r/JewsOfConscience • u/Fareeday • 23d ago

Opinion Checking on my Jewish friends here

Hi all, I come in randomly some weeks and do a check up. I know there is real hate towards Jewish people while yall are standing up for us Palestinians.

Not sure if it helps at all but I think about you all fighting the fight meanwhile being flamed everywhere by people.

I’m with you all. Thank you

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u/gatoescado Arab Jew, Masorati, anti-Zionist, Marxist 23d ago

I just completed the process of officially renouncing my Israeli citizenship (I was born in Jerusalem but moved to US as a teen). These online and IRL moments of solidarity between us anti-Zionist Jews and Palestinians, just further confirms to me that this was the right decision. Bless you Akhi🫶🏽

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u/yifans 23d ago

how did you do it? i want to renounce my citizenship as well, but i worry about killing my parents in the process — was that difficult for you?

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u/gatoescado Arab Jew, Masorati, anti-Zionist, Marxist 23d ago edited 22d ago

Click to renounce your Israeli citizenship

Part of my family were Palestinian Jews living in Jerusalem and Galilee for 30+ generations (and probably much longer, that’s just what I can trace). It’s not like my family came from Europe and I have no real connection to the land. So in this respect it was quite difficult for me. But I’m happy that my connection to the land is now severed from the Zionist entity🫶🏽

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u/AirNo7163 21d ago

I mean no disrespect or offence, but you shouldn't have done that. You have a connection to the land and have all the rights to be there. It's a travesty that more Jewish people like you are not a large minority in Israel. But I do see your point, I guess....

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u/a_f_s-29 21d ago

Hopefully one day they’ll have Palestinian citizenship. I see your point, but it must be such a difficult thing to reconcile and challenging space to occupy

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u/gatoescado Arab Jew, Masorati, anti-Zionist, Marxist 20d ago edited 17d ago

No offense taken sibling. My connection to the land is not eliminated. This actually makes it easier for me to spend time with Palestinian friends and volunteer in the areas of the West Bank controlled by the PA and in East Jerusalem. I’m also now able to travel to Iraq where half my family comes from (they ban Israelis from entry)