r/JewsOfConscience • u/Mivasair Jewish • Aug 15 '24

AMA AMA with Rabbi David Mivasair

Hello, friends! I'm looking forward to our AMA, starting in ~10 minutes. Never done anything like this before, so it'll be a new experience. Thank you for inviting me. https://x.com/Mivasair/status/1822855344684458400

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u/stand_not_4_me Aug 15 '24

i understand the purpose of "one democratic state" solution and i read the site you provided in an earlier response. while i see that israel needs to be transformed or dismantled i see a clear issue. It places Jewish people at the clear mercy of others once again and humanity, being what it is, tends to repeat itself. the zionist project being a great example of doing to others what was done to the jews in the past. so i ask, what exactly would prevent such a "one democratic state" from turning against jews? (as a tyranny of the majority) and why is it better than a bi-national state.

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u/Mivasair Jewish Aug 15 '24

You raise good questions.

Very, very briefly, Israel as it currently exists should not exist. The human cost is too great.

In a one-democratic-state situation, the number of Jews who will be there is huge. They will not be led like sheep to the slaughter. I think you are replaying old tapes. One-democratic-state is not going to happen until people are ready for it. I want to talk about it to help move us in that direction. I can't answer all the questions right now. And, I'm not there anyway. That is the direction in which I think we all need to go.

And, why not a bi-national state? It still labels people and assigns them to a "nation". It divides people on that basis. I don't want to be labeled by my government and assigned a role as a Jew while others are assigned with being Palestinian. I have more in common with some Palestinians than I do with many Jews. And, there are many people there who are neither and some other people who are both Palestinian and Jewish. I want to live in a world where people are people -- one human family. So, that's why I talk about this and want others to being to envision it and move us all toward it.