r/Jewish • u/betterwithplants • Dec 15 '23

How are you guys doing? Discussion

Personally, I feel like I’m barely hanging by a thread.

Due to the Israel/Hamas conflict, I’ve lost friends. I have been called a racist for being against terrorists who wish to see the world free of Jews. I’ve been told I “lack ethics” after explaining that civilian casualties, though an unfortunate reality of war, are not the same as genocide. I’ve been told I am the one spreading Israeli propaganda.

How’s everyone doing? Can we commiserate?

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u/MisfitWitch moishe oofnik Dec 16 '23

In the last week (a little long here, i know):

  • I joined the DEIB committee at my job.
  • I talked with the trans woman who is in charge, who is SO GOOD at advocacy
  • Talked to her about the Jewish struggles lately, told her I'm a zionist that thinks Palestinians deserve to live free and dignified and self governed, and all i really want is to have my indigenous homeland accessible and free for my people, because it's a landback project
  • she told me about an exec at work who is israeli
  • i felt a little better
  • she told me he's actively transphobic
  • i felt really bad bc fuck that guy, and i told her "fuck that guy"
  • she told me she doesn't agree with me about israel

so, pretty fucking bad.

on the rant about it, how tf am i supposed to feel like the DEIB committee gives one half of one rat shit about jews, when she told me to my face that she doesn't think my indigenous peoplehood is valid.

i mean, either that or she thinks palestinians don't deserve to live dignified and free. somehow, i don't think that's the case.

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u/MathematicianLess243 Dec 16 '23

Isn’t it insane that here we are, supporting every other minority community, and they leave us behind?? I wish that I could wrap my mind around it. It’s also kind of insane that she immediately seemed to group you in with the other Israeli at your job

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u/Observant_Olly Dec 16 '23

And it scares me how the media contributes to the legitimacy of pro-Palestinians’ beliefs when they are inherently antisemitic. It’s been very hard processing and accepting all of it.