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?
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/[deleted] Oct 27 '24
Do you guys ever feel skeptical about the whole notion of “anti-Zionist Jews”? Is it difficult to trust us?