Since it is Shabbat I'm going to keep my remarks brief..

1. Preemptive US military attacks without Congression approval violate the US constituion.

2. Preemptive attacks by the USA and the state of Israel violate the UN charter, a treaty that both countries have signed.

3. The Iranian regime has done terrible things, but as always, it will be the civilians of all sides that will be suffering thanks to this idiotic war.

4. The state of Israel's decision to participate in this attack is a terrible, terrible thing, which will result in Jewish people around the world being blamed. The folly of doing this during the Jewish holiday of purim, and the Islamic holiday of Ramadan compounds this terror. Contrary to what many mainstream Jewish institutions have told us, the state of Israel is not making life safer or better for Jews in diaspora, but rather it is empowering anti-semites to behave worse and get away with it.

#Iran #Peace #Israel #WarCrimes #Shalom #Mazeldon #Antisemitism

Since it is Shabbat I'm going to keep my remarks brief..

1. Preemptive US military attacks without Congression approval violate the US constituion.

2. Preemptive attacks by the USA and the state of Israel violate the UN charter, a treaty that both countries have signed.

3. The Iranian regime has done terrible things, but as always, it will be the civilians of all sides that will be suffering thanks to this idiotic war.

4. The state of Israel's decision to participate in this attack is a terrible, terrible thing, which will result in Jewish people around the world being blamed. The folly of doing this during the Jewish holiday of purim, and the Islamic holiday of Ramadan compounds this terror. Contrary to what many mainstream Jewish institutions have told us, the state of Israel is not making life safer or better for Jews in diaspora, but rather it is empowering anti-semites to behave worse and get away with it.

#Iran #Peace #Israel #WarCrimes #Shalom #Mazeldon #Antisemitism

Arguing that criticism of Zionism is criticism of all Jewish people is like arguing that criticism of MAGA is criticism of all Americans.

Just like there are a large number of Americans who are MAGA, there are a large number of Jews who are Zionists but no, not all Americans are MAGA and not all Jews are Zionists (rule of thumb, if your argument starts with “All Jews are…”, it’s a fundamentally antisemitic one).

Furthermore, just like not all MAGA are Americans (hello, Nigel Farage, etc.), not all Zionists are Jews. In fact, many Zionists – like Christian Zionists – are deeply antisemitic and Zionism itself is mired in antisemitism*.

Anyone who conflates being a Zionist with being Jewish and criticism of Zionism with antisemitism is perpetuating an antisemitic trope that essentially posits that all Jewish people are pro settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_antisemitism

#zionism #antisemitism #israel #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #genocide #hasbara #MAGA