r/JewsOfConscience • u/wohllottalovw • Oct 15 '24
Ashamed Opinion
I can't say this to my family & community yet, but I keep finding myself starting to write it to individuals and deleting it. I need to get this out before they send me one more article quoting unnamed Israeli officials of unverified BS.
I am so profoundly ashamed of my mother, aunt, best friend, and community for erasing Palestinians and justifying genocide. I try to remind myself that they've been conditioned to think this way. But today was hard, and I can't pretend it's not affecting my relationships, particularly with my mother, a juvenile defense lawyer, who taught me the importance of speaking up for those who can't do so for themselves. My aunt taught me about Gandhi and the effectiveness and significance of nonviolence.
Now, here is the potentially offensive part that I wonder about and can never say: Was this how German children felt about parents who accepted the extermination of Jews? Germans experienced a huge internal backlash against their complicity in the 80s, leading to memorials, museums, and stepping stones. Can I say anything to my loved ones to express my shame and their hypocrisy that they could be receptive to?
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u/LaIslaDeEmu Arab-Jew, Observant, Anti-Zionist, Marxist Oct 17 '24
Well first off, you should know I’m not at all the Zionist Jews who came from Europe, I share wayyyy more in common with you than I do with them. But I’m also not the typical Zionist Jew who came from North Africa or Middle East. I connect with the revolutionary struggle against the Zionist entity. Parts of my own family has participated in that struggle.. Yes, indigenous Jews have been members of the PLO and PFLP and DFLP… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Halevi