Light unto the nations my ass.
Honestly, when EXACTLY where we the light to anyone?
I'm writing this because it's not that long ago that I'd read that headline and not stop and question it.
OF COURSE the Jewish people were the light unto the nations.
It's a truth I've grown up with my whole life.
In the same way that well-meaning people will read that antisemitism is on the rise and not question it.
Of course it's true.
Until you actually stop and look at the specifics...and the context.
And oops...what has been reported as antisemitic was mostly stickers and graffiti OPPPOSING ISRAEL;
THAT IS COMMITTING A GEN0CIDE WITH HARDLY ANY GLOBAL LEADER BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP.
I'm so tired of the endless bullshit.
The Jewish community does not deserve any special treatment from anyone.
We are not better than anyone else.
We are not (and never have been) a light unto anyone...except our own egos.
Yes antisemitism exists.
As does hate for other subcultures/religions/races etc etc.
Is antisemitism on the rise?
ACTUAL antisemitism...I don't believe so.
And if it is....it's a microscopic rise compared with Islamophobia.
I know this topic deserves a much deeper article but I'm just so frustrated and had to get some words out of my system.
I fully agree. My time of “it’s complicated” and “there’s 2 sides to this story” is behind me after seeing how Israel was actually founded on a bed of terrorism and massacres. That’s the only positive side effect of the current genocide. It was so brutal and yet so denied as if the sky is still blue, that it forced anyone with a good conscience to have a deeper look into the current situation and the history.
No, I don’t hate jews. No, I don’t hate Israelis.
No one chooses where they are born.
But yes, I do call for the dismantling and removal of the terrorist state of Israel. That’s is not a call to kill all jews or Israelis. It is a simple statement of fact that Israel as a state has no legitimacy and is the only obstacle to peace and progress. The only other path would be to complete the genocide: if there are no Palestinians any more, then the ongoing conflict would be removed too … in a totally unacceptable way but washed out by time eventually.
No more of this. None of it. Not with silent agreement or tolerance. No means mo and I want my government to grow some balls and to stand up.
Israel is not a pinnacle of light. If anything it shows us how seeing yourself as pinnacle of light, rising above others, allows you to look down on others and dehumanize them as lessers, as fellow humans.
It is that very same supremacy that enabled Nazi Germany to do what it did. Oh the f’ing irony.
Thanks Veronica for shining the light on Israel.