Thoughts on the current situation, on this evening after the departure of Shabbath:
This is a dangerous time to be a Zionist.
On the one hand, Nazi- and Soviet-era anti-Zionism is alive and infecting both the modern Islamic world and Leftist movements worldwide. Propagandists have successfully equated Zionism and genocide in the minds of millions of people, and violence against Jewish people carried out in the name of anti-Zionism is at an all time high. Jewish people in every country are being put in the impossible position of having to either disown Israel or accept condemnation and punishment as a supporter of genocide.
On the other hand, an objectively fascist government has taken over the USA and is mobilizing “Zionism” as a pretext for suppressing free speech and other gross violations of the rights of citizens and legal residents alike, as part of a broader transformation of the country into its vision of a White Christian utopia. This “Zionism” is weaponized not just against Palestinians and Muslims but also Jewish people who have freely expressed their opinions on the state, government, military, and/or wartime conduct of Israel. It is a “Zionism” that subverts real Zionism, replacing traditional Zionist values of holiness, justice, law, land, etc, with an eschatological battle between projected (and ultimately symbolic) ethno-national groups eventually leading to global Christian domination.
Say you’re a Zionist and someone’s bound to get the wrong idea, one way or another.
But nevertheless, here we Jewish people are, still dreaming of Zion. ❤️
A land, a city, of justice and holiness, of reverence for the divine image in humanity and fellowship among all human beings.
Zion. The banner of the prophets, the prayer of history, the call to return to God, to land, to ourselves.
Those of us who live in harmony with our traditions and with each other know:
Zionism is not the cause of this conflict but rather its solution.