of other countries and have no where else to go" makes you feel compelled to call whoever said that a "zionist", I really just dont think you give af about jewish ppl's lives quite frankly.

if your "free palestine" means "getting rid" of all jewish civilians in israel I think you're probably just a heartless asshole.

[indigo-red-dreams]

moral quandary

Pissed off that people believe all the bullshit they're being spoonfed by religious extremist billionaires in Qatar.

[millionmovieproject]

[jay0fspad3s]

I want to reblog things that support Palestine but every time I see someone write "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" I think of what people have told me about people using that statement as a call for genocide of Israeli people... and as much as I want Palestinian people to be free, I don't think massacring another group of people, many of which have been in Israel their entire lives, is the answer either

[unforth]

I just said this in a comment to a mutual, but I think it bears saying publicly, and this is the only thing I'm going to say publicly on this topic.

I think, and have thought for a long time, that Israel is wrong.

But that doesn't mean I think Hamas is right.

[ardentperfidy]

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[deweydecimalchickens]

It's been a year and the death stats are, as of Wikipedia this morning:

1,734 dead Israelis 42,612 dead Palestinians

When the death rate is 25:1, that 1 is not fighting a war of self-defence. That 1 is taking disproportionate revenge.

Ceasefire and two-state solution now.