In blessed memory of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who was kidnapped and murdered in the United Arab Emirates this past weekend. That could have been any one of us Jews.
A frighteningly prescient article. Sadly too many liberal Jews remain unwilling to accept the new reality and are convinced nothing bad can happen to them because they are “Americans” before they are “Jews.” The mob hasn’t invaded their suburban enclave (yet) so they can ignore the people baying for Jewish blood in NYC, Chicago, Montreal, Amsterdam. As I told a family member, there was no prize for being the last Jew on a train Auschwitz. And, no, I’m not saying a second Holocaust is imminent. I’m saying that if they are willing to attack some of us, they will attack any and all of us.
Wow. Truly a masterpiece, and one that sends a chill down my spine. You have brilliantly captured the truth about what’s happening. Now, if this will just get through to all of our anti-Zionist fellow Jews and others who think they are somehow on the ‘right’ side of history, that they are anything but.
100%, brilliant piece t'day AND indeedy as ya say here Lisa, what the hootie do we do about ALL the anti-zionist joos with HUGE platforms an' all manner've worshippers (like groupies!)???
What do we do with these self-immolatin' joos who wield their chewish genes like battle axes against Israel (oy) & ultimately against the rest've us in the diaspora... If this wuz a ship I'd call mutiny! (sadly we cannot abandon ship an' anyway they'd turn our lifeboats away like FDR did TANKS fer the memories...)
HOW can they not see they're usin' their dog whistle ta bring on the wolves (who don't mind eatin' kosher or trayf). It's embarrassin' there are SO MANY of 'em... Kapos? I don't have the "woids" fer these bird-brained peepull... (no matter how schmart they think they are)
Unfortunately, I couldn't agree more. The mobs accusing Israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing are doing so only to justify their desire to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing against it.
Antizionism is antisemitism for cowards they lack the courage and integrity to openly state what they believe. At least the nazis openly admitted their hatred this crowd is even more despicable than them
GREAT !! - but though I would like to add something which from my experience appears quite important to me:
whenever I try to talk to these people and show them pictures, newspaper articles, statistics, documents from the times before the founding of the State of Israel, from the time of the "British Mandate" or under Ottoman administration, when I prove to them that Jews have always lived there, that also there have always been pogroms against Jews and fights between Jews and other residents there, and that the reasons for this obviously had nothing to do "with the State of Israel" and its founding, and that there has always been hatred against Jews - and also towards or between other ethnics living there ! - among those who have today appropriated the term "Palestine" for themselves; and that Jews who were unwanted before WWII elsewhere were always told: "Just get out of here and go to your Palestine...!" - to „your ancestral promised land" - - - and now they ARE in "Palestine" ... and are now supposed and told to "disappear" from there again…:
… then, when I try to tell this to "them", it turns out that nine out of ten people who call themselves „Palestinians“, and their „supporters", had never heard of all this ... they also do not know that Jews have always lived in several (today) Arabian states, Maghreb, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Yemen, etc. and were expelled from there especially after 1948: it turned out that they had never heard anything about the "Nakba" ...! Nothing about the fact that THESE Arab/Muslim states should be called "apartheid states" that have made themselves "free of Jews" …
… they were convinced until then that there had never been any Jews in the Levant and that „the imperialists" had "shipped" the Jews there after the Shoah, but that they did not actually belong there, and so on.
This means that all these "Palestinians (-'friends')" have been persuaded/ talked into believing everything they spread and have never checked it out, that they have simply accepted all the lies about "Jews who never lived there" and had allegedly "conquered foreign land" - - and these moments in which I gave them evidence of centuries of Jewish life in the "Holy Land“, were the only ones in which at least a little bit of a conversation arose, where you could sense that they were becoming a little uncertain and began starting to think.
They actually "believe" all the lies that have been spread to them, they are "fighting" for something that - and whose millennia-old complexity - they do not know or understand at all.
Even if such moments are rare, it shows me that it can be worthwhile or make sense not to give up completely on these hateful people.
And unfortunately, such ignorance is not only the case among explicit Jew-haters, but also in many who do not consider themselves enemies of Israel or the Jews, who know almost nothing about the Jews and their history, even though these have lived in most parts of Europe for several centuries.
This ignorance is dangerous and should not be accepted.
Have you a semi-concise presentation ya might share? Sumthin' that worked fer ya in winnin' over some hearts & minds?
I DO try ta 'splain stuff to the "haters" piecemeal...at great length sometimes! Mostly no dice but once in a blue moon someone sez "thanks...I didn't know that..."...rare tho'
Attention is at a premium (in these gawd awful days of devices that have wrecked attention spans). SO they (be 'em the SJWs or the anti-zionists an' others on the right too that would like Israel should sink inta the desert an' all joos with it...) ALL of these I enounter have zero patience ta read more than 10 pages or listen ta more than a half hour SO...
Something concise /short/sweet with (perhaps?) a little humor an' empathy that we might email/print, spread around like buttah ta win a few takers? I'm always "all ears" when I hear of success!
ps I live this youtoober Travelin' Israel (Oren) but even tho' his terrific viddeyos are short 'n sweet they don't put everything "together" an' (sadly) folks I send his way find him hard ta understand (I find his accent charmin' but then I'm an unemployed acteur an' find most accents charmin ha ha)... seriously tho' this kinda thing--he's funny too this guy!
F*** 'Em! We have our own Country now. Israel! And She is Strong too. So: Time for Aliyah, my Diaspora Friends. We have been watching State-backed Hatred against Jews for half a century here in Europe. So this comes as no shock whatsoever to Jews here. MI5 in London call it 'The Dusting off of the Devil's Lambourgini!': 'Kept on the Roof'. Yes, The State ACTUALLY goes as far as to name it and Laud it! Take a look at The Press of 2000 and 2001. It is called 'The Game' and It is all there: Jews chased out of England, and Debts cancelled by violence. So, F*** 'Em. We have our own Country now.
It is heartbreaking to see this hate / evil spreading in the world, it will not end with the Jews, the christians I believe will be next, as foretold in Gods scripture, we must pray world wide, for Messiah to intercede, as evil will not win, all victory, glory, praise belong to God Almighty, Yahveh is sovereign, He alone is in control over all His creation, everlasting
"'anti-Zionism' . . . . claimed no quarrel with Jews themselves"
Proposition: anti-Zionism = calls to genocide.
Proof:
1. Israel = the oft called by the media, academics, and politicians, "the Jewish State Israel"
2. Israelis a called a Jewish state because it is majorly made up of Jews on Jewish ancestral territory
3. The elimination of Israel = the elimination of Jews.
4. The elimination of Jews because they are Jews = genocide.
5. Therefore anti-Zionism is not merely a quarrel with Jews themselves but anti-Zionism = the promotion of genocide. QED
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"They insist they are anti-nationalist, yet their outrage burns hottest against the only nationalism born from the ashes of some 2,000 years of relentless persecution."
On the other hand, "They insist they are anti-nationalist, yet their enthusiasm burns brightest for 'Palestinian' nationalism."
"These acts of violence do not distinguish between Israeli policies and Jewish identities. They do not pause to inquire whether the victim supports Netanyahu or voted Meretz."
. . . because they are less then irrelevant. Israeli policies and Jewish identities are thinly disguised justifications to inflict violence on Jews for the sole reason that they are Jews.
"When “anti-Zionism” marches in the streets, it does not distinguish between the Jewish Israeli and the Jew in the Diaspora."
But it does distinguish between all other indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral homelands and the Jews indigenous rights to their own ancestral homelands. By this formula, were all the other indigenous peoples to be Jews, they too would forfeit their rights to their ancestral homelands.
German Chief Rabbi Teichtel said "The police are very supportive and secure the community, but the reality we live in is different than it was in the past."
Sorry rabbi, but the past is very quickly becoming the present — yet again.
"the Jewish People have endured far worse than the cheap theatrics of keffiyeh-clad provocateurs"
The essay is well written, accurate, and a clarion call to action against a renewed genocide. To combat it we must be aware that we are not dealing with reason, logic, evidence, or even personal much less informed opinion. What we are dealing with is hatred and belief, and hatred always believes in itself.
Combatting hatred and belief requires using different strategies than those employed in civil discourse or debate. It requires consulting with psychologists and communications experts to come up with effective tools to neutralize the spreading social gangrene. We failed to do so in the 30s and that led to the death of millions upon millions. We cannot wait until we are tumbled again into another maelstrom of bloodshed. Authorities in our camp need to mobilize, strategize, and deploy tactics in our opponents' turf: in streets, on campuses, in the media, in academia, and in the halls of political power.
May I point out one limitation in scope in the argument: "B: Therefore No Israel implies Genocidal Murder against Jews if or when at some future date Nazis take Power in The West."
While it is true future Nazis, that is, Far-Rightists, take power, Jews will be at risk of life and limb, the increasingly immanent threat comes not from the right, which at this point in time is largely fringe, but from the Left, specifically from the Red Green Alliance, which is growing in power and slowly gaining social and political ascendancy.
Hence, Conclusion E is likewise limited in scope as anti-Zionism is patently not a uniquely fascist principle.
One other quibble is equating anti-Zionism with racism (Conclusion G). From the late 1800s to the fall of Germany, it was fashionable to view Jews as a distinct race race. This ideology led to very bad outcomes for us. And so, I would be very reluctant to use the term "racism" in relation to Jews. However, if by racism one means discrimination against any minority, anti-zionism could be classified as racism, but that would still leave the underlying premise intact that Jews are race.
Upon re-reading your argument, may I suggest that Nazi ideology appeals not just to political elements in the West but to many other countries around the world. Their governments base their supremacist appeal to the masses on the claim that they are superior to everyone else and therefore deserve to dominate the Untermenschlich.
As a last note, several religions likewise subscribe to this supremacist ideology. The one the world is dealing with today is Islam. One of its principal objectives is "Dawah," the conversion of everyone to the One True Faith.
Wow!!! Some VERY powerful words; beautifully written and therefore so inspiring!!! A serious heartfelt thank you for these words. I totally agree. No apologies. Stand tall. Am Israel Chai!!!
Here in the land of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to our Constitution, freedom to speak guarantees the right to wear the Star of David around the neck and freedom to bear arms guarantees the right to carry a pistol in the pocket for self defense. And good common sense demands practice, practice, practice at both.
A frighteningly prescient article. Sadly too many liberal Jews remain unwilling to accept the new reality and are convinced nothing bad can happen to them because they are “Americans” before they are “Jews.” The mob hasn’t invaded their suburban enclave (yet) so they can ignore the people baying for Jewish blood in NYC, Chicago, Montreal, Amsterdam. As I told a family member, there was no prize for being the last Jew on a train Auschwitz. And, no, I’m not saying a second Holocaust is imminent. I’m saying that if they are willing to attack some of us, they will attack any and all of us.
Anti Zionism is the latest form of anti Semitism
Wow. Truly a masterpiece, and one that sends a chill down my spine. You have brilliantly captured the truth about what’s happening. Now, if this will just get through to all of our anti-Zionist fellow Jews and others who think they are somehow on the ‘right’ side of history, that they are anything but.
100%, brilliant piece t'day AND indeedy as ya say here Lisa, what the hootie do we do about ALL the anti-zionist joos with HUGE platforms an' all manner've worshippers (like groupies!)???
What do we do with these self-immolatin' joos who wield their chewish genes like battle axes against Israel (oy) & ultimately against the rest've us in the diaspora... If this wuz a ship I'd call mutiny! (sadly we cannot abandon ship an' anyway they'd turn our lifeboats away like FDR did TANKS fer the memories...)
HOW can they not see they're usin' their dog whistle ta bring on the wolves (who don't mind eatin' kosher or trayf). It's embarrassin' there are SO MANY of 'em... Kapos? I don't have the "woids" fer these bird-brained peepull... (no matter how schmart they think they are)
Unfortunately, I couldn't agree more. The mobs accusing Israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing are doing so only to justify their desire to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing against it.
Excellent piece of bitter truth. Thank you
This Rabbi was an innocent man. 6 million and 1.
Wow.
Antizionism is antisemitism for cowards they lack the courage and integrity to openly state what they believe. At least the nazis openly admitted their hatred this crowd is even more despicable than them
GREAT !! - but though I would like to add something which from my experience appears quite important to me:
whenever I try to talk to these people and show them pictures, newspaper articles, statistics, documents from the times before the founding of the State of Israel, from the time of the "British Mandate" or under Ottoman administration, when I prove to them that Jews have always lived there, that also there have always been pogroms against Jews and fights between Jews and other residents there, and that the reasons for this obviously had nothing to do "with the State of Israel" and its founding, and that there has always been hatred against Jews - and also towards or between other ethnics living there ! - among those who have today appropriated the term "Palestine" for themselves; and that Jews who were unwanted before WWII elsewhere were always told: "Just get out of here and go to your Palestine...!" - to „your ancestral promised land" - - - and now they ARE in "Palestine" ... and are now supposed and told to "disappear" from there again…:
… then, when I try to tell this to "them", it turns out that nine out of ten people who call themselves „Palestinians“, and their „supporters", had never heard of all this ... they also do not know that Jews have always lived in several (today) Arabian states, Maghreb, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Yemen, etc. and were expelled from there especially after 1948: it turned out that they had never heard anything about the "Nakba" ...! Nothing about the fact that THESE Arab/Muslim states should be called "apartheid states" that have made themselves "free of Jews" …
… they were convinced until then that there had never been any Jews in the Levant and that „the imperialists" had "shipped" the Jews there after the Shoah, but that they did not actually belong there, and so on.
This means that all these "Palestinians (-'friends')" have been persuaded/ talked into believing everything they spread and have never checked it out, that they have simply accepted all the lies about "Jews who never lived there" and had allegedly "conquered foreign land" - - and these moments in which I gave them evidence of centuries of Jewish life in the "Holy Land“, were the only ones in which at least a little bit of a conversation arose, where you could sense that they were becoming a little uncertain and began starting to think.
They actually "believe" all the lies that have been spread to them, they are "fighting" for something that - and whose millennia-old complexity - they do not know or understand at all.
Even if such moments are rare, it shows me that it can be worthwhile or make sense not to give up completely on these hateful people.
And unfortunately, such ignorance is not only the case among explicit Jew-haters, but also in many who do not consider themselves enemies of Israel or the Jews, who know almost nothing about the Jews and their history, even though these have lived in most parts of Europe for several centuries.
This ignorance is dangerous and should not be accepted.
Actual lies are spread by some irresponsible media like Al Jazeera.
great nooze this success ya've had--
Have you a semi-concise presentation ya might share? Sumthin' that worked fer ya in winnin' over some hearts & minds?
I DO try ta 'splain stuff to the "haters" piecemeal...at great length sometimes! Mostly no dice but once in a blue moon someone sez "thanks...I didn't know that..."...rare tho'
Attention is at a premium (in these gawd awful days of devices that have wrecked attention spans). SO they (be 'em the SJWs or the anti-zionists an' others on the right too that would like Israel should sink inta the desert an' all joos with it...) ALL of these I enounter have zero patience ta read more than 10 pages or listen ta more than a half hour SO...
Something concise /short/sweet with (perhaps?) a little humor an' empathy that we might email/print, spread around like buttah ta win a few takers? I'm always "all ears" when I hear of success!
ps I live this youtoober Travelin' Israel (Oren) but even tho' his terrific viddeyos are short 'n sweet they don't put everything "together" an' (sadly) folks I send his way find him hard ta understand (I find his accent charmin' but then I'm an unemployed acteur an' find most accents charmin ha ha)... seriously tho' this kinda thing--he's funny too this guy!
F*** 'Em! We have our own Country now. Israel! And She is Strong too. So: Time for Aliyah, my Diaspora Friends. We have been watching State-backed Hatred against Jews for half a century here in Europe. So this comes as no shock whatsoever to Jews here. MI5 in London call it 'The Dusting off of the Devil's Lambourgini!': 'Kept on the Roof'. Yes, The State ACTUALLY goes as far as to name it and Laud it! Take a look at The Press of 2000 and 2001. It is called 'The Game' and It is all there: Jews chased out of England, and Debts cancelled by violence. So, F*** 'Em. We have our own Country now.
It is heartbreaking to see this hate / evil spreading in the world, it will not end with the Jews, the christians I believe will be next, as foretold in Gods scripture, we must pray world wide, for Messiah to intercede, as evil will not win, all victory, glory, praise belong to God Almighty, Yahveh is sovereign, He alone is in control over all His creation, everlasting
"'anti-Zionism' . . . . claimed no quarrel with Jews themselves"
Proposition: anti-Zionism = calls to genocide.
Proof:
1. Israel = the oft called by the media, academics, and politicians, "the Jewish State Israel"
2. Israelis a called a Jewish state because it is majorly made up of Jews on Jewish ancestral territory
3. The elimination of Israel = the elimination of Jews.
4. The elimination of Jews because they are Jews = genocide.
5. Therefore anti-Zionism is not merely a quarrel with Jews themselves but anti-Zionism = the promotion of genocide. QED
.
"They insist they are anti-nationalist, yet their outrage burns hottest against the only nationalism born from the ashes of some 2,000 years of relentless persecution."
On the other hand, "They insist they are anti-nationalist, yet their enthusiasm burns brightest for 'Palestinian' nationalism."
"These acts of violence do not distinguish between Israeli policies and Jewish identities. They do not pause to inquire whether the victim supports Netanyahu or voted Meretz."
. . . because they are less then irrelevant. Israeli policies and Jewish identities are thinly disguised justifications to inflict violence on Jews for the sole reason that they are Jews.
"When “anti-Zionism” marches in the streets, it does not distinguish between the Jewish Israeli and the Jew in the Diaspora."
But it does distinguish between all other indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral homelands and the Jews indigenous rights to their own ancestral homelands. By this formula, were all the other indigenous peoples to be Jews, they too would forfeit their rights to their ancestral homelands.
German Chief Rabbi Teichtel said "The police are very supportive and secure the community, but the reality we live in is different than it was in the past."
Sorry rabbi, but the past is very quickly becoming the present — yet again.
"the Jewish People have endured far worse than the cheap theatrics of keffiyeh-clad provocateurs"
For truth about the keffiyeh, this powerful video is a must see: https://youtu.be/TwFfbt7uaJk?si=oOp37faHoOA8PM7Q
The essay is well written, accurate, and a clarion call to action against a renewed genocide. To combat it we must be aware that we are not dealing with reason, logic, evidence, or even personal much less informed opinion. What we are dealing with is hatred and belief, and hatred always believes in itself.
Combatting hatred and belief requires using different strategies than those employed in civil discourse or debate. It requires consulting with psychologists and communications experts to come up with effective tools to neutralize the spreading social gangrene. We failed to do so in the 30s and that led to the death of millions upon millions. We cannot wait until we are tumbled again into another maelstrom of bloodshed. Authorities in our camp need to mobilize, strategize, and deploy tactics in our opponents' turf: in streets, on campuses, in the media, in academia, and in the halls of political power.
Good piece Puck. Try this Logic Too:
A: Only Israel can be relied upon to protect The Jewish People.
B: Therefore No Israel implies Genocidal Murder against Jews if or when at some future date Nazis take Power in The West.
C: Therefore Calls to destroy Israel is the same as the call to murder all Jews.
D: So The Call to Anti-Zionism is the same as Call to (allow) Genocide against The Jewish People.
E: So Anti-Zionism is Nazi.
F: So Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
G: So Anti-Zionism is Racism.
Israel Am Chai
Thank you Dan.
May I point out one limitation in scope in the argument: "B: Therefore No Israel implies Genocidal Murder against Jews if or when at some future date Nazis take Power in The West."
While it is true future Nazis, that is, Far-Rightists, take power, Jews will be at risk of life and limb, the increasingly immanent threat comes not from the right, which at this point in time is largely fringe, but from the Left, specifically from the Red Green Alliance, which is growing in power and slowly gaining social and political ascendancy.
Hence, Conclusion E is likewise limited in scope as anti-Zionism is patently not a uniquely fascist principle.
One other quibble is equating anti-Zionism with racism (Conclusion G). From the late 1800s to the fall of Germany, it was fashionable to view Jews as a distinct race race. This ideology led to very bad outcomes for us. And so, I would be very reluctant to use the term "racism" in relation to Jews. However, if by racism one means discrimination against any minority, anti-zionism could be classified as racism, but that would still leave the underlying premise intact that Jews are race.
Upon re-reading your argument, may I suggest that Nazi ideology appeals not just to political elements in the West but to many other countries around the world. Their governments base their supremacist appeal to the masses on the claim that they are superior to everyone else and therefore deserve to dominate the Untermenschlich.
As a last note, several religions likewise subscribe to this supremacist ideology. The one the world is dealing with today is Islam. One of its principal objectives is "Dawah," the conversion of everyone to the One True Faith.
As you say, "Am Israel Chai.
Outstanding.
Wow!!! Some VERY powerful words; beautifully written and therefore so inspiring!!! A serious heartfelt thank you for these words. I totally agree. No apologies. Stand tall. Am Israel Chai!!!
Here in the land of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to our Constitution, freedom to speak guarantees the right to wear the Star of David around the neck and freedom to bear arms guarantees the right to carry a pistol in the pocket for self defense. And good common sense demands practice, practice, practice at both.