#druze women

[koenji]

Fatma Shanan (Israeli, 1986), Self-Portrait and a Carpet #2, 2017, oil on canvas, 200x120 cm.

[nimrochan]

Explain to me why this brave athlete was disqualified while the Palestinian boxer was allowed to wear a shirt depicting kids getting b*mbed?

[queenwille]

lmao lebanese people outraged because they’re being matched with israelis on tinder over the idf gps jamming is the peak of war in the 21st century

[gveret-fic]

I thought military service was mandatory in Israel except for select groups (like Haredim?)

That's right. I was released for psychiatric reasons but even if I wasn't I wouldn't have served since I'm ideologically opposed to serving a military actively engaged in occupation

[former-leftist-jew]

Anon is full of shit.

do you really think you're the victim in this situation? children are being bombed every day, do you think they're less human than you?

Children are bombed every day? Wow. Shocking. I had no idea.

(One of my first memories is the sound of explosion, and the way my home shook. I was seven.)

I don't think others are, as you put it, "less human" then me. But apparently YOU seem to think that way.

See, all I do is writing about *my* experiences, and things that actually have a matter to my own life. So yes, I'm self-centric.

You, on the other hand?

Completely unrelated to the situation. Yet, all you have to do is to complain about.... what exactly? That I share my fears, and pain, and struggles? That I have PTSD? That I'm alive?

But again, I shouldn't be surprised. If "not talking" about something is bc you think they aren't human.

Well.

(Your attempt to silence me says it all.)

~

(ID1: sky with smoke-dots. Those dots are missiles. I took this photo from my home.)

(ID2: a newborn on window pane. Screenshot from news.)

This is 10 days old Kay. His parents hid with him as their house was burnt and their friends and family were murdered. When the shooting got quiet, they opened the door of the smoke-filled room and placed him on the window pane to let him breathe. Then, when the shooting got back to the area, they closed the door and got back to pretend to be dead.

(When I was 17, I hugged my 4 yo sister under my grandma's staircase, as we waited for the explosion.)

א.ט. *אזעקה מוקלטת*

This is me and some of my neighbours on a usual day.

Now, this is pretty old - my area, personally, wasn't bombed in a while.

The area I grew up in, where some of my family still lives, can't say the same.

But hi, it's all depending on the context, as was said.

Not like I'm human or anything.

[spanishsongs]

There's been a lot of support for organisations like Standing Together, B'Tselem, etc.... But this won't be solved by just Israeli organisations. The sister side of this is combating antisemitism, and here are some Arab and Muslim organisations that are doing just that, so please consider supporting them as well.

The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism - https://stopglobalantisemitism.com/

Muslims from across the political spectrum dedicated to fighting antisemitism. Officially endorses the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and have been raising awareness of the sexual violence committed by Hamas.

American Muslim and Multifaith Women's Empowerment Council - https://ammwec.org/

Empowering Muslim women on the frontlines, their goal is to get more Muslim women involved in all facets of political life, and they worked with the Obama administration on counter-radicalization efforts.

Builders of the Middle East - https://linktr.ee/buildersofmideast

Social media initiative dedicated to promote anti-extremism, and to building a more tolerant, stable and hopeful Middle East. Funders come from across the political spectrum include Israelis and Jews, Palestinians and Muslims.

Sharaka - https://www.sharakango.com/

An NGO dedicated to young leaders in the Middle East to encourage people-to-people engagement. Includes Israelis, Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze.

Sharaka has an entire program to dedicated to Holocaust education, and their members were participants in the first ever official delegation of Arabs and Muslims to participate in the March of the Living.

[jewish-microwave-laser]

i've been searching around and i haven't been able to find many organizations specific to helping the druze in medinas yisrael in light of the majdal shams massacre, but i'd thought i'd share the ones i have found

disaster-specific:

embracing the bereaved families in majdal shams: x

stand with the families of majdal shams: x

whatsapp for volunteer aid system for boots-on-the-ground assistance: x

druze-specific:

aid to the druze orphan's village in hurfeish: x

jewish-druze public council fund: x

not specifically for druze, but druze are among the target populations:

latet youth: x

israel association of community centers: x

magen david adom: x

united hatzalah: x

women wage peace: x

[brotherslayer]

Ravit Raufman: The Affinity Between Incest and Women's Mutilation in the Feminine Druze Versions of “The Maiden Without Hands"

[golem-brigadier]

Remember how we used to mock Rowling for liking a terf tweet about Taliban, an extreme right, theocratic organization that subjugated women and queers and non-Islam religions? And that they know how to define women?

And three years now, we're having tankies, stalinists, left-wing putinists, and all sorts of leftists praising extreme right-wings terrorists now. They're praising Hamas for mass massacre/rape of innocent people, they're praising Houthis even when it has thr phrase "Curse the Jews", and now they're praising Hezbollah now because they killed a dozen Israeli Druze children (and Muslim Arabs are certainly celebrating it since many view Druze as heretic and deserving of death).

At this point, I have to ask: What makes you no different than JK Rowling?

[deanjohn]

Katherine Angel, Daddy Issues / Ravit Raufman: The Affinity Between Incest and Women's Mutilation in the Feminine Druze Versions of “The Maiden Without Hands" / The Road - Mirel Wagner / Dreams of Clytemnestra, Dacia Maraini / Anne Sexton: Divorce, Thy Name Is Woman / Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

[koenji]

Fatma Shanan (Israeli, 1986), Lara, 2017, oil on canvas, 100x150 cm.

[xclowniex]

I don’t understand how your anons (and everyone else saying this stuff) have gotten it so backwards and don’t grasp what the Palestinian state would be. they deserve a state, they deserve self-determination. looking at it REALISTICALLY, that will be an Islamic state under sharia law. it will not be a democracy. it will not have equal rights for women or LGBTQ+ people or other minorities. it will not have religious freedom. *Palestine* IS an ethnostate. Israel is not. one state with Palestinian rule would be an immediate danger to Jewish Israelis, Arab Israelis, Christians, Druze, etc, in the way that person is claiming a two state solution would be to Palestinians? the logic is reversed. refusing to admit these truths and how dangerous a one state solution of Palestine would be is ignoring all the history and the realities of the situation too. they should be able to freely determine their future without war or occupation, but let’s not pretend that would be some egalitarian utopia.

This.

A Palestinian state needs to exist and they deserve self determination. However if the current government aka hamas stays in power in that state, then it's going to be bad for everyone.

It's important to note that like with any religion, Islam is not inherently evil or violent or bad, etc, however there are those who use religion to justify bad actions and Islam is not immune to people using it to justify bad acts.

Palestine is current a political part dictatorship. Being gay is illegal, being any religion other than Muslim is illegal, jews are forbidden to enter and get killed if they do.

I guess there is some consistency with people not being able to separate a country government from its people, however in this case, instead of viewing Palestinians as bad due to hamas, they view hamas as good because your average Palestinian is a good person.

But considering people online are starting to think North Korea isn't so bad, I doubt people will be able to understand that dictatorships are bad.

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

Dear anti Zionists

I will try and make this brief and to the point since you often attack me without reading the entirety of my posts :

I’ve seen your recent posts about the trials in Haag, and the mockery you’ve made of the events of October 7th. That’s just disgusting. Freeing Palestine has nothing to do murdering Israeli civilians.

- This war was initiated by Hamas , a terrorist organisation on October 7th.

- You cannot deny that they invaded Israel and then massacred thousands of civilans , raped and mutilated women and children, kidnapped civilians , shot thousands of rockets, destroyed homes ….

There are currently 136 Israeli hostages still held in captivity, for almost 100 days. They’re held in underground tunnels and being withheld medical care and medications. The women are raped and the man tortured.

There are currently also hundreds of thousands of Israelis displaced from their homes due to the war.

-I will say it again: Literally every war or operation in Israel’s history was not initiated by Israel. It is always a matter of retaliation to foreign military invasion or terror attacks .

I’m only 22 and I have personally lived through one intifada, 4 wars and countless military operations.

We are all suffering because of Hamas. Once again- my city is often under attack and people I know are dead. And some of you here have absolute nerve to say that I’m privileged????

-Intifadas aren’t cute civilian uprisings. They’re violent terror attacks against civilians. Children’s Buses blowing up, restaurants blown up, shootings, stabbings, running over people…

read a damn book or something before you chant “Globalise the Intifadas🥹”.

-Have any of you here ever spoken to a Palestinian or an Israeli in your life? Do you even know anyone Jewish?

- Please give me actual example of the apartheid in Israel, I’m waiting. My Druze / Arabic colleagues , friends and I literally frequently joke about this claim.

-No, blockades between the West Bank/Gaza and Israel do not count.

There are ISIS affiliated/ Hamas terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza, territories that are not governed by Israel > there are borders check point. Israel has the right to defend itself against terror.

-by the way, Jordan and Egypt both have those blockades btw- I don’t see any of you attacking them? The hypocrisy…

- While I am not questioning the death and suffering of Palestinians , this has to be said:

The amount of Palestinian casualties during the Hamas-Israel war is estimated by unconfirmed sources , and isn’t corroborated by any neutral official organisation.

It was also proven that most of the casualties are terrorists.

The Gaza ministry of health= Hamas .

Al Jazeera= not credible &has been time and time again proved to be biased and anti-Semitic.

Furthermore, It’s been proven time and time again that Hamas terrorists work at UWNRA, and that Palestinian reporters in both Al Jazeera and western media outlets are in fact Hamas members/ supporters.

One of them literally joined the Al Qasam forces in their attack on October 7th, and was reporting rather enthusiastically on the murder of Israeli civilians. As the massacre continued around them.

You would rather believe terrorists & terrorists sympathisers than Jewish/ Israeli victims’ testimonies and the concrete evidence they provide.

-It seems like you’re ignoring what Gazans are saying in your attempts to “free Palestine”.

If Gazans themselves are saying Hamas are to blame for their terrible living conditions and war , why are you defending Hamas?

Why are you assuming that you know better than the people who are actually living this conflict?

-The IDF has been trying every tactic under the sun to alert civilians from incoming strikes. There are whole unites devoted to texting calling Gazan civilians. They have made millions of calls this war alone.

And yes, even the infamous flyers you joke about are used.

Do you know any other army that does that?

God I am so tired of the misinformation, lies and hatred here. So many of you are showing your true colours- ignorance and antisemitism.

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

In the 29th Sep 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

Morning prayers saved an IDF soldier, shot three times in the head.

Three “only in Israel” newborn baby stories.

Bedouin Muslims, Druze women and Christian Arabs thrive in Israel.

Even a dog can fly across the water on a 35km / hour Israeli hydrofoil.

Ireland and Mexico slander Israel but purchase its technology.

Israelis have grown an extinct Biblical plant from a 1,000-year-old seed.

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On the Jewish New Year festival, Rosh Hashana, 100 blasts on the Shofar (ram's horn) are blown to summon the people to prayer.

This newsletter was compiled before the latest news from Lebanon.

The newsletter editor wishes all readers Shana Tova - a Good 5785 and Besorot Tovot - May we hear Good News.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Phyllis Chesler

Can anyone really evaluate Oct. 7—the genocidal pogrom that took place barely a year ago and is not yet over?

After all, scholars are still analyzing pogroms that took place thousands of years ago all over the pagan, Christian and Muslim worlds. Only recently has the scholar Irina Astashkevich documented, in her 2018 work Gendered Violence: Jewish Women in Pogroms: 1917-1921, the terrifying but typical details of the rape and femicide of Jewish women during pogroms that took place more than a century ago.

More than 1,000 pogroms took place in 500 locales. Lives, as well as minds, were lost. Entire communities were erased. In the aftermath, some women attempted suicide, others succeeded, some women stopped menstruating and others had to be psychiatrically hospitalized, most were afraid to go outside forever afterward.

In Astashkevich’s words: “The carnival of violence, complete with scenes of torture, rape and murder, played out on the second day of the pogrom as ‘celebratory street theater.’ Pogrom perpetrators purposefully drove Jews into the streets and hunted down their victims … acts of torture took place in front of an audience of pogrom perpetrators, the local population and frightened Jews. The ritualized violence reiterated the previous pogroms, but often in a more grotesque and horrifying form … . Pogromschiki bayoneted their victims, careful not to kill them, but to leave the wounded to suffer and bleed to death in agony that sometimes lasted for several days … . Pogromschiki made sure that all the apothecaries were wrecked, and there was no medical assistance.”

Even now, decades later, original and important analyses are still emerging about the Holocaust. Just this year, my friend and colleague, Shulamit Reinharz, published an extraordinary book, Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir, which breaks new ground about how some Jews may have survived the Nazis by hiding and by being hidden. Reinharz’s work, which relied upon her father’s “hidden” memoirs letters and conversations, required her considerable academic skills and access to a vast and still-growing literature on the Holocaust and the perspective that more than 80 years in the future can provide. I immediately knew that Oct. 7 was a pogrom, yet my understanding of what was unique about this particular Iranian-funded crime against the Jewish people and humanity overall has evolved in the months since the initial attack. As we approach the first anniversary of that horrific event, a number of items stand out.

First: Hamas terrorists recorded live video footage of their atrocities and released it on social media. They even sent it to the families of those who were tortured, raped, murdered or kidnapped.

Second: The attacks unleashed an ugly and increasingly ominous global firestorm that has cheered on Hamas’s sadism as “resistance” and condemned all Israeli civilians—be they Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze or Buddhist. It has also led to a seemingly unstoppable, propaganda-driven, worldwide siege against the Jews.

Third: The alleged “progressives” in the West, including the feminists who have, at the very least, paid lip service in vocalizing their opposition to the torture, gang rapes and murders of women, children and dissidents in countries like Afghanistan, Algeria, Bosnia, Iran, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan, have remained silent. They refuse to condemn Hamas’s brutality against women on Oct. 7 despite myriad video evidence of the atrocities.

Fourth: Many governments and international organizations keep demanding more and more proof of Hamas’s actions and continue to deny the Oct. 7 atrocities. Yet these same actors have not denied any other 21st-century genocides.

Fifth: More people now know that the raging, masked, keffiyeh-wearing demonstrators who have been flooding American and European cities and campuses since Oct. 7 have been bought and paid for by Russia, Iran, Arab oil money, and woke American philanthropists and foundations. It is also now clear that these same groups have been preparing for this moment for 60 years.

Sixth: As some have suggested, Hamas’s behavior on Oct. 7 seems to have been influenced by the most sadistic pornography, as well as by mood-altering drugs. This sadism rivals and may even exceed the horror of other pogroms or war zones.

Seventh: Many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of so-called civilians in Gaza joined in this “carnival of violence.” They surged into Israel right along with the armed paragliders and fiends on motorbikes. Just as some Palestinian Arabs celebrated Sept. 11 by cheering and handing out candies, so, too, did Gazan civilians happily, perhaps even joyfully, sit down, eat, drink and loot Israeli homes, even as Israelis were being tortured, raped and murdered in the next room or very nearby.

This suggests that there are no or very few “innocent” Gazans. These heavily indoctrinated Arabs are barbarians, and the Westerners who support them are not merely bystanders but collaborators.

I am now and forever an Oct. 8 Jew and an Oct. 8 American.

[usssnarfblat]

The princesses would like you to remember...

The continuously ignored ethnic cleansing of indigenous Africans in Sudan, by their colonizers

The roughly one million Chinese Muslims in concentration camps, and all Chinese citizens living in fear of their repressive government

The women and girls of Afghanistan, now forbidden to speak or show their faces outside of their homes

The Hindus in Bangladesh, now reliving their previous genocide from 1971 all over again

The forgotten Armenian Genocide--both of them

The hundreds of hostages, from infants to the elderly, taken after the largest mass-killing of Jews since the Holocaust

The civilians of Gaza, abandoned while Hamas hides underground, and Trump vows to help Netanyahu "finish the job"

The Druze children killed by Hezbollah rockets

The Romani People persecuted around the world

The missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls throughout the U.S. and Canada

Ukraine