#if ur not palestinian maybe dont talk about making memes out of images where palestinian people demonstrating incredible resilience pride

[materialisnt]

[id: three images of a palestinian person raising a hand with his fingers in a "v" shape out the balcony of a bombed yellow apartment building. in the first image, the right half of the building where exterior walls have been destroyed is show, with a long palestinian flag hanging from the damaged top floor cieling.

in the second, the shot is zoomed into the balcony where the person stands. he has brown skin, short grey and black hair, and short grey facial hair. in the bottom corner of the balcony a blonde dog sticks their face out of a hole in the balcony wall. the third image zooms in closer on the dog resting their chin on the bottom of the hole. end id]

[plaintext description: a palestinian citizen and his dog from Gaza raises the victory sign from inside his destroyed home.]

A PALESTINIAN CITIZEN AND HIS DOG FROM GAZA RAISES THE VICTORY SIGN FROM INSIDE HIS DESTROYED HOME.

[brittapcrrys]

edit: i’ve been informed that it’s generally preferred that the word be written ‘antisemitic’/’antisemitism’ as opposed to being hyphenated, and have edited the post accordingly. i appreciate being informed, and apologise for any distress or discomfort my initial wording had the potential to cause. it came from a place of ignorance and lack of contextual experience, not one of malice, but that does not negate the potential to cause harm or the fact that writing it the way i initially did carries forward antisemitic ideals. if you see this post-editing and notice an instance where i’ve missed making the correction, please do let me know! the obvious exception here, for now, is the tags i had already written, which ctrl+f says contain quite a lot of hyphenated instances, but given how many tags i wrote and the fact editing tags on tumblr is a nightmare/functionally impossible, for now im choosing to let them stand as is and hope the changes in the post body and the fact that i am now aware and will use this more correct and respectful spelling/formatting moving forward stands as enough action for this post. if not, do also let me know, and i will look to edit tags after i’ve slept. idk, i just think it’s worth saying that my wariness around vp & others (vp the only one among them jewish iirc) is less abt her explicitly being or not being a z*on*st and has a whole lot more to do with the fact that even after being told that the source accounts she retweeted ARE explicit z*on*st accounts, keeping the content up and not addressing it, and then w/ the edited version of the infographic....yea a lot being created and spread at the time (and now) were absolutely antisemitic but THAT ONE WASN’T and to water it down and repurpose the detailed and important content, esp in a way that effectively feels like ~meme-ifying~ it......... just feels incredibly distasteful and disrespectful to the infographic’s original creator/s and to palestinians.

making a valid point abt antisemitism shouldn’t have to come in the midst of lies or misinformation (the story acting as though israelis and palestinians are somehow in the same situation and all suffering in the same way and it’s a two-sided “conflict”), or at the cost of minimising or piggy-backing off another important message (the original infographic breaking down the israeli occupation of palestine). like.... she and others have every right to want to enourage ppl to be vigilant in calling out antisemitism, but you can make that it’s OWN post or infographic - it’s something significant enough, it warrants full attention in it’s own tweet or story! not to be shoved between other points or slapped on top of / between / erasing the very real and also very important points abt palestine, and israel’s atrocities

idk why VP’s case seems to be the only one anyone talks about atm but it IS so i’ll continue to use it as a ref point but like off the top of my head rn?? ann.e hatha.way said there’s ~hurting on both sides~ (or similar) and i was incredibly disappointed & removed her content and image from my blogs at the same time (there are others too but i rly clearly remember seeing that from her and taking the time to sift through my accounts). being wary, being critical of harmful content & wanted to distance urself from a celeb with a public platform they’ve used to spread ideas u disagree with doesn’t immediately or inherently mean that u think they’re ~the scum of the earth~ or 100% fall into a specific terrorist or supremacist group. it just means ur holding ppl accountable and expect ppl who share things that say “read the whole thing!” to actually....read the whole thing and use some critical thinking themselves in the first place, and maybe find alternatives that DONT come from a source that openly IDs with that group and its ideology, or shares valid sentiments and concerns alongside misinformation and false equivalencies, or erases an important message to replace it with something implying the original was offensive when it wasn’t.

like i dont even expect ~every single celeb~ or person i know to be constantly talking or posting abt palestine, or for everyone to publicly denounce Israel at every opportunity (esp!! dont expect this from Jewish folks, obviously) , but if ur gonna.... go anywhere near that topic, it should be to support and uplift and protect palestinians, not to speak over them and re-purpose THEIR images and info posts for ur own message. standing against antisemitism, and the rise in antisemitism in light of ppl incorrectly conflating israel w/ jewishness worldwide, deserves to be spoken abt and im glad ppl are doing so and when these messages are spread in a way that does not stand atop or make a meme of content abt palestine or come from zion*st sources then yes i share it and we all should - but in vp’s case, she may have had good intentions but those shared posts were poorly sourced and executed, and i an disappointed when ANY celeb, any friend creates or shares otherwise valid and important messages in similarly disrespectful or distasteful ways. combating antisemitism is in everyone’s hands, and posts need to be made, resources shared!!!! but so is supporting palestine, and spreading information abt one does not and should not happen in ways that, effectively, ‘speak over’ the other