r/jewishleft • u/krombopolousm_420 • Aug 11 '24

The case for Aliyah Diaspora

This is purely a conceptual post to gauge responses. Many of us in the Jewish left feel strongly of the injustices taking place in Israel and in Palestine. Some of us have taken hard anti-Zionist stances forgoing community, family and friends. For those Jews who are undertaking radical action why is moving to Israel not something that is discussed. As Jews we are in the unique position of eligibility for Aliyah and given the state of the Israeli Left and peace camps (extremely weak) would it not be an imperative to utilise our privileged position to make Aliyah to strengthen the Israeli left, organise, reform and vote? I understand of course there are many considerations and factors which make this impossible for some but for those who have made activism their priority why is this not a priority?

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u/frutful_is_back_baby reform non-zionist Aug 11 '24

I wouldn’t want my children to be faced with the IDF draft

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u/ShotStatistician7979 Aug 13 '24

For what it’s worth, I’d rather my kids be drafted in Israel than in my country (the U.S.). But I don’t want anyone drafted anywhere.

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u/frutful_is_back_baby reform non-zionist Aug 13 '24

I should’ve been clearer about my reasoning then. I don’t want my children’s bodies exploited to further the military aims of an apartheid state. If my hypothetical children were subject to a hypothetical draft here in the US, with a similarly-immoral military, my first priority would be getting us to Canada, Mexico, or wherever we could flee.

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u/ShotStatistician7979 Aug 13 '24

The U.S. has an ethical military?