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i imagine it's a bit trivial to do mental gymnastics about gestures when you're practised in doing them over murdered children.
western antisemites present a bit of a present danger against jewish people living in the west but the fundamental pillar of zionism trying to bind jewish identity to the settler ethnostate means it's not existential, because they don't and can't threaten israel. it's hard to think of an analogy but i reckon it's something like recasting diaspora jews (and this logic is literally built into that descriptor) as expatriates--and while a nation/people has some obligation to sympathy, support for expatriate or immigrant communities crackdowns on them are not seen the same way as attacks on the nation. it seems necessary for real zionists to forsake their homelands in deference to israel even if they don't actually move there themselves.
I have come to view this term of "diaspora Jews" (when used by Zionazis) as inherently antisemitic. Jews should be able to live wherever the fuck they want, why are they "diaspora" if they reside outside of the zionist entity?
I saw a video of some representative of Israel (forgot name, Anne Applebaum? Some nasty old white lady) giving a speech at an American university and one of the audience asked about antisemitism in America and Europe. Her response was insane, along the lines of "you American Jews don't have problems. we have real problems in Israel and if you aren't part of our murderous project I don't give a shit about whatever you are complaining to me about. If you hate that, move to Israel."
you could hear the hatred in her voice, she was really pissed at the implication Israel should be doing someone for Jews who haven't contributed to the Zionist project. What an intensely cynical "nation", death to the Zionist entity.
My girlfriend just shared this comic with me that shows how isntrealis depict themselves vs those who live in diaspora.
Eli Valley is such a legend. That comic is included in his book Diaspora Boy. He has another book of comics that came out just a few months ago Museum of removed which is HIGHLY provocative. Both are worth getting!
Thanks for the source! I appreciate it