cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8094929

Almost half of the global Jewish population (~46%) are Israeli settler-squatters: They overwhelmingly support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza (82%) and the current US-Israel war on Iran (93%). Most of the rest of us live as privileged white settlers in colonies like so-called Amerika (41% of Jews). Those of us living in settler-colonies outside of Israel also neglect our responsibilities as settlers toward Indigenous Land Back and Black self-determination movements where we are; On Turtle Island, Black and Indigenous genocides have persisted for 533 years and counting.

When I state that virtually all Jews and Jewish formations are Zionist, I am including most of the very small number of Jews and Jewish organizations who self-identify as “anti-zionist” or “pro-Palestine.” Scratch the surface and you’ll find quickly that most are liberal Zionists, as Lara Kilani and the team at Good Shepherd Collective frequently note. All Jews who claim “non-zionism” are Zionist in their politics because they always disparage the resistance and conflate colonizer with colonized (ex. “We condemn both violence by Hamas and violence by Israel” or “A co-existent future on the land for both Palestinians and Israelis/Jews”).

  • diggerbanks@thelemmy.club
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    Any time a very insular or isolated group of people become hated (as insular people and isolated often do) they create a narrative to make themselves feel good about who they are. Israel’s narrative sees Jews as masters and all non-jews are there to serve the jews. Their arrogance has gone into overdrive because non-jews are afraid to push back and the jews have taken vile advantage of this by branding anyone anti-semetic if they do push back. They saw how blacks used perceived racism to shame people to silence and the jews use anti-semitism in the same way. And it works in politics but more and are seeing through their gaslighting.