Zionism is being delegitimized in an age of equality — as Israel continues to resort to greater extremism. Regardless, the Biden administration and Israel’s mouthpieces in Congress insist on its “right to defend itself.”
Liberal and rightwing Zionists were at each other’s throats this week, even calling for a boycott of Israel. The clash gave Joe Biden an opening to criticize Israel, and further exposed Israeli apartheid.
I disagreed with my friends who tried to tell me years ago — Israel will just get more rightwing, messianic, and hateful to Palestinians, and the U.S. government and Jewish community will just enable it. But they were right.
Many big-name Democrats continue to profess their admiration and support for Israel and its fascistic leaders despite the country’s cratering support among party voters.
The progressive discourse is gaining ground. Mainstream Zionists are finally talking about “apartheid” as the American Jewish community protests fascistic Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich.
Apartheid is the fruit of Zionism, and the Israeli “left” will never be able to save their democracy until they overturn the fundamental inequality of their society.
Two years ago, Israeli soldiers in the West Bank shot Harun Abu Aram as he protected his family’s generator. This week Harun died from his injuries, a great martyr to the cause of Palestinian steadfastness.
The news from Palestine grows more worrying by the day, and liberal Zionists are in crisis. The bitter fruits of “Jewish democracy” are plainer than ever. The challenge is to recognize that there will never be safety until all people in the land feel secure.
Just when you thought U.S. policy toward Palestinians could go no lower, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the region last week and offered “meaningless and empty gestures” about the violence being delivered to Palestinians while expressing great concern over the Netanyahu government’s plans to gut the powers of the Israeli judiciary.