Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoJewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation.truthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down17file-text
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As the Trump administration weaponizes accusations of antisemitism to justify repression, the Jewish left is rising up.
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down2·2 years agoIt was the weirdest thing being raised Jewish in the 1980s Constantly reminded of the holocaust and to be on alert for fascists. But then Israel and Zionism? None of it added up. “Next year in Jerusalem” my grandparents said this their whole lives. “Why don’t we just go there?” I would ask Having Jerusalem wasn’t enough. They wanted to exterminate Palestinians. How is that different than the holocaust?
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years ago“Why don’t we just go there?” “Shutupshutupshutupshutup”
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 years agolol the amount of times that was the response to my questions
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoAnother Lemmy comment I read the other day explained it that “never again” meant “never again against us.”
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s not. Zionism is antisemitism
It was the weirdest thing being raised Jewish in the 1980s
Constantly reminded of the holocaust and to be on alert for fascists.
But then Israel and Zionism?
None of it added up.
“Next year in Jerusalem” my grandparents said this their whole lives.
“Why don’t we just go there?” I would ask
Having Jerusalem wasn’t enough.
They wanted to exterminate Palestinians.
How is that different than the holocaust?
“Why don’t we just go there?”
“Shutupshutupshutupshutup”
lol the amount of times that was the response to my questions
Another Lemmy comment I read the other day explained it that “never again” meant “never again against us.”
It’s not. Zionism is antisemitism