This is all maddening. And, parents, watch your children's social media. My kid came to me last night about a TikTok video that they saw that totally glosses over Hamas's terror attack and highlights Israel's retaliation as an act of terror. It also ignores history and claims that Israel has been pushing out and murdering Palestinians for decades in order to steal the land. I had a very long chat with my kid but am appalled that this is the one-sided, racist narrative floating around. I'm grateful my kid came to me because, even though they're Jewish, they were buying into all of it.
It is hard to read the letter and the subsequent Seattle City Council resolution without feeling revulsion at the letter and the process. Picking fringe Jews and Islamic clerics who still can’t get their congregations to accept the right of a Jewish state is a slap in the faces of the majority of Jews in Seattle. At some point we need to realize that there is no allyship when it comes to Jews and Israel. The silence of most of the non Jewish community and outright hatred by much much of the local Arab community should speak volumes. I agree about the duplicity of Congresswoman Jayapal, who certainly understands how her words led to the HNT vandalism. I am tired of the whole Seattle anti Zionist zeitgeist. Enough is enough.
I stand with Israel. Y’all can keep flapping your lips.
Well done, Emily, and thank you. Those who protest the war in Gaza never acknowledge how it started and certainly never acknowledge the fact that Hamas still calls for the total destruction of Israel. In blaming Israel, they remind me of the way police and judges used to view rape victims (and some still do), blaming them for the violence committed against them and condemning them if they fight back.
This is all maddening. And, parents, watch your children's social media. My kid came to me last night about a TikTok video that they saw that totally glosses over Hamas's terror attack and highlights Israel's retaliation as an act of terror. It also ignores history and claims that Israel has been pushing out and murdering Palestinians for decades in order to steal the land. I had a very long chat with my kid but am appalled that this is the one-sided, racist narrative floating around. I'm grateful my kid came to me because, even though they're Jewish, they were buying into all of it.
Great piece Emily. This line: “It’s insulting to attribute Hamas’s reign of terror merely on bad Israeli governance.” is so well put.
It is hard to read the letter and the subsequent Seattle City Council resolution without feeling revulsion at the letter and the process. Picking fringe Jews and Islamic clerics who still can’t get their congregations to accept the right of a Jewish state is a slap in the faces of the majority of Jews in Seattle. At some point we need to realize that there is no allyship when it comes to Jews and Israel. The silence of most of the non Jewish community and outright hatred by much much of the local Arab community should speak volumes. I agree about the duplicity of Congresswoman Jayapal, who certainly understands how her words led to the HNT vandalism. I am tired of the whole Seattle anti Zionist zeitgeist. Enough is enough.
I stand with Israel. Y’all can keep flapping your lips.
Well done, Emily, and thank you. Those who protest the war in Gaza never acknowledge how it started and certainly never acknowledge the fact that Hamas still calls for the total destruction of Israel. In blaming Israel, they remind me of the way police and judges used to view rape victims (and some still do), blaming them for the violence committed against them and condemning them if they fight back.