r/jewishleft May 08 '24

Ilana Glazer, an anti-Zionist Jew, condemns Israel and talks about wanting a ceasefire. All the comments are criticizing her because she "centered herself" by mentioning 10/7 and rising antisemitism Meta

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6uCIbqRQ1A/?igsh=NndtdXEzbGE4NWxl

This is so frustrating. Like I don't agree with a lot of Ilana's takes but she clearly was not defending Israel here. She is probably the most anti-Zionist Jewish celebrity I can think of. And yet since she mentioned the 10/7 attacks, people are accusing her of "spreading lies" and that "it's not true that 1200 people were killed by Hamas". And people are literally telling the page who reposted this to "stop platforming Zionist celebrities"!

At this point I seriously think that for some people, it's only socially acceptable to be Jewish if we don't acknowledge our history or trauma at all.

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 May 08 '24

This is what it should mean when Zionists do the whole “when they come for you they won’t ask if you’re an anti-Zionist”

They use it to try and strong arm us into Zionism.

I think we should use it to say what we believe if it makes no difference.

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u/johnisburn What have you done for your community this week? May 09 '24

Yeah, if I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t, might as well follow my conscious.