וַיִּגְדַּל֙ עֲוֺ֣ן בַּת־עַמִּ֔י מֵֽחַטַּ֖את סְדֹ֑ם הַֽהֲפוּכָ֣ה כְמוֹ־רָ֔גַע וְלֹא־חָ֥לוּ בָ֖הּ יָדָֽיִם׃ (איכה ד:ו)
The guilt of my poor people
Exceeds* the iniquity of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
Without a hand striking it
(Lamentations 4:6)
@TamarGlezerman
הם בוחרים אותי כי בלי שום קשר למי שאומר את המילים, הם בפועל כן מייצגים את רוב הציבור בארץ. ולא רק זה אלא היסטוריה ארוכה פגיעה בכל זכות אפשרי של הפלסטינים.
זה באמת הגבעה שיית רוצה למות אליו? על כמה העם שלנו גזעני? כאילו מה?
🧵This clip is circulated as example of how low Israeli discourse sunk during the war, but imo its other way round: "Radio Rwanda" has been our background noise for decades. It's a cause, not consequence, of Israeli wanton cruelty in Gaza.
Here's my journal entry from Nov 2007..
@TamarGlezerman
But what about the main point there? Like the reason that people care about what those 2 said has nothing to do with their popularity in Israel. Its because it does authentically represent a sentiment that is prevalent through most of our society?
@owenjonesjourno
@TamarGlezerman
But as we already know. The state of Israel is uninterested and unwilling to prosecute people for these types of crimes. Heck when the state prosecutor announced an investigation into (well known rapist) and popular Israeli singer Ayal Golan for incitement to genocide....
@owenjonesjourno
@TamarGlezerman
There was a reaction on social media with thousands literally calling for genocide in Gaza and daring the state prosecutor to try and do something about it.
@tastefullysaucy
A classic example of what it means to be indoctrinated instead of educated in her youth. She never had a chance to begin with. And at the same time she is fully responsible for her actions.
@FirasPalestine
@TamarGlezerman
Firas. Did you notice one of the podcasters literally worked on pr ops in the PMs office. The guy is literally close to the Israeli establishment
@jh_swanson
Practically speaking. Even if Israel was theoretically highly important for Jewish voters . When it comes down to it both democrats and republicans tend to support similar policies towards Israel no? So given the current political landscape in the US,
@MonicaLMarks
May they both rest in peace. Im friends with Hayim's family. They are good kind people working to make this place better for all those between the river and the sea.
@ytirawi
Also worth elaborating on נלחמים על החיים an "extremist settler" organization. This is a great demonstration of how their messaging and the messaging of their camp have become mainstream in Israeli society.
@QueenMab87
It may be worth contextualizing that this is not the majority of protestors. There always has been a "radical bloc" at the protests for the past two years who before the war were calling to end the occupation and who are now calling to end the genocide.
@KhalilJeries
His use of "googling" is a performative ritual meant to obscure his ignorance, racism, and outright stupidity, while at the same time trying to publicly legitimize himself. Seems like the work of a very small man trying to make himself feel "big" by engaging in and spreading
@StopArabHate
At what point do we say the Jewish Defense League (Meir Khane's Jewish American terrorist organization) has returned and that what we are seeing modern domestic terrorism being carried out by Zionist phanatics?
@QueenMab87
Im not saying that you said it was a majority. Im saying that its *also* good to say, yes it was was there, but that ultimately it was a small group.
@StopArabHate
Jewish Student Union (JSU) is run by the famously Kahanist, Orthodox Union (OU). JSU mainly exists in public schools. Though they may also have chapters in Jewish private schools that are seen as not Jewish/religious enough by the Orthodox Union.
@dianabuttu
I can't speak to the size of the group. But they, we, do exist.
@FreeJerusalem1
These people are also putting their bodies on the line and getting violently attacked by the fascist Israeli police.
@skoopit
אציין אני בן דוד מדרגה שנייה. יש לי ולשירי סבה וסבתה רבה משותפת. אני מתאר לעצמי שהם כבר לא בחיים מאז שיצא משהו על זה לפני כמה חודשים. אבל לא יודע שום דבר רשמי.
@4noura
You are that optimistic? I ask as an Israeli anti Zionist. Based on the violence we are seeing from police today.... That just seems so unlikely.
@KhalilJeries
It's not just moral compass.
It's also self interest.
Israel also hurts itself when it carries out a genocide.
Our society engaging in war crimes is against our best interest.
And in this father's case, these war crimes just increase....
@SMohyeddin
@UofT
Notice how she says "another security team". Seems like y'all are dealing with multiple chapters of whoever the hell these thugs are.
@ytirawi
What he says about מפקד אגודת איוש is also relevant. It's part of a narrative/discourse on the far right in Israel that characterizes Generals in the IDF as Leftist members of the old Ashkenazi Kibbutznik elite.
@jh_swanson
there is no reason for Israel to be the top issue for Jewish voters. Because regardless of who wins you end up with basically the same in terms of Israel policy.
@alon_mizrahi
What we do is brace for impact. Seems Hezbollah and Iran will be attacking soon, because our government keeps working against our own best interest.
@LindaDayan9
More specifically Sde Teiman is where the cops allowed Right Wing thugs to break onto an army base without intervention. As opposed to protests for the hostages where the cops are violent.
יותר מ-4,000 אזכורים של המונח "למחוק את עזה" ביום אחד. ככה נראה הפיד בעברית בתחילת השבוע ולאף אחד, בטח שלא למדינה או לטוויטר זה נראה מוזר. תרבות הרשת בעברית נרמלה לחלוטין קריאות אלימות מסיתות וגזעניות. התרגלנו וזה חולני.
@FirasPalestine
@KhalilJeries
Maybe the Palestinians live under a system where no matter what they do, they serve the goals of the right wing in Israel?
@SMohyeddin
@UofT
I hate saying things "as a Jew".
But as a Jew and as an Israeli: Your administration has invited JDL terrorists to patrol your campus.
@fvckstration
Indeed you are right. The "Jewish Establishment" is Zionist. To be anti Zionist and Jewish is to be against that Establishment. I understand why people equate Jews with Zionism. Heck we do it ourselves.
@_ZachFoster
"New Israel"? Was Golda Meir's statement "there is no such thing as a Palestinian" any less genocidal?
Genocide is the foundation of this country.
@umyaznemo
Today, my cousins lie presumably dead, in Gaza. A result of this genocide and years of ignoring the voices of Palestinians. Their Blood is on Bibi's hands.
@TameeOliveFern
We never had one to begin with. Our country was founded by a bunch of islamaphobic socialist Jewish ethno-supremacists. What has unfolded is the only thing (the incredibly evil thing) anyone could have expected based on that premise.
Ah, yes, the world in which the state of Israel did not exist, prior to 1948, famously a world in which American police were free of racial animus and excessive violence.
@TameeOliveFern
It shows the degree to which the average Israeli is totally disconnected from reality. In their small information bubble, everyone else does it, and so do they. As Ori Goldberg has said. Israel has lost touch with reality
As part of the occupation and it's racist regime the State of Israel regularly carries out sexual violence against Palestinians.
This is one of many stories.
@beisan
It is tattooed in my brain since age 6 how Israeli soldiers completely undressed us, felt me up, took away the sanitary pads of all women, and made us step barefoot into disinfectant liquid when we crossed the Allenby bridge. Israelis literally believe Palestinians are animals.
@QueenMab87
Sorry that you are experiencing this. Personally I find your content incredibly enriching and thought provoking and I'm incredibly appreciative of you sharing your thoughts here. Hope people like this fuck off and stay out of the way of the important work you are doing.
Meanwhile, Israel is still actively engaged in disinformation campaigns, meant to defame UNRWA as terrorists.
@UNLazzarini
You an your organization are doing the work of the lord, and facing challenges greater than most can comprehend. My hat is off to you and your organization.
Boys and girls around the region are going back to
@UNRWA
schools except in
#Gaza
.
More than 600,000 children there are deeply traumatized, living in the rubble. They continue to be deprived of learning + schooling. Half of them used to be in UNRWA schools.
The longer children
“So the coexistence talk, the coexistence, you know, speech is the talk of the privilege, you
know? no, I don’t want to coexist. I want to exist first. Allow me, allow me to equally exist.
Then we talk about coexistence. This is how it's supposed to be.”
@QueenMab87
Like. Your commentary helps me as a Jew in Israel figure out what's actually going on in the US with Anti Semitism. Because honestly it can be really hard to tell sometimes given the ADL and Israeli state's usage of anti-Semitism as a weapon to silence
@UssamaMakdisi
If anything these academics gave the average lay person a reason to continue believing the lies, thus directly contributing to the genocide.
@MonicaLMarks
Sde Teiman is only on their minds relation to how they as "peaceful protestors" are being treated in comparison to how the far rioters who broke into Sde Teiman to free the rapists were treated. It's less about Sde Teiman and more about them. More about how Israeli police
@itslaylas
Totally!!! That irony is also an active part of why their strategy is so effective.
Its literally saying one thing, while actually doing the exact opposite.
There is a similar thing that happens in Israel.
@FirasPalestine
@ShaiDavidai
@Columbia
Also... did you notice how a lot of the last names on the list are Jewish? its almost as if Shai Davidai is misusing anti-semitism and turning it into a way to shut down critique of Israel. Fucking Fascist!