Jews are as integrated into
American culture as it possible to be. This is the place they are not only
safe, but successful in every field be it in science, the arts,
business...actually the only occupation where I think it would be rare to find
Jews is in manual labor.
I grew up with Jews many of
whom I never knew were Jews because it wasn't of any significance. As an adult
it's the same way. For me, all the uproar about antisemitism in the US seems
preposterous as the actual slaughter of people who are equally human beings
with those dropping bombs on them is being conducted with gusto in Gaza.
Clearly it is "look HERE, not there!" and a significant number of
Jews (as are in JVP) are not buying it.
What really astounds me
regarding Zionism is that nobody thinks it strange that American Jews as I have
just described above, and they uniquely among Americans, may at any time and
virtually instantly be given Israeli citizenship while retaining their American
citizenship. This allows the epic hypocrisy of having full civil rights and
freedom here in America while at the same time being able to move to Israel,
have full rights and freedom there and move on to land where the natives have
no rights at all. How blind can one be?
More than that, many
settlers in Israel are dual citizenship Americans so can go out and beat up the
natives, even be fully armed by the gov't to kill those natives right now. Have
your cake, eat it too while just outside the window are the natives barely
getting by, under the boot of your military and, not surprisingly, thinking of
giving you serious, even lethal grief after getting that from Israel for
decades. Who can possibly be surprised at HAMAS any more than surprised at the
terror visited on US settlers by the American Indians? The Indians were essentially
wiped out. Israel is working on that now in Gaza. Was nobody paying attention
to previous lethal assaults on Gaza that killed far more Gazans than the number
of Israelis killed on Oct 7. Are Americans asleep?
The crazy accusation of
antisemitism to anyone opposing what Israel does is the height of absurdity.
Any group of people is capable of the full range of human behavior from the pit
of horror to the height of benevolence. Jews are no exception. To say that Jews
who are Israeli are doing and have done terrible things to the Palestinians
routinely is not antisemitism but a statement of fact. To call Israel a colony,
to say that it has repeatedly violated international law under the protection
of 45 UN vetoes courtesy of Uncle Sam is not antisemitism but history.
Joe McCarthy is back. Are
you now or have you ever been an antisemite?!
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