Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Netanyahu feels complete impunity because all US politicians need ‘support of Jewish community’ [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)This is his opening paragraph regarding the recent Ha'aretz conference:
On my way into the New Israel Fund Haaretz conference on the future of Israel Sunday morning I felt I had made a mistake in coming. The long security line was filled with American and Israeli Jews, some talking Hebrew, and I felt angry and duped that anyone would even undertake a discussion of this huge political question with a Jim Crow crowd. That American Jews could tell themselves that it was sufficient to gather Jews to the issue was (as always) infuriating. It would be like negotiating the future of the American South with a conference of white people. And at the same time, the monocultural crowd gave me confidence about my progressive communitys inevitability. If Jews must maintain a majority even in these conversations well, Zionism really is self-defeating. I texted a friend, I hate Zionism.
He felt "angry and duped" and felt it was a mistake to attend the conference because the line of people was filled with American and Israeli Jews - some of them were even speaking Hebrew.
I once again would strongly encourage you to stop posting garbage from Mondoweiss and start focusing on legitimate news and opinion sites if you want to engage in serious conversation here.