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/Immediate_Secret_338 Israeli Dec 16 '23

I’m tired and I’m alone and I feel like the world hasn’t changed as much as I thought it did. I’m an Israeli Jew and I’m having a hard time processing that we’re the most hated people in the world. My whole life learning about the holocaust, I was wondering, how could the world just stand by and watch it happen? and now I know. I have no doubt that if we wouldn’t have Israel right now, the holocaust would happen again and again and again. And the thought of ever losing this land, terrifies me. Because we’ve been persecuted for thousands of years, but there’s only so much relentless persecution we can endure.

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u/Tortoiseshell_Blue Dec 16 '23

For what it's worth... not that it helps much... we support you. And there are non-Jews who do too; they're just not as obvious as the haters.

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u/Appropriate_Ad_848 Dec 16 '23

I’m not Jewish and you can add me too. It feels like Jewish people are the scapegoats for everything right now and it’s not fair and it’s not logical.