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An Israeli drone strike killed the remarkable man behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
By Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips
December 9, 2024

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember he died due to #Genocide, and this guy, Pro-Israel or not, should stfu if he wants to avoid it, BECAUSE THAT IS what this is ALL ABOUT. IT IS NOT, NOR WAS IT, AND NEVER WILL BE, ABOUT ONE INDIVIDUAL, NOR WOULD THE VICTIM WANT IT TO BE...

GOT THAT? @pete_link
Cc @palestine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The main point that I "got" is that you like to rant using lots of capital letters. (And I know that it is genocide, but understanding that is not absolutely necessary to act in favor of Palestine. Look at Bernie Sanders - he is a very critical, liberal Zionist, yet his actions in the Senate and his speeches have helped, not hurt, the Palestinian cause, in spite of his refusal to call it genocide.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

@pete_link ps. Bernjob is the Left Trump. He has you believe someone will change things. NOT 1 PERSON IN POWER will change 1 damn thing. Everything is going as intended. NO POLITICIAN will abandon our front line client state in an OILWAR they KNEW would occur since the 1st bbl was shipped from an aramco terminal in 1915+-. Similarly the OTHER NAZI remnant Ukraine, near the world's largest natural gas deposits in the caspian basin. To abandon them means the end of US society as you understand it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Lots of caps for EMPHASIS @pete_link because you seem fond of the NYTimes for your 'information', so I figure EMPHASIS is required to GET MY POINT ACROSS.

The NYTimes is owned by a Zionist Jewish Family, and it's 'information' is garbage... similarly the CIA-Fronting WaPo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

الله يرحمه

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is a genocide denying liberal Zionist source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, that's true, but I thought that a pro-Israel Jewish US publication having an opinion piece favorable to Gaza was worth sharing. It helps to break down the demonization of Palestinians that is so widespread in the US.

It's not an article that will give someone brilliant insights into the reality of Zionism, but it helps create space for discussion with a broader set of people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The title of the article is itself casting doubt on the genocide. This article caters to a very specific audience that wants to feel bad about the people harmed while still supporting the forces that cause that harm and feeling morally secure. This is meant for the settler colonists feeling bad because of the oppression they cause without the call to stop enacting it, and in fact using third personing neutral language to obfuscate the connection netween their ideological actions and the genocidal acts it causes.

What would the value have been in uncritically sharing propaganda about feeling bad for the victims of Kristallnacht from a Nazi-supporting publication that downplayed its nature as a pogrom? Wouldn't its true function be to sheepdog the empathetic into not rejecting the Nazis?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I agree that posting this without any clarifying critical comments was a mistake. But I still think it was worth posting for the reasons I stated in another post.