The End of the Israeli Occupation of Judaism

The Jewish Consensus Around Israel has died. Israel has killed more than 11,000 children in Gaza and I have seen through my screen, day in and day out, the hell hiding in the faceless number of this atrocity. No particular decency or moral uprightness should be necessary to see the agony of fathers carrying pieces of their children’s bodies to morgues, mothers carrying dead toddlers in their arms through the streets of Gaza, the child waking up to the abysmal silence left by his family exterminated in Israel’s campaign of righteous wickedness, the grandfather digging for the bodies of his grandchildren. The sheer sight of the most brutal of human sufferings should be enough to elicit the most profound of horrors. Indeed, jewish identity built on the collective memory of brutal suffering is first and foremost a direct and sustained battle against almost all things that the political articulations of national exclusivity have entailed but also as a constant understanding of the duty to protect from an always imminent brutality parading as righteousness. For all the wishes and hopes of the proverbial future in Jerusalem, the present of the Jew remains to this day solidly grounded on an almost metaphysical reliance on the humanity of the other expressed in an hospitality more profound than hospitality itself and an aversion to violence that sees its own historical suffering in every other suffering. This human solidarity with the declared enemy of the state—there are no innocent civilians in Gaza has said the authorized voices of the state—for the state cannot be anything other than an expression of treason and one must grant the point: the horror that the diasporic Jew has rejected and that Jewish nationalism has promised and delivered make the last 2000 years of Jewish identity not merely incompatible but irreconcilable with the demands of allegiance. What the propagandists of the state trying to wash the blood of children just like mine from the Israeli flag fail to understand is that however loud their demands of tribal loyalty might be, the echo of Hinds Rajab´s plea will always be louder, clearer and more pressing and will more profoundly appeal to my sense of Judaism. You can read the article here and subscribe to my Substack: 🔥 Unveiling the Truth: The Jewish Perspective on Gaza’s Tragedy 🔥 Discover the profound impact of Israel’s actions on the Jewish community. Witness the struggle against injustice and the call for humanity amidst unspeakable tragedy. Join us as we shed light on the collective memory of brutal suffering, the battle against national exclusivity, and the duty to protect all lives. Hear the echoes of history in every cry for peace. #JewishIdentity #GazaUnderAttack #HumanityFirst #EndTheViolence #JusticeForAll #PeacefulCoexistence #JewishSolidarity #IsraelPalestineConflict #StandForJustice Don’t miss the full story as we delve into the complexities of the Jewish experience and the quest for a better future for all. Stay tuned for the eye-opening revelation.