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u/uu_xx_me Oct 27 '24
aw thanks for hosting us! what forms of organizing do you feel it’s most helpful for jews to be engaging in right now?
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u/Busy_Tax_6487 Oct 27 '24
I think as of now the biggest threat towards the Palestinian movement are zionist organization's who "fight" the movement by claiming anti-semetic rethoric. So Jews speaking about against them would show that the Palestinian movements isn't a anti-semetic movements but for the sake of humanity.
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u/Saul_the_Raccoon Oct 27 '24
I'm inclined to agree.
I'm curious if you've heard the refrain that "Jews shouldn't make this (Palestinian liberation) about themselves", and if so, what your view is on this?
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u/endingcolonialism Oct 27 '24
Organizing with Palestinian movements working for a transition from Zionism to democracy, such as the One Democratic State Initiative.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
Here is a heavier question: how do you deal with feeling hate? Ever since visiting the West Bank in Palestine I have struggled with it from a spiritual and mental health perspective. I know that Hashem wants us not to hate, and that hate and anger are bad for my mental health. But when I see what Israel is doing in Gaza, when Israeli soldiers pointed guns at my Arab friends, those feelings rise up.
And they lead to a third emotion: guilt. Guilt that I can’t do more, guilt that I can’t be there, guilt that I am (relatively) safe and comfortable in the USA.
So I would love to hear your perspective on how you try to handle these emotions.
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u/Strange_Philospher Oct 27 '24
For Hatred : I think the best way to overcome it is to remember the humanity of the other side, even the criminals. We should keep in mind that most of human beings are the resulta of the environment they grew up into and are highly aaffected by it, misinformation, brainwashing, ingrained national narratives, etc are always parts of deciding who we are. We can pretend to be free thinker however we want, but the reality that most humans are influenced by things they didn’t choose to have is real. So, from there, we can imagine why the people who do bad things do it. I don't believe that there are a lot of intrinsically evil people out there. If we or the people we love were born into a settlement in the WB, I don't think we would have been so much different from the settlers we hate. This doesn't take off their agency. They are responsible for the bad deeds they do. It's just a way to remember their humanity and not to reduce them into mere political bad actors.
Anger : I think that anger is just a highly emotional reaction that's nearee to human physiology than psychology. It's perfectly normal to feel it. But we shouldn't allow it to blind our consciousness from choosing the right thing to do. And it's also related to hatred, so I think you can deal with it the same way.
Guilt : I think most of us here feel the same and more. Our brothers and sisters are being massacred in an unmaginable intensity, and we can not do anything. I think we also take more guilt since Gaza is just an episode in a very bloody era. Before, we had Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Lybia, Yemen, and Sudan. I personally deal with it by reminding myself that the current situation on the ground is the result of centuries of power dynamics and won't really change overnight, and our capabilities to change it are low. But honestly, this often fails to cool down my guilt flame. So, I eventually remind myself that being sad won't help anyone, and I should try to do all I can to help however low it seems.
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u/Busy_Tax_6487 Oct 27 '24
My parents and family always speak fondly of Jews in Morocco. We come from a city which had a sizable community. So we know they are human like us and not all of them are similar even tho many are zionist.
As for hate towards the IOF, the state of Israel and their supports it is roaring. But hate fixes nothing and only backfires we are better then them.
But guilt is the hardest especially when we are the first to unite against Israel but our leaders do NOTHING. But all of them will be judged by Allah and those killed are martyrs who will stand as witnesses to their lack of actions.
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Oct 27 '24
The crazy thing is that our grandparents and great-grandparents literally used to be neighbors and colleagues and good friends. It seems like that was ancient history, but it was only ~70 years ago!
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u/Busy_Tax_6487 Oct 27 '24
1 word "colonialism" divide and conquer. France in particular and together with their Ashkenazi Jewish institutions used the Jews as an easy minority to make use of across their colonial empire. They educated them in French and made them more so Ashkenazi even allowing them to hold citizenship.
This led to Jews in Algeria been kicked out for being traitors to the French and many Moroccan Jews having to leave for France and later Israel
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Oct 27 '24
To be honest I would disagree that hate is a bad thing intrinsically. It is good and just to hate the Israeli regime and it is good and just to oppose it through violent means, in my opinion.
In terms of guilt, we're right there with you... maybe even twofold 😔
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u/saltatrices Oct 27 '24
I use my anger and hate constructively sometimes— I’m a mixed race Palestinian (living in the US) and have been using these emotions to help evacuate medically fragile Palestinian children and connect them to resources in my area. I also scream into pillows at night when it gets really bad. A few days ago, I found out another former coworker of mine was killed and I found out on Instagram. That makes 54 friends and former colleagues martyred. I did a lot of screaming. I’m also a Palestinian Christian so I get really really mad when people in the US talk about us because they’re almost always wrong. I’ve generally stopped having good faith conversations with people.
for guilt, I’m not going to lie. It consumes me. I had a baby this year and my husband actually had to take my phone because I kept spiraling. As a Palestinian American, you spend almost every day thinking “what if my family had gone South instead?”
But not to be blithe, but sometimes you just have to touch grass or cuddle a baby (in my case). Guilt spirals help no one.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
I hear you. Last week was Sukkot, the Jewish holiday where you build a sukkah (hut) and spend time outside to reconnect with nature. I took it as an opportunity to unplug from Reddit and the news. For so long now I would automatically take my phone out and check the news from Palestine. Hopefully going forward I can try to stay connected but not be compulsively plugged in.
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u/endingcolonialism Oct 27 '24
I allow myself to feel hate and I channel it into organized political action against the colonial political program.
Hate exists for a purpose and even in terms of mental health, I think it's much healthier to feel and channel it than to try not to feel (justified) hate.
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u/yassen155 Oct 28 '24
In your words, Hashem in ours Allah has ordered us to hate evil and to do good without expecting a reward for it. Hating the Israeli regime is an act of good it means you still have morals you know right from wrong. Allah has ordered us to always denounce evil and corruption and to advise one another. So, from our perspective, as you can see, we don't have unconditional love, I believe you don't have that either. Also, PS: we pray to the same God.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 28 '24
Yes, I know we pray to the same G-d, that's why I am interested in your spiritual perspectives.
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u/ContentChecker Oct 27 '24
Hi all,
What is your favorite food?
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u/historyhoneybee 🇨🇦 Oct 27 '24
My favourite is molokhia. It's this green stew made with jute I believe. I like to eat it with rice with vermicelli, but some people eat it with bread. It looks a little strange but it's very tasty. I had it so much growing up so it's my comfort food. What's your favourite food?
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u/ContentChecker Oct 27 '24
I looked up some pictures of that, and it looks/sounds amazing!
When I used to live in the city, there was a great Lebanese restaurant near my apartment. I'd go there every other day for lunch, since I could walk there and back easily.
I'm very Americanized so I like pizza lol. There's a nice Polish restaurant in the city near where I live (suburbs), and it has great pierogis - but my go-to is definitely pizza in general.
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u/Busy_Tax_6487 Oct 27 '24
Our Moroccan food is amazing but I have a diverse pallet. So I like Middle Eastern food, Egyptian, Iranian, South East Asian and west and east African food.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
What Moroccan food should I try? I am pretty familiar with Levantine food but not Maghrebi. Also I am vegetarian.
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u/Busy_Tax_6487 Oct 27 '24
Pretty much all Moroccan salad appetisers are vegan and easy to make like Zaalouk, Moroccan carrot salad, Moroccan beetroot salad, normal Moroccan salad
List and recipes for the salads
As for dishes most have an vagen counter part. So vegetable couscous or vegetable tagine. There are also the countless of legume dishes like baysarra which is a chickpea or sometimes fava bean soup. You also have l3des or Moroccan lentil soup, it's kinda like Indian lentil curry but also not. Also many pastries or flat breads like msemmen and baghrir with toppings like honey and butter or just cheese how I like it. And of course not to forget Moroccan mint tea.
If you eat animal products or fish you can eat stuff like shakchouka(it's not really Moroccan more tunisian) or batbout with tuna and egg. You can eat Moroccan fish batbout, Moroccan fish fritura(pretty sure Spanish eat this as well) and fish bastilla. And many more dishes, we also eat paella and sardines a lot.
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u/momo88852 Oct 27 '24
Maadasah (lentil with rice) with yogurt. Simple yet delicious and satisfies any hunger.
Falafel with cucumbers and tomato salad, with some Umbah (Indian spices made into sauce smells kinda bad but taste tangy 😬)
Eggs and tomato (shakshoka) I eat this like 3 times a week.
Btw if you like Shawarma, and ever visit Iraq, try our version called Qas. We use lamb and lots of fat. Like huge chunks of pure fat would fill it. So yummy.
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u/momo88852 Oct 27 '24
I love that sub! Been a follower for a while now and pretty awesome people!
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u/Adept_Thanks_6993 Oct 27 '24
What is your experience, or your family's-with the Jewish community of your country prior to WWII?
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
My family was planning a trip to Egypt but then my wife’s parents said it was too dangerous. How do I prove they are wrong?
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u/TheRealMudi Oct 27 '24
By going lol If you ever mention being Jewish, I would also mention that you support Palestine. Unfortunately most people will correlate being Jewish with being Zionist. I myself was there a few months ago.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
Well my wife and I are fine with going. But my wife’s parents were going to come with us, so I need to show them that it’s fine. Like lots of Americans I think they have some unconscious bias that the Middle East is dangerous everywhere.
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u/TheRealMudi Oct 27 '24
Try the following arguments:
- Egypt is a politically stable country
- Egypt has a strong intelligence and military apparatus
- the Egyptian population is regarded to be kind and funny (excluding the hagglers around the pyramids, those suck ass)
- the government cares more about the safety of tourists and their well being than it does that of Egyptians to preserve it's image. Which means you're already safer than the everyday Egyptian.
- touristic places such as Cairo, Alexandria, Hurghada, Luxor, are very safe and have a sprawling night life. This could not be achieved if safety was a major concern.
Don't travel by train, you can get a private driver to take you from city to city or buses. Have common sense as a tourist. Don't go to Sinai. Stay away from Sharm El Sheikh if you plan on going to other places in Egypt afterwards or other Arabic nations, in addition to not supporting Zionism.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 27 '24
Thanks. I know my father-in-law will definitely get taken by the grifters by the pyramids lol.
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u/swiftieorwhtvr Oct 27 '24
this real funny guy i follow went to egypt and had a blast! his names jacob berger! unfortunately its so common to correlate being jewish with being a zionist but my whole family and almost everyone i know is absolutely pro-jewish! (almost bc theres a few bs kids ive come across. never met an anti-semetic adult back home tho) if u do end up going, i hope u have a great time !! this egyptian guy will be happy to answer any questions youve got :) 🫶🏼
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u/Strange_Philospher Oct 27 '24
https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf
Egypt is safer than the USA.
My advice will be 1st always move in groups 2- There are lots of people who will try to decieve u into buying things, so it's better to confine ur movement to the tourist sites and always have a tour guide.
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u/Myruim Oct 27 '24
If you aren’t visibly Jewish, I just wouldn’t mention it given the current climate. But if you happen to mention you are if somebody probes out of curiosity, as others said just make sure they know you’re not Zionist. I have found that people actually love having their expectations subverted when it comes to this.
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u/Oneeyebrowsystem Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24
I spent 3 weeks in Egypt a few years ago and from my experience: The great mass of Egyptians and other people in the world know there is a difference between people and the government. There are literally tens of thousands of Jewish tourists who visit Egypt every year (probably more, but I am just being conservative). Nothing will happen...I know a Jewish person who have been to Syria and said that the trip changed his life and realized how the media radicalized him against Arabs and Muslims and how friendly people are there.
Also, I would say if you are a Westerner of any kind, they will treat you well no matter what (unless they are trying to scam you or sell you something, but that happens with everyone). I would say that Gulf Arabs are the only group of people who are notoriously mistreated by Egyptians interacting with tourists unfortunately.
Please enjoy your trip!
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Oct 27 '24
How can we use our privilege and access to power in the West and in Israel as a strategic tool for Palestinian Liberation? Are there tactics and opportunities that we have been blind to and are not using?
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u/Emotional-Rhubarb725 Oct 27 '24
I feel you all are already doing great, the JFP movement, the voice jews are giving for the people who are voiceless in Palestine, the point that you choose to stand against your people to support the right side, you are doing all of this already
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Oct 27 '24
Do you think this⬇️ can be a model for those of us who are indigenous Arab/Levantine Jews?
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u/Emotional-Rhubarb725 Oct 27 '24
- Henri Curiel: A prominent Jewish communist leader, Curiel founded the Egyptian Movement for National Liberation (EMNL) in 1943, which recruited among workers and the educated elite.
- Israel Frounkine: An Ashkenazi Jewish communist, Frounkine was persuaded by his comrades to leave Egypt due to the anti-Semitic sentiments within the Egyptian Communist Party.
- Chehata Haroun: A Jewish lawyer and communist, Haroun was a close friend and collaborator of Albert Arie, a prominent Egyptian communist activist with Jewish roots.
- Albert Arie: Born in 1930 to a middle-class Jewish family, Arie was a communist activist who served over ten years in prison for his political beliefs. He later converted to Islam but remained committed to preserving Jewish-Egyptian heritage.
there are many who you can follow if you want to know the cooperation between arabs and jews against israel
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Oct 27 '24
Wow you are educated!!
I am familiar with these comrades you have listed and many more. Along with those who became martyrs. ❤️
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u/Emotional-Rhubarb725 Oct 27 '24
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Oct 27 '24
Your testimony in that post is beautiful and so on point!
And that paragraph on Islamic textual relations with Judaism and the Jewish People was very well articulated. I think it also needs to be pointed out that it was the medieval empire of European Christendom that created “antisemitism”. It is an ideology that did not reach the Arab or even Muslim World until British control of Palestine in the 1920s
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u/tryingtokeepthefaith Oct 27 '24
Love this. Thanks so much for setting this up.
Sending big love to our Jewish brothers and sisters!
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
Who are current musicians covering Umm Kulthum?
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u/hassibahrly Oct 27 '24
I mean there's lots. Ghalia Ben Ali has an album of covers off the top of my head.
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Oct 27 '24
I’ve been listening to Ghalia since that song “Rajieen” came out last year. Honestly I got introduced to a lot of popular Arab artists thru that song 😌
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u/adidididi Oct 28 '24
Shalom my friends!
How can I, as an Arab American meet more anti Zionist Jewish people? I would love to meet more people and learn more about your religion from people who do not support a genocide against my people.
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u/conscience_journey Oct 28 '24
Salaam! (I think questions for JewsOfConscience are supposed to go in the other thread but I’m happy to answer).
I would look up Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) in your area. They are an anti-Zionist Jewish group that also includes non-Jewish allies, and are active across the USA.
There are also some non-Zionist and anti-Zionist congregations scattered across the USA, but showing up to a religious event might be strange. They may have social events that welcome inter-faith participants.
If I can find a list of non-Zionist shuls I will link it.
Personally, during this trying time, I love meeting Arab and Muslim friends.
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u/adidididi Oct 28 '24
Oops, sorry for posting in the wrong place lol. Yeah I did not want to just show up to a religious event-- I know that unfortunately there are people who have used recent events as an excuse to do horrible things and the jewish community is very alert right now because of it. I will definitely look into social events or inter-faith events! Thank you so much!
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u/torontogal1986 Oct 27 '24
Hi from Canada 🇨🇦 Inspired by a question on the other thread. What is your favourite holiday and what does it symbolize for you? ❤️❤️❤️
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u/saltatrices Oct 28 '24
The feast of Annunciation, especially in the West Bank. It's when the Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was pregnant and it's one of our twelve "Great Feasts." When we practice it though, the doors of every church are opened to the entire community throughout the day, regardless of faith, so you'll see Muslim women praying the Surah Imran and Maryam when we don't have services. OBGYNs are especially honored. I love it because there's something deeply beautiful and very Palestinian about Annunciation-- it really shows the inter-religious harmony within our communities. And it makes sense that it would be Mary's Feast Day where it's the most apparent.
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u/autumnflower Oct 28 '24
Ramadan.
There was something very special growing up about fasting as a family and as a community, going through this collective small struggle together to grow in gratitude and in empathy towards those without. Then coming together at night for a shared big meal, food never tastes as good as it does in Ramadan. The focus on additional prayer and religious worship culminating in laylat al Qadr (night of power), the gathering of family, giving in charity, the special food, and the sense of accomplishment after a Ramadan well spent on improving yourself, are just all things that make it my favorite time of year.
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
Could someone walk me through the r/Lebanon r/Lebanese subreddit drama? They both seem to be pointing fingers at each other and saying "You don't represent the people of Lebanon". r/Lebanese is pointing at r/Lebanon and saying they are a bunch of Zionist shills while r/Lebanon points back and says, "You guys are Iranian shills".
Any suggestions of how I can know what's actually going on in Lebanese public opinion?
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u/BartAcaDiouka Oct 27 '24
My understanding:
The truth is, Lebanese are indeed divided. Tensions are extremely strong. The only reason division doesn't devolve into true civil war is that they already tried and they know that civil war would be a catastrophe for everyone involved.
R/Lebanon used to represent a non-negligeable part of the Lebanese population: the part of youth that is westernized (and generally Christian). They are critical of every part of the political spectrum in Lebanon (including but not limited to Hezbollah). They feel for Palestinians but in the same time would very much prefer to live peacefully than to be dragged into any war. They are frequently hostile to Syrian refugees, but even in that they still represent the opinion of many Lebanese (sadly)
But around the start of the war, Israeli shills infiltrated the sub (we had also the same attempt over in r/Tunisia), and the overall hostility towards the political elite became specifically targeted against Hezbollah and by extent to Palestinians. It became so aligned with Israeli rethoric that it became obvious that the sub was infiltared. Like they were chearing for Israeli crimes and upvoting comments calling for more Israeli attacks against Lebanon and Palestine
So in reaction r/Lebanese was created. There is probably an over representation of Hezbollah supporters compared to the actual situation in Lebanon.
So yeah the true situation is probably in-between, but the Lebanese society is extremely polarized. There are obviously Lebanese who fully support Hezbollah, and there are many who don't support Hezbollah but believe that Israel is a much bigger threat. I think that there is also a fringe of Lebanese who actually do support Israel and wouldn't even mind an Israeli annexation (don't forget that Palestinian Druze are an integrated minority within Israel).
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
Thanks for your detailed answer.
Looking in from the outside, I don't see why any Lebanese would support Hezbollah dragging them into a war with Israel but I'm doubtful that you have Lebanese who would want Israel to annex their territory.
Regardless, thanks for your analysis.
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u/BartAcaDiouka Oct 27 '24
Well, there is definitely solidarity with Palestinians. In all Arab countries, you'de find people who would rather see their country officially declare war on Israel to stop it from completely annihilating Gaza. The sentiment is understandable in my POV. What made the US enter WWI with the allies? Or even WWII.
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
What made the US enter WWI with the allies? Or even WWII.
FWIW, this is not a great comparison. In both cases there were direct impacts on American lives and interests including large amounts of American deaths.
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u/BartAcaDiouka Oct 27 '24
I do think that in both cases, there were actually many Americans in favor of a direct involvement mainly because of ethical reasons.
I don't understand what's difficult to understand about this.
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
Solidarity is noble but a crappy reason for a country to enter a war.
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u/BartAcaDiouka Oct 27 '24
You don't need to support that to understand that it happens ;)
And tbh I don't see Israel being stopped by any other mean, so I particularly get why some people would support violence.
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u/sar662 Oct 27 '24
Personally I'm still hopeful for peace, even with Israel.
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u/BartAcaDiouka Oct 27 '24
Anyways, you said you didn't get why some Lebanese support Hezbollah. Hopefully, you now understand.
The debate about the way to stop Israli expansionnism and aggression is way beyond your original question, and clearly, even with the Arab world, there is no consensus.
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u/JKallStar Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24
For every 1000 Lebanese, youll get 1001 opinions. At least within my family (mostly), we dont like Hezb, but theyre preferable to Israel invasion, which is more in line with r/Lebanese (though sub can go bit too hard on hezb sometimes). You have certain supporters of political groups here (ouwet / Lebanese Forces are most known for this, but there are others) are more pro-zionist to their approach (funded by KSA, and i think Israel?), but they reckon that if Hezb is taken out, we might be at peace. Druze opinion, im not too familiar with sadly, but from what I know, theyre pretty connected with each other, even family in neighbouring countries, so their opinions from what Ive seen tends to sway based on that.
Really, i reckon we all want the same thing, but have different approaches to it. Doesnt help that current gov benefits from the political divide, but as people, i really think that ita overblown.
I think this is a basic summary, if you want more info, i can provide
Edit: Worth pointing out that r/Lebanon has genuinely been astroturfed by Zionists, that part is absolutely true. They also seem to be trying to incite yet another civil war, e.g., "You / Lebanese army should stand up to and fight hezb", not knowing / intentionally omitting that, just like the past 40 years, no country is willing to fund the army, which is why hezb exist to begin with
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u/sar662 Oct 28 '24
no country is willing to fund the army
I see this as a complete failure of the UN. Following 1701, they should have either given Lebanese army the resources to do the job or UNIFIL should have been given the resources and the mandate to do the job.
Anyway, thank you for your answer.
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u/myownpersonallab Oct 28 '24
Assalamu alaykum my siblings! I am an Arab Jew who is barred from entering the country of my descent because my family was exiled for being Jewish, despite my family residing there for thousands of years. I am rather scared of approaching cultural spaces because in the past most people ostracized me for being Jewish, assuming I was a Zionist (when I am anti-Zionist.... just no one asked). Do you have advice for how an Arab Jew can start trying to rebuild community in Arab spaces without having to relive the generational trauma? Is rekindling this relationship something you as non-Jewish Arab people may be interested in?
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u/Emotional-Rhubarb725 Oct 29 '24
Actually what you saying is something i personally hope for, but it's a bit tough if Israel keeps the machine running for longer The longer the war the more the hate between both parties But if we can just talk about how you as a person make more friendships between people from your country, you can start by talking to people online, visiting that country once or twice and gradually you can make a progress
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Oct 27 '24
Do you guys ever feel skeptical about the whole notion of “anti-Zionist Jews”? Is it difficult to trust us?
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u/saltatrices Oct 27 '24
Seeing as my sister married one, no lol. BUT I’m always a little careful in first conversations with strangers.
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Oct 27 '24
So yea I agree with the later statement 😅👍🏼
But is it difficult for Palestinians and Arabs to trust our sincerity? And if you do notice this, do you think we can successfully address these fears, and allow those who hold this skepticism to be heard and acknowledged by us?
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u/saltatrices Oct 28 '24
So I think it depends on context and where said person is from. Rachel from Vermont who observes the high holy days but never went on ”birthright” and named her child Chrysanthemum Moon Flower….not going to get a lot of skepticism. Same with Jacob from California who went on “anti birthright” and volunteers with ISM during the olive harvest. Haredi Avram who is always at the rallies probably gets a lot of people volunteering to do chores for him during Shabbat.
unfortunately, I’m going to be very skeptical of Israelis who claim they’re anti-Zionists. I know left wing Israelis exist and there’s a lot of them and they do really good work in solidarity with Palestinians (I’m working with Adalah right now because my cousin has been in ”administrative detention“ since March). But an anti-Zionist Israeli? Did they serve in the IDF? What did they do? How does their solidarity manifest? What does anti Zionism look like to them? I’d probably ask a lot of questions like that.
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u/Oneeyebrowsystem Oct 28 '24
No, the contributions of Jewish voices in support of the struggle of Palestinians and Imperialism in general has always been oversized and one of the great things I respect Jewish people for. For a long time, the only "mainstream" public supporters of the Palestinian cause were Jewish intellectuals, like Noam Chomsky.
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Oct 28 '24
❤️🫶🏼
American-Jews were martyred for the cause of desegregation
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner
So it is only natural that we would apply these same principles to Palestine …
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u/Ok-Battle-1504 Oct 27 '24
No not difficult, tbh they're a very small minority any way, meaning it makes sense there will be very few people of good heart
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Oct 27 '24
We’re almost at 20% of the total Jewish population. Somewhere between 2,000,000 & 3,000,000 of us are now anti-Zionist. I know that’s still a minority, but 2 million - 3 million people is a lot of people..🫶🏼
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u/Last_Tarrasque Oct 28 '24
A bit of a niche one, for those of you who are autistic, what is your experience being autistic in your community?
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u/Playful_Tea_5268 Oct 28 '24
Do any of you have thoughts on Israeli Bedouins and Druze? I know israel has recently terrorized Bedouins in the West Bank but ex childhood friends also met some in ‘48 lands on birthright, so seems like some of them are more pro Israel…also, any thoughts on Israeli Druze? I listen to a primarily Israeli anti-Zionist podcast and one guest made a claim that a lot of Druze women are more pro-Palestine, which was interesting. Still learning about all the different ethnic groups in the Middle East and hope this was worded respectfully. Thanks.
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u/acacia_tree Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24
This is more of a question for the Muslim Arabs of this sub: I’ve noticed on the internet that some formerly Christian or non-religious white people have converted to Islam since 10/7 because they learned more about the religion after learning about the Palestinian Cause. How do you feel about this uptick in conversions?
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u/Elkhatabi Oct 27 '24
This is great! Thank you for joining us. ✌🏽