"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
Free Palestine spotted in the NYC subway
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“The best comparator for what Israel is doing now in Gaza is not anything previous in Palestine. It’s Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
There, as here, Israel engaged in a bloody long-term attack with the purported goal of ending Palestinian resistance from Lebanon once and for all and establishing a Lebanese government that would give Israel “forty years of peace.”
The result? Israel lost any global sympathy quickly, especially after the Sabra and Shatila act of genocide. Israel’s puppet government fell almost immediately. Israel occupied a portion of Southern Lebanon for 20 years, at the end of which it withdrew with nothing gained. In the wake of its occupation came Hizballah, one of Israel’s most potent consistent enemies. On the way to gaining nothing, Israel killed tens of thousands, mostly civilians.”
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"When I’m asked why I’m a self-hating Jew, I like to say I’m someone who values the Jewish principles of tzedek (the pursuit of justice), tikkun olam (repairing the world), & derekh eretz (treating all with dignity/respect), NOT an alliance with a genocidal global superpower."
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