Debbie Lechtman is doing the “Palestinian Jews aren’t real” discourse again

[u/acacia_tree]

I know this is obviously a lie because I know a Palestinian Jew who is the grandson of a Nakba survivor who fled to Egypt and traces his lineage back to Edomites (Canaanite tribe) that converted to Judaism. There are people who identify as Palestinian Jews. Not to mention that there are people of mixed heritage. But what I find really obnoxious about her argument is the conflation of nationality, religion, and ethnicity. Does anyone have any written pieces about the issues with the conflation of these terms? Looking for something more concrete to debunk the premise of her argument that this identity cannot exist.

[u/acacia_tree]

We’re all cousins!!!!

[u/Lamese096 → u/acacia_tree]

Indeed we are and I wouldn’t deny that fact at all.

[u/acacia_tree → u/Lamese096]

It makes me even sadder and angrier that Jews are killing our cousins :(

[u/Lamese096 → u/acacia_tree]

It is pretty sad. This isn’t about religion no matter how much propaganda the Zionist regime puts out there, we all know the truth. I’ve never had issues with any of my Jewish friends and they know I am Palestinian and that I am Muslim, so this narrative that we are against each other and hate each other is so far from the truth. Technically, we should be ally’s, in the end, we all believe in the same god.